Re: Lorentz transformations - a derivation

From: Bilge (dubious_at_radioactivex.lebesque-al.net)
Date: 01/09/05 

Date: Sun, 09 Jan 2005 20:36:06 GMT

 jem:
>Bilge wrote:
>> jem:
>> >Bill Hobba wrote:
>> >> "jem" <xxx@xxx.xxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:sdSDd.25692$Q%4.10400@fed1read06...
>> >
>> >>>Remember this proposed definition? An inertial reference frame is a
>> >>>reference frame in which all stationary standard clocks tick at the same
>> >>>rate.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> How do you sync those clocks?
>> >
>> >It's not necessary to synchronize clocks in order to compare their tick
>> >rates.
>>
>> Synchronizing clocks _is_ comparing their tick rates.
>>
>
>Not hardly. Synchronizing 2 clocks means setting them so that exactly
>one tick on each occurs simultaneously.
 
   So, if I syncronize my watch with my wall clock and discover the
clocks don't read the same time a few weeks later, should I presume
relativity had something to do with it?

>Whether the clocks tick at the
>same rate can only be determined by testing whether subsequent clock
>ticks also occur simultaneously.

  Whatever...

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