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On May 7, 4:23 pm, ..@..(Henry Wilson DSc) wrote:
> On Fri, 7 May 2010 05:38:45 -0700 (PDT), PD <thedraperfam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On May 6, 5:31 pm, ..@..(Henry Wilson DSc) wrote:
> >> On Thu, 6 May 2010 15:18:38 -0700 (PDT), PD <thedraperfam...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >On May 6, 5:13 pm, ..@..(Henry Wilson DSc) wrote:
> >> >You mean the equations you said don't work?
>
> >> I didn't say the equations didn't work. They produce a value for the universal
> >> constant known as c.
>
> >You said the equations demand an absolute reference frame that doesn't
> >exist. In science, that would be a very strong indicator that they
> >don't work.
>
> >> To do that, they rely on measured values of 'fields' set up in an apparatus.
>
> >> >Or do you mean that the absolute reference frame is the reference
> >> >frame of the fields in the apparatus used?
> >> >You're beginning to babble like Mitch.
> >> >He eats on the curb and sleeps in a box. You?
>
> >> Diaper, your logical ability is sadly lacking. It is the interpretation of
> >> Maxwell's equations that is wrong.
>
> >That old saw. Maxwell's equations are nothing but shorthand for a
> >serious of English sentences that would take a great number of words
> >to say with the same precision that the algebraic notation says in
> >compact form. When you read the equation, all of those terms have been
> >defined and their conceptual meaning already established. Thus the
> >interpretation is the conceptual framework that is already written
> >down before the equations are.
>
> Maxwell's equations provide a value for the speed of lightin a medium.

Or without a medium.

They also provide other things, as I've already mentioned. Are you so
geriatric that you've forgotten the others already?


>
> ALL velocities are relative by definition....and that includes light.

Yes, but as I said, this does not necessarily mean that the velocity
changes when changing reference frame.

>
> >> >> >> Maxwell's derivation of the universal constant 'c' is legitimate....and c just
>
> Henry Wilson...
>
> .......A relativist's IQ = his snipping ability.