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Re: Things change

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Thank you all for the explanations. I just knew it wasn't me; there had to be a reason for these changes.

The LED theory by SteveM intrigued me. It just "feels" right. But the Expansion of the Universe theory by liveaboard answers all questions and is a testable theory, which is the foundation of science. Now, we just need a further refined value for the Hubble Constant. Great minds are working on this refinement. We can expect results soon, I hope. If not, then the ever-increasing distance between our machines will present a logistical problem in the shop.

But there is good news: The stuff we drop on the floor should be easier to find since there won't be anything around it due to the expansion.

Maximum entropy: You can't live with it but it may be beneficial for a while.
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" Now, we just need a further refined value for the Hubble Constant. "

If all goes well, the refinement of that constant will seriously begin on December 22 with the launch of the James Webb telescope.
And be renamed the "Webb Constant."
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RussN--

I've got my fingers crossed . . . we've waited a long time for it to be launched.

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seal killer wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 5:21 pm RussN--

I've got my fingers crossed . . . we've waited a long time for it to be launched.

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AMEN! And we taxpayers have funded Billions of $$s. And no one has died as a result.
Fortunately it is now the most tested system in history.
The James Web Telescope will be worth it for the extraordinary knowledge to be gained.
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NP317 wrote: Wed Dec 15, 2021 10:01 pmThe James Web Telescope will be worth it for the extraordinary knowledge to be gained.

Hmmm...wasn't something like that said about the Hubble Telescope?
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My old clock radio had a red LED display. The Bose radios use a bluish-green.

Due to refraction in your cornea, blue and red hit the back of your eye in a different place - the red converging on the back of your eyeball and the blue converging just ahead of the surface, rendering it blurry.

If I wake up in the middle of the night, I can't tell what time it is.

Why someone would make an alarm clock display a color that is known to be blurry is a mystery.

Quite possible it's the same youngsters that design car dashboards where someone with 20-15 distance can't read the controls.

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Great post, finally understands the problem reading the clock.

So many bad designs can only be explained by youth and inexperience. These "designers" have never seen a machine shop or build a simple project as a doghouse. Some of them even raise to manage engineering groups until the predictable loss of the real engineers and failure of the business.

On a CAD screen everything seems so neat, and perfect. Last example I met: My F150 Key-FOB fell apart in three pieces with nary a stressful handling. Two plastic shells and a PC board. The detent and clasp have either a 0.010" engagement or are impossible to disengage without deforming beyond the limits. Easy to pop open, nearly impossible to put back together. But they look so good mated in multicolor on a big CAD screen.
A replacement for a $25 item cost $250 + $100 programming. Ransoming customer is the only way to keep a poor business alive.
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tornitore45 wrote: Thu Dec 16, 2021 11:14 am A replacement for a $25 item cost $250 + $100 programming. Ransoming customer is the only way to keep a poor business alive.
I know someone who has a car where the keys are $500 each.

Here's a suggestion:

Get non-chip copies of your keys for $4.95 each.

If you lock your keys in the car at home, you can just unlock it.

I have a keychain with copies of all four car keys in non-chip, plus the house keys.

Anytime my wife is driving, I grab that set. Won't help if she drops her keys down a storm drain, but if she locks the keys in the car, we're good.

Only problem was trying to convince the kid operating the key machine that I WANTED a key that wouldn't start the car!

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