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On 25/08/2016 11:52 AM, John Gogo wrote: > On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 9:54:26 PM UTC-5, Sylvia Else wrote: >> On 24/08/2016 1:42 AM, John Gogo wrote: >>> On Monday, August 22, 2016 at 12:18:12 AM UTC-5, Sylvia Else >>> wrote: >>>> On 22/08/2016 1:39 PM, John Gogo wrote: >>>>> On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 10:30:11 PM UTC-5, John Gogo >>>>> wrote: >>>>>> On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 10:22:05 PM UTC-5, John Gogo >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 10:03:52 PM UTC-5, John >>>>>>> Gogo wrote: >>>>>>>> On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 9:17:46 PM UTC-5, Sylvia >>>>>>>> Else wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 22/08/2016 11:42 AM, John Gogo wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On Sunday, August 21, 2016 at 8:31:12 PM UTC-5, >>>>>>>>>> Sylvia Else wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On 22/08/2016 9:41 AM, John Gogo wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>> On Saturday, August 20, 2016 at 9:40:09 PM >>>>>>>>>>>> UTC-5, Sylvia Else wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> On 21/08/2016 6:17 AM, John Gogo wrote: >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> It would take about two seconds if go/come >>>>>>>>>>>>>> to Earth, one second if one-way. >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> So, not instantaneous then. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> Sylvia. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> No, not any signal. But, the observation of >>>>>>>>>>>> the "largeness of the screen"(determined by >>>>>>>>>>>> maximum visual acuity) is instantaneous. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Suppose we had a large screen on the Moon, but >>>>>>>>>>> it was initially covered up. Then, when a laser >>>>>>>>>>> pulse hits the retro-reflector, the large screen >>>>>>>>>>> was uncovered. Do you maintain that the largeness >>>>>>>>>>> of the screen could be observed before the >>>>>>>>>>> returning laser pulse reaches the Earth? >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Sylvia. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Yes, this is what I have been trying to say. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Your retina is sensitive to photons. For you to >>>>>>>>> observe the photons representing the largeness of the >>>>>>>>> screen before the photons in the returning laser >>>>>>>>> pulse, the former would have to travel faster than >>>>>>>>> the latter. Why would they travel faster? How would >>>>>>>>> they know that they should travel faster? >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Sylvia. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You are treating "retina" like a machine to measure >>>>>>>> "photons" from which the very nature of its' meaning >>>>>>>> is traveling. Don't think like this. Think about why >>>>>>>> the object is large as it is and what makes this >>>>>>>> possible. Then you go right away to the screen of >>>>>>>> photons. Don't do this. Instead, compare the image of >>>>>>>> the screen- the 1,2,3 in seconds vs. the signal that >>>>>>>> the satellite sends back. >>>>>>> This is the only way you are going to spatially be able >>>>>>> to tell a time difference. >>>>>> >>>>>> I'm just giving you the facts here... you can like it or >>>>>> not. >>>>> >>>>> For instance, the Jupiter moon measure... I refuse to >>>>> believe that the 22 minutes of the six month variation of >>>>> occultation of the Jupiter's two main moons have anything to >>>>> do with the speed of light. I believe the 22 minutes means >>>>> something else. Now, I know what the 22 minutes means to you, >>>>> but do you know what the 22 minutes mean to me? >>>>> >>>> >>>> Why would you not believe? It's an elegantly simple >>>> explanation for what's observed, and is entirely consistent >>>> with what we know about light. It seems bizarre in the extreme >>>> for you to want to believe that the cause is something else >>>> when we clearly understand what's happening. >>>> >>>> You might as well believe in undetectable dragons. >>>> >>>> Sylvia. >>> >>> So, you are like one in the audience during a magicians >>> performance and the magician is like nature. When the woman >>> appears to be sawed in half- you believe the woman is really >>> being sawed in half- right? >>> >> >> I don't know how you get there. The fact that the apparently >> sawn-in-half woman is still alive suggests that the >> women-really-sawn-in-half model is flawed. >> >> As yet, there's nothing to suggest that the model of light is >> flawed. >> >> Sylvia. > > My point is we can place screens far on Earth- like the one's in > famous toothed-wheel experiments- placed on mountain tops to derive a > measurable quantity which proves that screens can be observed BEFORE > signals. > Well, it's your theory. You need to do the experiment. Given its conflict with the well established existing theory, no one else is going to do it. Sylvia.
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Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-15 19:19 -0700
Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-15 19:22 -0700
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Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-19 18:45 -0700
Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-20 13:34 +1000
Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-20 13:17 -0700
Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-21 12:40 +1000
Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-21 16:41 -0700
Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 11:31 +1000
Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-21 18:42 -0700
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Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 12:17 +1000
Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-21 19:48 -0700
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Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 13:21 +1000
Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-21 20:26 -0700
Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 14:29 +1000
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Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-22 15:18 +1000
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Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-24 12:54 +1000
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Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-25 16:02 +1000
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Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-26 12:05 +1000
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Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-26 12:40 +1000
Re: My instantaneous point of view John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-08-25 19:45 -0700
Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-26 13:43 +1000
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Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-28 12:59 +1000
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Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-30 14:18 +1000
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Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-30 15:11 +1000
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Re: My instantaneous point of view Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2016-08-31 12:57 +1000
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