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On Thu, 6 May 2010 11:10:23 -0700 (PDT), PD <thedraperfamily@gmail.com> wrote:

>On May 5, 11:47�pm, ..@..(Henry Wilson DSc) wrote:
>> On Wed, 05 May 2010 08:54:13 -0500, Marvin the Martian <mar...@ontomars.org>
>> wrote:
>>

>> >I don't know where you three idiots get that, but no.
>>
>> >Maxwell's equations are only invariant under the Lorentz transformation,
>> >and that preserves the speed of light regardless of the speed of the
>> >observer.
>>
>> >But then, I shouldn't be wasting my time with physics ignoramuses who
>> >don't know lower division undergrad physics. (Okay, with things the way
>> >they are, it may now be UPPER division undergrad physics...)
>>
>> There is no aether and no Lorentz transforms you dopey bastard.
>> Light is ballistic. Einstein's theory is crap.
>
>Well, let's see.
>Lorentz transforms are mathematical relations between coordinates.
>When you write them down on a piece of paper, they exist.
>Maxwell's equations superbly describe measured electrodynamics outside
>the quantum realm.
>It is easy to show the invariance of Maxwell's equations under the
>Lorentz transforms with some lines of algebra on a piece of paper.

Duh! So what?

>Once it's written down, it's pretty hard to deny that the
>demonstration has been done.
>
>Unless, of course, you clamp your eyes shut and mutter, "No-no-no-no-
>no. I won't look and you can't make me. I *deny* your reality and
>substitute my own."

Maxwell's equations provide a way to measure the value of the universal
constant c. They do that by measuring properties of electric and magnetic
fields set up in various apparatus.
'c' also happens to represent the magnitude of light's speed wrt its source.
Light moves at c+v wrt an observer moving at -v wrt its source.

Empty space (completely devoid of fields) has NO e or mu. Maxwell's equations
are not relevant there.

Henry Wilson...

.......A relativist's IQ = his snipping ability.