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Re: Silly Questions for Silly People.

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HenryWilson wrote:
> 
> Two clocks are accurately connected to as 'perfect' 1GHz oscillator via
> 1000m optical fibres, as in 1. They 'tick', say, once every e9 arriving
> pulses.
> 
> 1.            O============8 (a,b)
> Can they be assumed to be in absolute synch?
> 
> 2. One is now moved rapidly to this position:
>  a------------O------------b
> Are they still in synch? What if O is also moved?
>                 b------------O------------a
> 
> 3. a is moved vertically up a 1000m high cliff:
> a
> |
> |
> |
> |
> O-----------b
> 
> What happens? What would they say about the speed of a diagonal light beam
> sent from b to a??


where is the silly question???


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Silly Questions for Silly People. HenryWilson <Hgw@home.com> - 2026-11-01 17:24 +0000
  Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2026-11-01 11:40 -0800
    Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. HenryWilson <Hgw@home.com> - 2026-11-03 01:44 +0000
  Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-11-01 21:08 +0000
    Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-11-02 08:03 +0100
    Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. HenryWilson <Hgw@home.com> - 2026-11-03 04:18 +0000
      Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-11-03 10:37 +0000
        Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-11-03 12:10 +0100
          Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-11-03 11:20 +0000
            Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-11-03 12:37 +0100
              Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-11-03 11:41 +0000
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-11-03 12:48 +0100
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-11-03 11:52 +0000
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-11-03 12:59 +0100
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-11-03 12:01 +0000
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-11-03 13:05 +0100
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-11-03 12:15 +0000
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-11-03 13:25 +0100
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-11-03 12:35 +0000
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-11-03 14:09 +0100
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-11-03 13:39 +0000
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-11-03 15:57 +0100
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-11-03 15:28 +0000
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-11-03 16:42 +0100
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-11-03 15:57 +0000
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-11-03 17:24 +0100
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Python <python@cccp.invalid> - 2026-11-03 16:42 +0000
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2026-11-03 18:05 +0100
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Norbert Kabuzan <zrr@bakkzuob.ru> - 2026-11-03 17:17 +0000
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Kelly Mahlov <kemov@lllall.ru> - 2026-11-03 16:45 +0000
                Re: Silly Questions for Silly People. Jarret Babahanov <bt@nra.ru> - 2026-11-03 17:21 +0000

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