Re: The relation between refractive index and dielectric constant ?

On Fri, 01 Dec 2006 12:33:34 +0800, Tom Potter wrote:


"The Thing" <tthing@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Thu, 30 Nov 2006 12:46:58 +0800, Tom Potter wrote:

Of course, it may be that the "contribution" of General Relativity
was a negative, as the GTR Gurus used 13 complicated, time-consuming,
hacks of GTR to account for the desired frequency offset in the orbiting
oscillators, when it could be done with one, simple equation
determined by Galileo over 3000 years ago.

So Galileo was a time traveler? No doubt your understanding of physics is
as accurate as your history.

Excuse my typo.

Galileo discovered that acceleration
affected vibrating systems about 1600 A.D.,
(Over 400 years ago.)

and in the 1700's, England sent ships
all over the world with standard pendulums
to measure the swings from sunrise to sunrise.

Newton used this data to compute many things
about the Earth, including its' shape, it's size,
the tides in various places, etc.

As can be seen, the European Community
is honoring Galileo's contribution to the GPS system
by naming their system after him,

as they saved an enormous amount of time and money
by using the ONE equation discover by Galileo
over "300 years ago",
to compute the desired frequency offset for the satellite oscillators.

As the "Thing" seems to be questioning
my "understanding of physics" because of an obvious typo,
I trust that he will post and discuss some of my misunderstandings,
so that I can either correct my misunderstandings,
or educate him.


Mr. Potter expects people to correct his misunderstanding
when they are clearly so deeply ingrained undertaking such
a task would be fruitless. He clearly neither understands
physics nor the rule of diminishing returns.

Regards
The

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