Re: Evil Twin Paradox

Dear David:

On Aug 9, 4:56 am, David <dsepp...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Wed, 8 Aug 2007 20:13:51 -0700, "N:dlzcD:aol T:com \(dlzc\)"
....
In this frame the evil twin is firing
a 100 millimeter projectile along the
y axis.

*Who's* y-axis? You want the bullet to
appear to travel straight from the moving
twin... for whom?

As I stated in the original posting, the
evil twin's weapon ... is always pointed
perpendicular to the x-axis as measured in
his moving reference frame.

So the gap is much larger than 100 mm *to the bullet*, and so is
possible to strike the stationary twin (depending on y-component of
velocity). Only your expectation that light from both edges of a 10
ly wide gap defines what the bullet can pass through is in error. It
is still the "simultaneity" thing, David.

David A. Smith

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