Relativity

Clocks in relative motion cannot remain synchronized for anylength of time.
On 3/8/10 12:19 PM, kenseto wrote: So how do they make the GPS clocks synchronized with the ground clocks? See: Relativistic Effects on Satellite Clocks http://relativity.livingreviews.org/open?pubNo=lrr-2003-1&page=node5.html ... 8 Mar 2010 17:34

The Infinitely Large Arch (was Re: Three times happening together)
I dropped by sci.physics after some years absence to find the following "wisdom" begging for a reply: On 3/7/2010 6:20 AM, Don Stockbauer wrote: Let's all jump on the "Let's waste all the computer mammary we can - it's actually infinite now!" bandwidthwagon!!!!!! How many stones do I have to remove fro... 8 Mar 2010 08:35

Seeking a correct explanation for Stellar Abberation
On Mar 6, 7:32 pm, Tom Roberts <tjroberts...(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: train wrote: According to the special theory of relativity, the aberration only depends on the relative velocity v between the observer and the light from the star. http://www.mathpages.com/rr/s2-05/2-05.htm "relative velocit... 5 May 2010 06:03

How is SR this probability problem explained?
Please help with the SR physics explanation of the following probability problem. Let there be two inertial reference frames with a relative velocity V along the x-axis. Let there be two pulses traveling along the x-axis from the left (negative) direction toward the right direction (positive direction). I'll l... 6 Mar 2010 20:41

"Causality" or "determinism"?
I have a few questions that I would like people's expert input on... 1. Don't the terms "causality" and "determinism" actually mean the exact same thing? If processes follow the rules of causality, then the outcomes are also determined, aren't they? People tend not to like determinism, because they see it as nega... 15 Mar 2010 15:51

ARINDAM BANERJEE, THE greatest cuckoo of all time
On 3/4/2010 5:11 AM, Romanise wrote: On Mar 4, 11:38 am, "J. Clarke"<jclarke.use...(a)cox.net> wrote: Is "snake-rapist" some kind of Hindu thing? Speakers of Indic languages have limited vowel phonemes and have to struggle coping with English vowel phonemes. This genius is no exception except he ke... 4 Mar 2010 11:13

ARINDAM BANERJEE, THE greatest genius of all time
On Mar 4, 11:38 am, "J. Clarke" <jclarke.use...(a)cox.net> wrote: Is "snake-rapist" some kind of Hindu thing? Speakers of Indic languages have limited vowel phonemes and have to struggle coping with English vowel phonemes. This genius is no exception except he keeps trying to foist that limitation on speakers ... 4 Mar 2010 08:57

EHRENFEST PARADOX AND OTHER IDIOCIES
"Pentcho Valev" <pvalev(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:9d923082-ca10-4bc3-b5d5-31103ef7a32b(a)k17g2000yqb.googlegroups.com... You still don't know what relativity says. You're just a stupid trolling bot. ... 4 Mar 2010 11:13

The electron is not a point.
On Mar 2, 10:24 pm, PD <thedraperfam...(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Mar 2, 11:42 am, "Y.Porat" <y.y.po...(a)gmail.com> wrote: On Mar 2, 5:23 pm, Sam Wormley <sworml...(a)gmail.com> wrote: On 3/2/10 9:12 AM, bert wrote: My theory for 45 years is "electron structure is a cloud of virtual ... 10 Mar 2010 03:05

Math problem for those interested in astronomy
On Mar 1, 3:27 pm, "Androcles" <Headmas...(a)Hogwarts.physics_u> wrote: "Darwin123" <drosen0...(a)yahoo.com> wrote in message news:6dc32653-9799-4934-815a-04353b89a715(a)z11g2000yqz.googlegroups.com... On Feb 27, 4:58 pm, "Androcles" <Headmas...(a)Hogwarts.physics_u> wrote: "vincen...(a)yahoo.com" <datashap..... 5 Mar 2010 02:54