Posted by Anne Onymous on Thu, 09/25/2003 - 3:08pm.
Archived comment by ParU:
Valid pts all, but actually you're living in a 4 (four) dimensional world, the 4th dimension being time. In hypo's example you wouldn't worry about the car rushing at you if not for the time factor. (Which is interesting, here, of all places, cause one time Eve tripped and fell when we were crossing a street in NY and a cabbie, (running a red light) came speeding at us. I literally stood my ground (cause he wouldn't have seen her) with my hand up and he stopped about 0.5 inches from me. - So time is important).
And your 3D example for sci-fi battles is interesting, because, IRL, fighter pilots worry about 3-D (and 4-D) situations in ACM (air combat manouvering).
Valid pts all, but actually you're living in a 4 (four) dimensional world, the 4th dimension being time. In hypo's example you wouldn't worry about the car rushing at you if not for the time factor. (Which is interesting, here, of all places, cause one time Eve tripped and fell when we were crossing a street in NY and a cabbie, (running a red light) came speeding at us. I literally stood my ground (cause he wouldn't have seen her) with my hand up and he stopped about 0.5 inches from me. - So time is important).
And your 3D example for sci-fi battles is interesting, because, IRL, fighter pilots worry about 3-D (and 4-D) situations in ACM (air combat manouvering).