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I was thinking about how, with a bit of organisation, it should be possible to gridlock the capital with small groups of people in different places.

A group of 20 or so could block a key road for 10-20 minutes until police arrive, but then disperse before they have enough force to actually arrest. Then another group could block a different road/junction. They could play cat and mouse for days, if not weeks.

I'm sure it's been done, or planned at some point, so I'm doubtless wittering old news.
 
They did ask me why I was taking photos of the boat.

"Are you in XR"

My reply was "does it matter?"

One of them stood beside me whilst I took photos. One of the other three radioed in to say someone had stopped on the bridge with their bicycle.

Weird. Especially from my perspective of you doing them a pretty valuable service with documenting so much that is happening.

Makes me wonder whether they've had some kind of threat from someone (in that case it *would* matter who you are).
 
I was thinking about how, with a bit of organisation, it should be possible to gridlock the capital with small groups of people in different places.

A group of 20 or so could block a key road for 10-20 minutes until police arrive, but then disperse before they have enough force to actually arrest. Then another group could block a different road/junction. They could play cat and mouse for days, if not weeks.

I'm sure it's been done, or planned at some point, so I'm doubtless wittering old news.
Go for it.
 
I was thinking about how, with a bit of organisation, it should be possible to gridlock the capital with small groups of people in different places.

A group of 20 or so could block a key road for 10-20 minutes until police arrive, but then disperse before they have enough force to actually arrest. Then another group could block a different road/junction. They could play cat and mouse for days, if not weeks.

I'm sure it's been done, or planned at some point, so I'm doubtless wittering old news.

It has surprised me that XR has concentrated on the centre of town. Block the junction of Warwick Road with Cromwell Road for 30 minutes during the morning rush-hour and you'll bring most of West London to a halt for the rest of the day. Must be a few other key junctions that if all blocked will gridlock the whole of Central London.
 
It has surprised me that XR has concentrated on the centre of town. Block the junction of Warwick Road with Cromwell Road for 30 minutes during the morning rush-hour and you'll bring most of West London to a halt for the rest of the day. Must be a few other key junctions that if all blocked will gridlock the whole of Central London.
there are. but the people who know where they are have thus far proved reluctant to tell me.
 
They do while they're moving.

Arguably, kinda, in the "University bar pub sophistry" sense.
(for less physicsy persons - this is in the sense that a tennis ball's mass changes when you kick it, and I'm not talking about rubbing a bit of the felt off)

But regardless, he didn't mean it that way.

Also, seen many stationary photons recently? ;)
 
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Not a remark regarding your size 8ball, more a general observation.
Besides, in my minds eye you are a gaunt 11 stones (old money)
 
Not a remark regarding your size 8ball, more a general observation.
Besides, in my minds eye you are a gaunt 11 stones (old money)

Old money. Yeah, last time I weighed that much we were probably using pounds, shillings and pence. ;)

Also, sustained* observation of anything at infinite mass would not be possible because the Lorentz transformation can no longer put you into the object's frame of reference.** :p

* - although if you got close everything would be a bit sustained due to time dilation effect***
** - at least, I think this was considered correct when I last looked
*** - to a second observer, maybe - my head hurts now
 
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my pal goes on about 'sticks of infinite length' and general relativity.. He loses me once he gets 'round to Lorentz n stuff.

best leave science to the scientists eh?
 
reading here it looks as though anyone with an opinion bout owt can simply state it, regardless of qualification or intellect. Leave science to the boffins has always been my motto..
 
reading here it looks as though anyone with an opinion bout owt can simply state it, regardless of qualification or intellect. Leave science to the boffins has always been my motto..
The very essence of the scientific method is that personal prestige should not be a factor. The theory should match experimental data.
 
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