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In sci.physics.relativity, Henri Wilson
<H@.>
 wrote
on Sun, 31 Oct 2004 21:59:28 GMT
<crnao0ti5mlnj2e75185h1k3pr4mkqns2m@4ax.com>:
> On 29 Oct 2004 09:37:50 -0700, titanpoint@yahoo.com (Titan Point) wrote:
>
>>H@..(Henri Wilson) wrote in message news:<6ne1o05f4ml8vs8fffqmqd6k09bh6b3ogt@4ax.com>...
>>> On 28 Oct 2004 01:39:31 -0700, titanpoint@yahoo.com (Titan Point) wrote:
>>> 
>>> >H@..(Henri Wilson) wrote in message news:<m780o01r64c36f6rc53ljm80tcvgtqvncp@4ax.com>...
>>> >> On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:08:43 GMT, Bill Rowe <readnewscix@earthlink.net.invalid>
>>> >> wrote:
>>> >> 
>>> >> >In article <mp0rn0luu869k5au65n99n1aua44vd4pe6@4ax.com>,
>>> >> > H@..(Henri Wilson) wrote:
>>> >> >
>>> >> >> As far as I can see, Einstein's version of relativity was never taken 
>>> >> >> seriously outside of the USA and GB. It is a western hoax, 
>>> >> >> perpetuated by generations of academic inbreeding.
>>> >> >
>>> >> >This merely demonstrates your myopic view. I am certain the Galileo 
>>> >> >system planned by ESA will definitely make use of relativity just as the 
>>> >> >US GPS system. Additionally, I believe the Russians also built a system 
>>> >> >similar to GPS which also must have considered relativity. So, your idea 
>>> >> >relativity is taken seriously by just the US and GB is simply fantasy.
>>> >> 
>>> >> I'm sure the orbiting clocks will be software adjusted so that they will be in
>>> >> synch with the ground clocks.
>>> >> 
>>> >> HW.
>>> >
>>> >Why should that happen, unless they were going out of synchronization
>>> >due to motion and position in the Earth's gravitational field?
>>> 
>>> Clocks change rates slightly when relieved of gravitational self compresion
>>> They are also affected by cutting the Earths fields. 
>>
>>Is this the best you can come up with?
>>
>>How does "graviational self-compression" affect the transition between
>>energy levels of an electron in a caesium atom? Please quantify with
>>actual mathematics and data of this so-called effect.
>>
>>Otherwise people might think you were just making this up.
>
>
> GPS clocks are observed to change rates when placed into orbit, AS MEASURED BY
> THE ORIGINAL OBSERVER IN THE ORIGINAL FRAME. This is obviously a REAL
> physical/mechanical change.
>
> PLease explain why you think a mathematical equation can alter the rate of a
> clock?

It cannot.  However, the clock's rate is altered.  NTS-2 showed
this long ago (the modern crop don't bother with a flippable
adjustment switch; the builders just build in the frequency
shift).

All the equation does is estimate it -- rather accurately, AIUI.

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