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From: James Whitehead on 1 Dec 2007 04:12 "Dennis M. Hammes" <scrawlmark(a)arvig.net> wrote in message news:ieidneok6pC-hszanZ2dnUVZ_tijnZ2d(a)onvoy.com... > James Whitehead wrote: > >> "James Whitehead" <james(a)somewhereovertherainbow.com> wrote in message >> news:... >> >>>"Ned" <nedludd(a)ix.netcom.com> wrote in message >>>news:13ks6nahas71r3f(a)corp.supernews.com... >>> >>>>"Don Shepherd" <donshep2.nospam(a)verizon.net> wrote in message >>>>news:URo3j.50965$Pt.45933(a)trnddc02... >>>> >>>>>>But one question... If all motion is relative, how does >>>>>>the earth know that the moon is revolving around IT, rather >>>>>>than IT revolving around the moon? >>>>>>Ned >>>>> >>>>>What does it mean to say that the earth "knows" something? >>>>>Don >>>>> >>>> >>>> What does it mean to say that one thing goes "around" another >>>>thing, when all motion is relative? >>>> >>>> Ned >>>> >> >> >> I see the sun go around... people even scientists are happy to talk >> about sun "rise" - it makes sense - has meaning... >> >> >> i thought that relativity involved relations - no "ALL" - that puts one >> on the outside of any relationship. > > No wonder I was outside the relationship with my girlfriend. > of course - the correct relationship would be to be 'in the wrong' - > -- > -------(m+ > ~/:o)_| > Gresham's Law is not worth a Continental. > http://scrawlmark.org
From: dt on 3 Dec 2007 17:00
Ali wrote: > On Wed, 28 Nov 2007 19:47:54 -0600, "Ned" <nedludd(a)ix.netcom.com> > wrote: > > >>"Don Shepherd" <donshep2.nospam(a)verizon.net> wrote in message >>news:URo3j.50965$Pt.45933(a)trnddc02... >> >>>>But one question... If all motion is relative, how does >>>>the earth know that the moon is revolving around IT, rather >>>>than IT revolving around the moon? >>>>Ned >>> >>>What does it mean to say that the earth "knows" something? >>>Don >>> >> >> What does it mean to say that one thing goes "around" another >>thing, when all motion is relative? >> >> Ned >> > > > Little pebble upon the sand > Now you're lying here in my hand, > How many years have you been here ? > > Little human upon the sand > From where I'm lying here in your hand, > You to me are but a passing breeze. > > The sun will always shine where you stand > Depending in which land > You may find yourself. > Now you have my blessing, go your way. > > Happiness runs in a circular motion > Thought is like a little boat upon the sea. > Everybody is a part of everything anyway, > You can have everything if you let yourself be. > > Happiness runs, happiness runs. > Happiness runs, happiness runs. > Happiness runs, happiness runs. > Happiness runs, happiness runs. > > ... > > Why ? Because. > Why ? Because. > > Why ? Because. > Why ? Because. > > Happiness runs in a circular motion > Thought is like a little boat upon the sea. > Everybody is a part of everything anyway, > You can have everything if you let yourself be. > > You can have everything if you let yourself be. > You can have everything if you let yourself be. > You can have everything if you let yourself be. > You can have everything if you let yourself be. Cool! Hadn't thought of *that* one in years. DT |