Exercise 1: Recognizing Absolute Motion

Let an observer in the circle universe be at rest in her own "inertial
frame of reference." Let her pick a positive and negative direction.
Suppose she has a nice watch on her wrist to note the time. Other than
just looking nice and being able to see how old she's getting, let her
do experiments. Let t1 be the time she measures for a photon to
circumnavigate the universe in the positive direction. Let t2 be the
time she measures for a photon to circumnavigate the universe in the
negative direction. Being only a one-dimensional creature, she is
still smart enough to realize the impossibility of all frames agreeing
on a frame independent law of light propagation. Consequently, if t1
doesn't equal t2, then she is moving at some velocity v with respect
to an absolute frame of reference. Isn't it obvious, based on the
global theorem, that the velocity v is given by the equation:
t1/t2 = (c+v)/(c-v) ?

http://www.everythingimportant.org/r...multaneity.htm

Eugene Shubert

(Perfectly Innocent) wrote in message . com...
Exercise 1: Recognizing Absolute Motion

Let an observer in the circle universe be at rest in her own "inertial
frame of reference." Let her pick a positive and negative direction.
Suppose she has a nice watch on her wrist to note the time. Other than
just looking nice and being able to see how old she's getting, let her
do experiments. Let t1 be the time she measures for a photon to
circumnavigate the universe in the positive direction. Let t2 be the
time she measures for a photon to circumnavigate the universe in the
negative direction. Being only a one-dimensional creature, she is
still smart enough to realize the impossibility of all frames agreeing
on a frame independent law of light propagation. Consequently, if t1
doesn't equal t2, then she is moving at some velocity v with respect
to an absolute frame of reference. Isn't it obvious, based on the
global theorem, that the velocity v is given by the equation:
t1/t2 = (c+v)/(c-v) ?

http://www.everythingimportant.org/r...multaneity.htm

Eugene Shubert

I always wondered what would happen if somebody sent two photons
around the world. Now I know.

(...Starblade Riven Darksquall...)

(Bilge) wrote in message ...
Perfectly Innocent:

All persons interested in participating in respectful peer
review and who are curious about "A Viable Alternative to Einstein's
Special Relativity Theory" are invited to join in a respectful
interrogation of the author.

See http://www.everythingimportant.org/viewtopic.php?t=605

You mean the page 1 of 1 where you ask yourself a question and comment
on how perceptive the question is?

Are you accusing me of being both Perfectly Innocent and Constantine
in this post:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:...g.googl e.com

Perfectly Innocent:
(Bilge) wrote in message ...
Perfectly Innocent:

All persons interested in participating in respectful peer
review and who are curious about "A Viable Alternative to Einstein's
Special Relativity Theory" are invited to join in a respectful
interrogation of the author.

See http://www.everythingimportant.org/viewtopic.php?t=605

You mean the page 1 of 1 where you ask yourself a question and comment
on how perceptive the question is?

Are you accusing me of being both Perfectly Innocent and Constantine
in this post:

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=g:...d&dq=&hl=en&lr
=&ie=UTF-8&selm=c45b45b3.0308221239.33d850d%40posting.googl e.com

Are you attempting to be dishonest? The original reference you gave
was to a url not a newsgroup post.