Re: TDD: Test-Driven Design or Test-Driven Development?

From: Robert C. Martin (unclebob_at_objectmentor.com)
Date: 03/05/04 

Date: Fri, 05 Mar 2004 09:47:34 -0600

On Thu, 04 Mar 2004 15:56:00 GMT, "Shayne Wissler"
<thalesNOSPAM000@yahoo.com> wrote:

>This is also off the track. Newton didn't know all, we don't know all today
>(for all we know, there is an ether of some sort that hasn't been
>identified). That doesn't change the fact that we know for certain that the
>planets revolve around the sun--a scientific idea that used to be
>controversial and had to be proven.

I'm not a GR geek, but I seem to recall that Einstein showed that
there is no special frame of reference. A geocentric view is just as
valid as a heliocentric view. If we choose Earth as a "stationary"
frame of reference, the motion of the Universe wheeling around us set
up the necessary gravitational fields to keep the system stable and
support the motions we see.

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