Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: The Starmaker Newsgroups: sci.physics.relativity Subject: Re: Should we synchronize clocks? Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 12:54:15 -0700 Organization: The Starmaker Organization Lines: 41 Message-ID: <681FAEE7.6FA2@ix.netcom.com> References: <183e210ee80d1afa$3780437$1799812$c2265aab@news.newsdemon.com> <681F8194.1209@ix.netcom.com> <183e3d3d801921d1$153780$1838875$c2565adb@news.newsdemon.com> Reply-To: starmaker@ix.netcom.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sat, 10 May 2025 21:54:08 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="febf006b9471557ede6d3fef88282da7"; logging-data="3901437"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18PgW1l8wgVceL9NQMm+BvAe4w4OMxSK/4=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:vT7Ogslnqx5QHdP2ChHz/DgITh4= X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250510-2, 05/10/2025), Outbound message X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.04Gold (WinNT; U) X-Antivirus-Status: Clean Xref: csiph.com sci.physics.relativity:663483 =?UTF-8?Q?Maciej_Wo=C5=BAniak?= wrote: > > On 5/10/2025 6:40 PM, The Starmaker wrote: > > =?UTF-8?Q?Maciej_Wo=C5=BAniak?= wrote: > >> > >> Time is what clocks indicate. > >> > >> If we synchronize clocks - they're > >> indicating t'=t; that's what clock > >> synchronization means. > >> > >> We can do it - that doesn't have to > >> be obvious or easy, but that's definitely > >> something we can manage in most > >> circumstances (with a good accuracy). > >> > >> Now should we do it - and make "what > >> clocks indicate" to be t'=t - or should > >> we rather give up and obey "Laws of > >> Nature" announced by a mumbling crazie? > >> Maybe GPS wouldn't work if we didn't, > >> but what a magnificient symmetry we > >> would have instead it. > >> > >> That is the question. Isn't it? > > > > > > What do you mean by "synchronize clocks" if i dare to ask? > > By "synchronize clocks" I mean sychronize > clocks. Oh, I'm sorry...sychronize??? It dat how the british spel it? -- The Starmaker -- To question the unquestionable, ask the unaskable, to think the unthinkable, mention the unmentionable, say the unsayable, and challenge the unchallengeable.