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Re: Very basic question about velocities, speed of light, and reference frames

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On 8/27/2015 9:31 PM, Y wrote:
> On Thursday, August 27, 2015 at 7:27:23 AM UTC+10, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>> On 8/26/2015 4:15 PM, Y wrote:
>>> "How fast is the light beam approaching object OB as observed from Reference frame A?"
>>>
>>> An observer cannot observe a light beam approaching them. That would be like saying that
>>> something FTL is projecting from the light as it moves towards you.
>>>
>>> -y
>>
>> I think you are stuck in this rather silly notion that an observer is
>> one pair of eyes sitting in one place watching things happen around him.
>>
>
>
> That's nonsense. I thought of no such thing. The same applies. no lab can set the stop watch
> for light that is being emitted from distant stars. Your assertions are inane beyond belief.

You didn't read what I wrote. You should read what I wrote.
There I described how you measure the speed of light from a source using 
two detectors, and NEITHER detector is positioned at the emitter, and 
nor is it necessary for one of them to be at the emitter.

>
>> In science, an observer means a laboratory, or if you like, an
>> experimental setup.
>
> Great then maybe you can explain how an observer synchronizes t=0 with the emission of
> a photon from a distant star ?
>
> Cretin.

Nice words for someone who didn't even bother to read what I wrote.

>
> -y
>
>


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  Re: Very basic question about velocities, speed of light, and reference frames Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-13 10:51 -0500
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  Re: Very basic question about velocities, speed of light, and reference frames Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2015-08-13 17:52 +0200
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      Re: Very basic question about velocities, speed of light, and reference frames Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-26 16:29 -0500
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    Re: Very basic question about velocities, speed of light, and reference frames Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-08-26 16:27 -0500
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