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OETZI Started conversation Oct 14, 2003
What is this place Tango. A shrine to what has been and never will be again.
Tango do you know the definition of time. Think of one, try and define "time".
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Tango Posted Oct 14, 2003
I think that's a good description of this place, yes.
Time? That's a hard one... there's the scientific definition that time is the 4th dimension of the universe. You can talk about time as being that, which passes as things move in space... it's certainly a hard one...
Tango
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Oct 14, 2003
Time is that which prevents everything happening at once... 
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OETZI Posted Oct 14, 2003
Tango you are off line right now, hope your mind is engaged.
Think we'll go for throttle up!
OK What do you think are the most important concepts in physics?
reply at will!
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Oct 14, 2003
I suspect the most important concept in Physics is the concept of "a concept", without which no other theories would be possible. 
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OETZI Posted Oct 14, 2003
You have done a 180 u turn. Turned the question back on itself.
True, abstractions are implicit but not the ziel in this question.
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Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Oct 14, 2003
What's "ziel"? 
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Tango Posted Oct 15, 2003
Most important concept... probably the Scientific Method, for the same reason peet said concepts themselves.
Tango
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OETZI Posted Oct 15, 2003
By ziel I mean subject/object.
Peets first reply was relevant. The others are evasive and non-productive.
Best to let the request "Define Time" to stew for about a month.
Suggest short spurts, make notes and research as resources allow.
regards Oetz
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- 2: Tango (Oct 14, 2003)
- 3: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Oct 14, 2003)
- 4: OETZI (Oct 14, 2003)
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- 7: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Oct 14, 2003)
- 8: OETZI (Oct 14, 2003)
- 9: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Oct 14, 2003)
- 10: Tango (Oct 15, 2003)
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