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Re:Isaac Asimov - The Relativity of Wrong (1989) on Wednesday February 24, 2010 @12:38PM (#1148542)
>The new theory cannot just beat the old theory on the new data, it has to beat the old theory on the old data,

Erm, yes - if you come up with a new theory of gravity, it had better explain the current orbits of the planets.

Suppose I have a wonderful new theory of gravity, it doesn't work for anything on earth, or anything you can measure in space - but that's ok because that's old data and doesn't count.

Re:Gym price discrimination on Saturday February 13, 2010 @09:28PM (#1124011)
Gyms make all their money from people who never go - that's why they all have 12month contracts and sell 90% of them in January

My local gym does per visit, 10 visit, 1, 3 and 12month with increasing discount - but it's city owned = socialism eh?