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Re: OT: System Clock Loses Hour
Why not just measure the speed of the earth relative to the speed of light?
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April 25th, 2007, 12:18 AM
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Re: OT: System Clock Loses Hour
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Why not just measure the speed of the earth relative to the speed of light?
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Because that results in the inconveniently small number (0.001% of c) that AngleWyrm mentioned further upthread.
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April 25th, 2007, 06:28 AM
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Re: OT: System Clock Loses Hour
...I'm totally lost. Too many explanations.
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Re: OT: System Clock Loses Hour
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narf poit chez BOOM said:
Why not just measure the speed of the earth relative to the speed of light?
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Because that results in the inconveniently small number (0.001% of c) that AngleWyrm mentioned further upthread.
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Actually, it results in a relative speed of 1.0 c (relative to light)
You could measure your speed relative to the earth, or relative to the sun, or relative to the calculated center of the galaxy, or relative to the middle of the local cluster.
But light itself always travels a 1.0c relative to the observer.
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Re: OT: System Clock Loses Hour
Gotta be the time dilation.
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