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Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't.

From Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com>
Newsgroups sci.physics.relativity
Subject Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't.
Date 2018-12-28 02:36 +0000
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kenseto <setoken@att.net> wrote:
> On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 5:53:19 PM UTC-5, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>> kenseto <setoken@att.net> wrote:
>>> On Thursday, December 20, 2018 at 1:43:41 PM UTC-5, Odd Bodkin wrote:
>>>> Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 20/12/2018 15:46, kenseto wrote:
>>>>>> On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 12:20:53 PM UTC-5, Keith Stein wrote:
>>>>>>> On 19/12/2018 14:56, kenseto wrote:
>>>>>>>> On Wednesday, December 19, 2018 at 1:57:11 AM UTC-5, Keith Stein wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Let us, for the sake of argument, assume that i am on a galaxy which is
>>>>>>>>> 10,000,000,000 light years from the earth. By a bit of good
>>>>>>>>> planning i have my laser with me and i shine this laser at you for a
>>>>>>>>> whole year. The front of this laser beam will take exactly
>>>>>>>>> 10,000,000,000 to reach you here on Earth (hopefully you will still be
>>>>>>>>> alive eh!). The rear end of my laser signal will take slightly longer to
>>>>>>>>> reach you because the speed of light has decreased in the year i've been
>>>>>>>>> holding this laser. If light decreases by my suggestion of one part in
>>>>>>>>> 10 billion per year, the rear end of the signal will take exactly
>>>>>>>>> 10,000,000,001 years to reach you here on Earth.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Nope, the front end of the laser beam will not reach you on earth due
>>>>>>>> too the inverse square law.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The good news is that you are right,Ken,
>>>>>>> indeed in practice one would not see the laser here on Earth.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> One would not see the front end of the laser due to the inverse square
>>>>>> law. It is dispersed in a circumference in space.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> The bad news is that your reason is wrong Ken
>>>>>>> Lasers DO NOT OBEY THE INVERSE SQUARE LAW.
>>>>>>> Think about it Ken. If a laser gives 1 mW per anything^2
>>>>>>> at a distance of 1 meter, it will give much the same power at
>>>>>>> a distance if 2 meters, or even 10 meters,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> At these small distances it is still obeying the inverse square law but
>>>>>> the effect is so small that it is not measurable
>>>>> 
>>>>> If it was obeying the inverse wquare law Ken,
>>>>> the power density at 10 m would be 100 times
>>>>> less than the power density at 1 meter. That
>>>>> is what the inverse square law implies Ken,
>>>>> and for certain at these distances no laser
>>>>> obeys the inverse square law Ken, even Gary
>>>>> knows that eh!
>>>> 
>>>> Ken has absolutely no idea what the inverse square law means in term of
>>>> numbers. It’s a phrase he’s heard somewhere but what he thinks it might
>>>> mean has no bearing on what it does mean. Ask him. He will dodge. 
>>> 
>>> ROTFLOL.....Pot kettle black....
>>> 
>> 
>> Nice dodge. 
>> 
>> Intensity of light from a light bulb is 2.3 W/m^2 at a distance of 5 ft
>> from the bulb. What’s the intensity at a distance of 25 ft? What’s the
>> intensity at a distance of 2 ft? 
>> 
>> Everyone, watch him dodge. 
> 
> Moron, I don’t have to dodge. 

And yet you just did. You can’t answer the question. 

> Answer this: does light obey the inverse square law at any distance?
> Keith asserted that laser light does not obey ISL at close distances. Do
> you agree with him.
> 



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Odd Bodkin — Maker of fine toys, tools, tables

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It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-12-18 21:59 +0000
  Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-12-18 19:11 -0600
    Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-12-19 06:46 +0000
      Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-12-19 20:50 -0600
    Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Scott Richman <sunn@idhnonow.iv> - 2018-12-19 14:24 +0000
      Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-12-19 16:09 +0000
    Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-12-19 15:53 +0000
      Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-12-19 08:19 -0800
        Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-12-19 16:55 +0000
          Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-12-19 09:58 -0800
      Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. "David (Kronos Prime) Fuller" <fuller.david@hotmail.com> - 2018-12-19 15:13 -0800
  Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-12-19 03:04 +0000
  Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-12-19 06:57 +0000
    Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-19 06:56 -0800
      Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-12-19 17:20 +0000
        Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2018-12-19 14:26 -0800
          Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-12-20 07:54 +0000
            Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2018-12-20 03:20 -0800
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                Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2018-12-20 04:53 -0800
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        Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-20 07:46 -0800
          Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-12-20 16:25 +0000
            Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-20 18:43 +0000
              Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-20 13:32 -0800
                Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-20 22:53 +0000
                Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-27 13:59 -0800
                Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2018-12-28 02:36 +0000
                Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-30 08:46 -0800
            Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-20 13:43 -0800
            Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. kenseto <setoken@att.net> - 2018-12-27 14:04 -0800
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        Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Prokaryotic Caspase Homolog <prokaryotic.caspase.homolog@gmail.com> - 2018-12-23 00:34 -0800
          Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-12-23 18:10 +0000
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              Re: It would indeed be surprising if 'c' was the,only constant which wasn't. Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-12-24 18:27 +0000
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