From: mpc755 on
'Ether and the Theory of Relativity
by
Albert Einstein'

"What is fundamentally new in the ether of the general theory of
relativity as opposed to the ether of Lorentz consists in this, that
the state of the former is at every place determined by connections
with the matter and the state of the ether in neighbouring places,
which are amenable to law in the form of differential equations;
whereas the state of the Lorentzian ether in the absence of
electromagnetic fields is conditioned by nothing outside itself, and
is everywhere the same. The ether of the general theory of relativity
is transmuted conceptually into the ether of Lorentz if we substitute
constants for the functions of space which describe the former,
disregarding the causes which condition its state."
http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Einstein_ether.html

Einstein disregarded the causes which condition its state.

The displacement of aether by matter causes its condition.
From: bz on
spudnik <Space998(a)hotmail.com> wrote in news:90ba86ef-4f2d-4a24-bc55-
ef2b6a90b6ac(a)z3g2000yqz.googlegroups.com:

> slow down on that typing prowess, aetherboy!... of course,
> my inability to "be a physicist" doesn't mean a God-am thing,
> since we are both simply amateurs.
>

Please properly cite the text you are quoting so that those that use USENET
rather than the crippled goggle groups interface to Usenet can follow your
line of thought and know to whom you are addressing your comments.

(hint: the quoted text should be preceded by a line giving 'credit' to the
author of the quoted material)

Be aware of the fact that the propagation of Usenet articles is NOT
guaranteed to be sequential. In other words, the article you are reading
and responding to may NOT precede your article in my news reader. In fact
that article may NEVER appear in my news reader because it may get dropped
or blocked along the way.

Many 'new' users of usenet arrive via google and are ignorant of the fact
that usenet groups predate, and are distinct from google.


--
bz

please pardon my infinite ignorance, the set-of-things-I-do-not-know is an
infinite set.
From: mpc755 on
On Apr 5, 3:15 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> 'Ether and the Theory of Relativity
> by
> Albert Einstein'
>
> "What is fundamentally new in the ether of the general theory of
> relativity as opposed to the ether of Lorentz consists in this, that
> the state of the former is at every place determined by connections
> with the matter and the state of the ether in neighbouring places,
> which are amenable to law in the form of differential equations;
> whereas the state of the Lorentzian ether in the absence of
> electromagnetic fields is conditioned by nothing outside itself, and
> is everywhere the same. The ether of the general theory of relativity
> is transmuted conceptually into the ether of Lorentz if we substitute
> constants for the functions of space which describe the former,
> disregarding the causes which condition its state.
> "http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Einstein_ether.html
>
> Einstein disregarded the causes which condition its state.
>
> The displacement of aether by matter is the cause which conditions
> its condition.

"Space and time are not conditions in which we live; they are simply
modes in which we think." - Albert Einstein
http://lazyway.blogs.com/lazy_way/2005/09/einstein_quote_.html
From: mpc755 on
On Apr 5, 3:15 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> 'Ether and the Theory of Relativity
> by
> Albert Einstein'
>
> "What is fundamentally new in the ether of the general theory of
> relativity as opposed to the ether of Lorentz consists in this, that
> the state of the former is at every place determined by connections
> with the matter and the state of the ether in neighbouring places,
> which are amenable to law in the form of differential equations;
> whereas the state of the Lorentzian ether in the absence of
> electromagnetic fields is conditioned by nothing outside itself, and
> is everywhere the same. The ether of the general theory of relativity
> is transmuted conceptually into the ether of Lorentz if we substitute
> constants for the functions of space which describe the former,
> disregarding the causes which condition its state."http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Einstein_ether.html
>
> Einstein disregarded the causes which condition its state.
>
> The displacement of aether by matter is the cause which conditions
> its state.

Time is a concept. The rate at which an atomic clock ticks has nothing
to do with time.

"Space and time are not conditions in which we live; they are simply
modes in which we think." - Albert Einstein
http://lazyway.blogs.com/lazy_way/2005/09/einstein_quote_.html
From: mpc755 on
On Apr 5, 3:15 pm, mpc755 <mpc...(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> 'Ether and the Theory of Relativity
> by
> Albert Einstein'
>
> "What is fundamentally new in the ether of the general theory of
> relativity as opposed to the ether of Lorentz consists in this, that
> the state of the former is at every place determined by connections
> with the matter and the state of the ether in neighbouring places,
> which are amenable to law in the form of differential equations;
> whereas the state of the Lorentzian ether in the absence of
> electromagnetic fields is conditioned by nothing outside itself, and
> is everywhere the same. The ether of the general theory of relativity
> is transmuted conceptually into the ether of Lorentz if we substitute
> constants for the functions of space which describe the former,
> disregarding the causes which condition its state."
> http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Extras/Einstein_ether.html
>
> Einstein disregarded the causes which condition its state.
>
> The displacement of aether by matter is the cause which conditions
> its state.

Time is a concept. The rate at which an atomic clock ticks has nothing
to do with time.

"Space and time are not conditions in which we live; they are simply
modes in which we think." - Albert Einstein
http://lazyway.blogs.com/lazy_way/2005/09/einstein_quote_.html
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