Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion?

From	Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
Newsgroups	sci.electronics.design, sci.astro, sci.physics
Subject	Re: Could magnets be used for interstellar propulsion?
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Date	2026-02-04 20:11 +0100
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Jeremiah Jones <jj@j.j> wrote:
               ^^^^^^^^
Again, you need to specify an actual e-mail address there.
And stop this mindless crossposting without Followup-To, *please*.

> ehsjr <ehsjr@verizon.net> wrote:
>> On 2/2/2026 11:50 AM, Jeremiah Jones wrote:
>>> Earth *is* a magnet.  It is pushed by the magnetic fields of the sun
>>> and galaxies.  That's what makes the earth go round the sun.
>> 
>> That's why they're worried about magnetic pole reversal. We'll start
>> orbiting the sun in the opposite direction. Or maybe it will just make
>> time go backwards.  Who knows?
> 
> It can at least makes time stand still.

No, it cannot.

> Did you know Joshua commanded the sun to stand still for 2 hours so he 
> could finish his slaughter?

The Bible is a heavily redacted account of campfire and bedtime stories of
ignorant tent-dwelling bronze-age nomads, NOT a textbook.  To give you an
idea how ignorant they were: they did not even know that Earth is a planet
that is orbiting a star, and that the Sun is that star.

Not only did Joshua not made the Sun to stand still, because he could not;
there is also no evidence to support the idea that he ever existed:

<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua#Current_mainstream_opinion>

> He made all the virgin Amorite girls hold up their mirrors to reflect 
> the magnetic field the other way, [...]

Mirrors do not "reflect magnetic fields".  They reflect _light_, which is
(best described as) an electromagnetic wave: an oscillation of electric and
magnetic fields that _stay in place_ while that happens.

> so the earth stopped spinning while his men finished slaughtering the
> rest of the Amorites.  Then Josh's men ravished their new concubines.
> They were the sluttiest virgins.

You are just trolling, right?  Otherwise I suggest that you also attend a
real school, not just Sunday school.

F'up2 sci.physics

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