Re: OWLS & Out of Sync Clocks-By How Much Are They Out of Sync.

"Sue..." <suzysewnshow@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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>
> bz wrote:
>> "kk" <mr_kurt_kingston@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
>> news:1131133731.263735.160180 @f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
>>
>> > Einstein pictured in his own little head a pair of
>> > absolutely synchronous clocks, the infamous clocks
>> > of classical physics, the clocks that relativists
>> > hate with a passion, the clocks that must be used
>> > to correctly measure any one-way speed, including
>> > light's.
>> >
>> > But even Einstein was too cowardly to explicitly
>> > admit this certain use of absolutely synchronous
>> > clocks.
>> >
>> > Therefore, folks such as I are left to fully explain
>> > Einstein's simple one-way light speed example.
>> >
>> > And folks such as you are left with a loophole almost
>> > big enough to drive a Hummer through.
>> >
>> > And this is not the only case where Einstein failed
>> > to be honestly explicit; there are many more!
>> >
>> >
>>
>> have you ever bothered to read what Einstein says?
>> [quote]
>> If we wish to describe the motion of a material point, we give the
>> values
> THREE pages snipped
>> [unquote]
>>
>> It is quite clear that he explicity shows the criteria for
>> syncronization and he makes clear WHAT is syncronized with what.
>
> Clear?
> I have three pages that tell how to set the clock on my VCR
> There is nothing *clear* about it.
> Do not pass Go.
> Do not collect $200
> Go directly to jail.
>
>:o)


"VCR? We don't need no stinkin VCR!"






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bz

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