"Dr. Henri Wilson" HW@.... wrote in message
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 20:52:23 +1100, "Jeckyl" wrote:

"Dr. Henri Wilson" HW@.... wrote in message
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 16:08:15 +1100, "Jeckyl" wrote:

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In sci.physics.relativity, Randy Poe


Not true, the reflected beam will be doppler shifted.

Yes, both wavelength and frequency experience a doppler shift.

Only in SR (though both have been observed). In Newtonian
math the frequency changes as per the Doppler, but theany waves
wavelength is unaltered.

It depends on who is moving relative to the medium (assuming we are
talking
about doppler shifting of waves in a medium) .. the source or the
observer.

In ballistic theory, there aren't really any waves in a medium (so how
*does* ballistic theory account for the wave-like behaviour of light?)

Hey, idiot, in SR there aren't really any waves in a medium.

SR says nothing about how light propagates other than its speed. It could
be waves in a medium ..
Ah! So you want to become an aetherist?

Why would you think that?

it could be particles ..
Ah! So you want to become a BaThist now?

Why would you think that?

it doesn't matter to SR as
long as it travels at speed c, as SR is not a theory about how light
propagates.

SR is not a theory about anything.

More lies from Dr Hlaf Witt

So .. what does BaTH say light is and how it travels?
It appears to behave like an 'oscillating package of energy'.

So .. if that is what it is .. explain how you get a frequency and
wavelength from it, and how Doppler shift results in the observed changes in
both wavelength and frequency?