Re: The theory of relativity is 100% wrong .......

From: shevek (shevek4_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 10/30/04 

Date: 30 Oct 2004 15:11:23 -0700

The Ghost In The Machine <ewill@sirius.athghost7038suus.net> wrote in message news:<uka752-oc9.ln1@sirius.athghost7038suus.net>...
> In sci.physics.relativity, robert j. kolker
> <nowhere@nowhere.net>
> wrote
> on Thu, 28 Oct 2004 08:00:41 -0400
> <2uc5beF29pepvU1@uni-berlin.de>:
> >
> >
>
> Nor is it clear that a OWLS is really necessary. The round-trip
> time of an airliner with a constant head/tailwind is
> d/(v+w) + d/(v-w) = 2vd/(v^2 - w^2) > 2d/v , in Newtonian space.
> The round-trip time of an airliner in a crabwind is
> 2d*sqrt(1 + w^2/v^2)/v . Should be easy to detect that "aether wind"
> using MMX...

Ever hear of Lorentz-Fitzgerald contraction? You might want to
include that in your round trip time predictions.