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"Alfred Einstead" wrote in message
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(Ken S. Tucker) wrote:
Spacetime point.
bilge
That's imaginary, it's not physicaly measureable.

Counter-example:

Longitude: 90 deg. 0' 0'' west
Latitude: 45 deg. 0' 0'' north
Altitude: 200 meters above surface
Time: 12:00 Midnight, CST, January 1, 2001.

A physical measurement of an event.

What does it mean for a physical location not to be "measureable"? If
"physical locations" cannot be made "measureable" then how does one yank it
out of the theory of relativity? If one does not claim that a "physical
location" is not measureable then why can't an event not be made
measureable. Its detectable so why not measureable?

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(Alfred Einstead) wrote in message . com...
(Ken S. Tucker) wrote:
Spacetime point.
bilge
That's imaginary, it's not physically measureable.

Counter-example:

Longitude: 90 deg. 0' 0'' west
Latitude: 45 deg. 0' 0'' north
Altitude: 200 meters above surface
Time: 12:00 Midnight, CST, January 1, 2001.

A physical measurement of an event.

On 11/17 in this thread I did agree with
Bilge not to fool with the definition of *event*
as commonly used. However Alfred placed
the phrase "physical measurement" as a modifier,
*after* defining x,y,z,t = a spacetime point,
without providing the necessary d(energy)
required to fix the *occurance*. I use the term
occurance as *an event defined by a measureable
phenomena*
((in cooperation with Bilge's objections)).

Anyway, I don't see any *physical measurement*
as far as Alfred went.

((BTW Alfred, we discussed basis vectors
awhile back and I learned alot, so no disrespect
is intended in my rebuttal)).

Regards Ken S. Tucker

PS: I think a finite integer is given by D(Occurance),
where D is a finite increment.
In other words, Occurances change by increments.
I think this is a good place to normalize, so
DO = integers like 0,1,2,3....

And from my first post the Occurance is defined
by the invariant,

DO = DE*DV = Dx Dy Dz Dt De =DO' .
KST
 
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