Re: Grahics drawer wanted to show light source dependency

From: Franz Heymann (notfranz.heymann_at_btopenworld.com)
Date: 06/15/04 

Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 19:14:28 +0000 (UTC)

"Jim Greenfield" <greenfield_7@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Franz Heymann" <notfranz.heymann@btopenworld.com> wrote in message
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> > "Jim Greenfield" <greenfield_7@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > "Franz Heymann" <notfranz.heymann@btopenworld.com> wrote in
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> > news:<cafmn7$hk2$5@titan.btinternet.com>...
> > > > "Jim Greenfield" <greenfield_7@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > > > > "MorituriMax" <newage@sendarico.net> wrote in message
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> > > > > > Jim Greenfield wrote:
> > > > > > > I require someone who understands that the velocity of
light
> > in
> > a
> > > > > > > vacuum is dependent on the velocity of its source, to
draw
> > (preferably
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What drugs are you on? Dependant on the velocity of its
> > source?
> > > > >
> > > > > ALL my references to c are in a vacuum, unless otherwise
stated.
> > SOoo,
> > > > > do YOU think that the photons emitted from a parked car are
> > travelling
> > > > > at the same velocity of one which passes it?????????
> > > >
> > > > Actually, yes. To any observer, the speed of light is the
same,
> > > > irrespectively of the speed of the source relative to him.
> > > > This has been verified experimentally up to source velocities
very
> > > > close to that of light itself.
> > > >
> > > > By the way, do you realise that for an observer at the edge of
a
> > pond,
> > > > surface waves produced by a moving source have the same speed
as
> > waves
> > > > produced by a fixed source? Don't come back until you have
taken
> > that
> > > > on board.
> > >
> > > If you think that a ripple on a pond , is "the equivalent" of an
EM
> > > particle travelling through (nearly) empty space, then I most
> > > certainly WILL NOT be boarding you boat!! It is in immediate and
> > dire
> > > risk of going down with all hands!!!!!!!!!
> >
> > I don't. I merely pointed out an interesting feature of the
source
> > independence of the speed of ripples on a pond

> Well since we are not discussing frogs, please refrain from wasting
> space on Usenet with this set of
> 0011010100010101010101100111010101010100

I know. But we were discussing source-independence of waves.
I guess the penny still has not dropped.

Franz

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