OK, you win, the earth is still in orbit because we have no clocks.
Actually when we had sundials, the earth did not move during the night because the sundial did not register time.
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OK, you win, the earth is still in orbit because we have no clocks.
Actually when we had sundials, the earth did not move during the night because the sundial did not register time.
Whoah, dude... give me time!
All the information you need is embedded in that diagram I gave you.
Please be patient while I dumb it down enough for you to understand it.
yea, take O stationary and do the problem.
Then take O' stationary and do the problem.
Then map them together under the burn mark.
Let me know what you get.
WTF?
Your words say that time doesn't exist without clocks.
But, you're clearly being sarcastic, so you seem to imply that I am saying that time doesn't exist without clocks.
But right through this thread, I have said over and over again that clocks are irrelevant, but time is unavoidable.
You have been ignoring time and claiming it is irrelevant, because you don't have a clock.
Wake up, Jack! Not having a clock doesn't make time go away! It doesn't matter if there are no clocks in your scenario, because time still happens!
Do you have the O' frame stationary yes or no and then I can show you.
You are claiming that clocks make events happen.
Do clocks cause light to move?
Do clocks cause the earth to move?
The clock is incidental.
For example, assume a very long pole from the sun to the earth.
When the earth hits that pole, a light flashed. Did the motion of the earth cause the light to flash or did some clock cause it to flash.
That is the question and you have not evolved to this point of control. You are still under the tic of a clock without the ability to use your mind to control events.
NO!
Fuck me, Jack, I am this close to reaching down this network cable and slapping you silly. Are you deliberately being obtuse?
When have I ever mentioned a clock in this thread?
This is not about clocks, Jack, it's about time.
There are no clocks in this scenario, there are no clocks in my explanation, there are no clocks in any diagram.
But as you oh-so-patiently point out, clocks don't matter, because time happens anyway.
That is why you can't avoid talking about time in this scenario, and why my explanation and diagrams have to include time.
Right. Just to refresh where we were, here are the snapshots at two different times in the rest frame of O:me said:
Now, here they are transformed to the rest frame of O':
As shown, your calculation of the distance the light travelled according to O' is correct:
x' = (vd/c + d)λ
But, we can now see that the light has travelled that distance at t'=(vd/c + d)λ/c
...and this is not the same time at which the burn mark meets O', when t'=d/λc
If we want to know how far the light has travelled when the burn mark meets O', we need to consider what a snapshot of O' looks like - we can't just transform a snapshot of O.
OK, if time is not about clocks then what is it?
Anyway, back to my deal, do you have the O' thing so I can correct you?
Right. Just to refresh where we were, here are the snapshots at two different times in the rest frame of O:
Nope, we need O' looking like the above or we cannot proceed logically.
What do you think?
Do you think time is only about clocks?
If not, they why do you need it explained to you?
Jack, did you even try to understand that diagram? I made it to help you see where you were right.
When I just show you a snapshot of O' (which even you could extract from the spacetime diagram with a few seconds though), all it will do is say that you were wrong.
No, I do not care about that.
I wanted you to put O' stationary as in O.
This will demonstrate the non clock control.
OK, they are building in the keys off FL machines that use the tides to generate electricity.
Now, do these machines work off time or do they depend on the motion of the moon?
That is my point with this experiment. I am evacuating normal physics where clocks control experiments and I am using other controls based on natural motion. I get to see other things you cannot see with clocks as a control.
You most certainly do care about how you did the calculation right, because you've ben repeating it all thread.
Do you understand the following? It is useless to proceed if yout don't:
OK, all things come to those who wait.
Once again, here is the spacetime diagram of the scenario in the rest frame of O'
Two snapshots are highlighted, one at the time the light is emitted, and another at the time the burn mark meets O'.
Note carefully that your calculation of the distance light travelled is not in these snapshots - it is labelled up at the top of the diagram, clearly occuring well after the time the burn mark meets O'.
Looking more closely:
We see that according to SR, the distance light travelled when the burn mark reaches O' in the reference frame of O' is d/λ
Once again, here is the spacetime diagram of the scenario in the rest frame of O'
Two snapshots are highlighted, one at the time the light is emitted, and another at the time the burn mark meets O'.
Note carefully that your calculation of the distance light travelled is not in these snapshots - it is labelled up at the top of the diagram, clearly occuring well after the time the burn mark meets O'.
Looking more closely:
We see that according to SR, the distance light travelled when the burn mark reaches O' in the reference frame of O' is d/λ
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Do you think they would work without time?
Do you think that the moon would have motion if there was no such thing as time?
Jack.
Do you think that I am using clocks as a control?
Why?
Have I ever mentioned a clock in this thread?
Jack, you said wanted this scenario to be about the "real world".
So why do you pretend that time doesn't exist?
Count how often you used the word "when" in your opening post. That might give you a clue about why time is a critical element of this scenario.
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Jack_:
Yes he did.
In post #139, the spacetime diagram for O stationary is given.
In post #152, the spacetime diagram for O' stationary is given.
Can you not understand these diagrams?
Correct. You do need time, though.
I'm going to say that if there was no time than the Earth would not move around the sun. Do you disagree?
He provided exactly that in post #152 - those shaded lines on a slope are the linear drawings you need.
Since you don't seem to understand spacetime diagrams, Pete has helpfully rotated those lines for you so they are horizontal, in post #176. Can you understand that simplified diagram?
You don't seem to even understand relativity. Are the spacetime diagrams in this thread the first ones you have ever seen?
I asked you to plot your "diverging origins" on a spacetime diagram. You seem unable to do it.
Pete has given you two equivalent spacetime diagrams that clearly show O and O' diverging. You don't seem capable of understanding those diagrams.
Pete has extracted from the spacetime diagrams two snapshot diagrams similar to your simple ones, that again show O and O' diverging. These are not in any way in conflict with relativity. You are showing no signs of understanding even these dumbed-down extracts of the full spacetime picture.
In short, you seem to be full of bluff and bluster, but either too dumb to understand this stuff or too closed-minded and lazy to make the intellectual effort required.
Yes he did.
In post #139, the spacetime diagram for O stationary is given.
In post #152, the spacetime diagram for O' stationary is given.
Can you not understand these diagrams?
Correct. You do need time, though.
I'm going to say that if there was no time than the Earth would not move around the sun. Do you disagree?
He provided exactly that in post #152 - those shaded lines on a slope are the linear drawings you need.
Since you don't seem to understand spacetime diagrams, Pete has helpfully rotated those lines for you so they are horizontal, in post #176. Can you understand that simplified diagram?
You don't seem to even understand relativity. Are the spacetime diagrams in this thread the first ones you have ever seen?
I asked you to plot your "diverging origins" on a spacetime diagram. You seem unable to do it.
Pete has given you two equivalent spacetime diagrams that clearly show O and O' diverging. You don't seem capable of understanding those diagrams.
Pete has extracted from the spacetime diagrams two snapshot diagrams similar to your simple ones, that again show O and O' diverging. These are not in any way in conflict with relativity. You are showing no signs of understanding even these dumbed-down extracts of the full spacetime picture.
In short, you seem to be full of bluff and bluster, but either too dumb to understand this stuff or too closed-minded and lazy to make the intellectual effort required.
I fail to see how anything you've said actually retorts my comments that you were incorrect and misusing terminology.
I'm saying the way you structure your sentences suggests you're not as familiar with the fundamentals as you'd like us to believe.
Why have you replied to the same post 3 times? And besides, Rpenner and I are not some two-some gang. I don't speak to him that much and he'll reply if and when he comes across the thread. I didn't bother looking in this thread till yesterday and no one PM'd me to say "OMG, this guy is asking for you and Rpenner!". Personally I have little interest in going through pretty tedious algebra with you just because you haven't spent much time learning relativity properly. Other people have done that in this thread in a very good way. You don't need Rpenner or myself to explain things to you, it would seem your mistakes are simple enough for a great many people to see.
Then why don't you PM him? It would certainly be a lot quicker than making some kind of physics gang notion and waiting for someone to stumble across your thread.
Right. Just to refresh where we were, here are the snapshots at two different times in the rest frame of O:
Now, here they are transformed to the rest frame of O':
As shown, your calculation of the distance the light travelled according to O' is correct:
x' = (vd/c + d)λ
But, we can now see that the light has travelled that distance at t'=(vd/c + d)λ/c
...and this is not the same time at which the burn mark meets O', when t'=d/λc
If we want to know how far the light has travelled when the burn mark meets O', we need to consider what a snapshot of O' looks like - we can't just transform a snapshot of O.
You included a clock to alter the diatances I noticed. We did not have any clocks.
Assume the two do the experiment on their own and come back together in the same frame after the experiment to compare.
Here is what O brings as the measuring rod with BM as the leading edge of the measuring rod.
BM---------------O>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>x.................(O is stationary)
Look at this, O says the light origin is far away from BM and the leading edge of the light wave on the measuring rod is x + (v/c)d from BM.
Now, O' walks into the room with its measuring rod.
It looks like this.
BM
O'>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>x/λ.
O' claims the light emission point is at the beginning of the rod and not far down as O claims.
I do not care what times are on any clocks. Clocks cannot explain the divergence of the light emission points.
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