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According to the tehory of relativity, a moving object slows time. This is evident with GPS satalites, where they have to compensate for this... Perhaps we're all driving too fast.

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Old 05-10-2010, 11:43 AM   #16 (permalink)
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According to the tehory of relativity, a moving object slows time. This is evident with GPS satalites, where they have to compensate for this...


Perhaps we're all driving too fast.

(Someone beat me to it - lol)
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Old 05-10-2010, 12:11 PM   #17 (permalink)
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So are you suggesting that Nissan should use an atomic clock? Even those aren't 100% accurate.
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According to the tehory of relativity, a moving object slows time. This is evident with GPS satalites, where they have to compensate for this...


Perhaps we're all driving too fast.

(Someone beat me to it - lol)
Thanks for agreeing with me.
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Weird mine does the opposite, it gains time. I always set based on my cell phone time, later in the week its 2-3 mins fast etc etc.
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According to the tehory of relativity, a moving object slows time. This is evident with GPS satalites, where they have to compensate for this...


Perhaps we're all driving too fast.

(Someone beat me to it - lol)
Sweet we drive Time machines.
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My clock is slow because it was a pain on the a$$ to set up when the time changed.



lmfao, no wonder I'm late to every event/occasion!
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I noticed mine the other day was 5 min slow.. took it about 8 months
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