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Re: Where are our clocks?

Newsgroups	sci.physics.relativity
Date	2016-01-08 17:15 -0800
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Subject	Re: Where are our clocks?
From	John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com>

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On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 7:13:42 PM UTC-6, John Gogo wrote:
> On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 6:54:27 PM UTC-6, John Gogo wrote:
> > On Friday, January 8, 2016 at 6:52:03 PM UTC-6, John Gogo wrote:
> > > Relativity theory depends on the facts from clocks.  This is fine.  Where are our clocks located?  Mechanically, mostly, with measures that are less than a mile away and most of the time spent on small measures at small distances.  This is the validity of special relativity- the idea of attaching clocks at two separate locations and measuring the time.
> > 
> > What about observing objects too far away to attach a clock to?  Should we still believe that nature acts like our clock?
> 
> Once we get GOOD control of our clocks- is usually in the small confines of our go/come machines.

I hardly see how c would be of use in a macroscopic world.

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Where are our clocks? John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-08 16:51 -0800
  Re: Where are our clocks? John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-08 16:54 -0800
    Re: Where are our clocks? John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-08 16:58 -0800
    Re: Where are our clocks? John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-08 17:13 -0800
      Re: Where are our clocks? John Gogo <jfgogo22@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-08 17:15 -0800
  Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-09 10:58 +0100
    Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-09 04:33 -0800
      Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-09 14:05 +0100
        Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-09 06:21 -0800
          Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-09 15:53 +0100
            Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-09 16:13 +0100
            Re: Where are our clocks? Carmine Portacio <carpo@trilogybearing.org> - 2016-01-09 15:31 +0000
              Re: Where are our clocks? Mike Fontenot <mlfasf@comcast.net> - 2016-01-10 08:09 -0700
                Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-10 16:28 +0100
                Re: Where are our clocks? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-10 10:40 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-10 21:00 +0100
                Re: Where are our clocks? Carmine Portacio <carpo@trilogybearing.org> - 2016-01-10 19:21 +0000
              Re: Where are our clocks? "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-10 20:52 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2016-01-10 23:39 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Carmine Portacio <carpo@trilogybearing.org> - 2016-01-11 19:05 +0000
                Re: Where are our clocks? mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2016-01-11 22:48 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? "Ross A. Finlayson" <ross.finlayson@gmail.com> - 2016-01-11 22:56 -0800
              Re: Where are our clocks? mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2016-01-10 23:36 -0800
            Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-09 08:11 -0800
              Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-09 18:42 +0100
                Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-09 12:27 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-09 22:16 +0100
                Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-09 14:18 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-09 23:23 +0100
                Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-09 15:20 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-10 00:45 +0100
                Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-09 19:35 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-10 11:09 +0100
                Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-10 04:33 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-10 13:55 +0100
                Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-10 05:34 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-10 14:46 +0100
                Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-10 06:36 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-10 16:03 +0100
                Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-10 07:19 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-10 16:35 +0100
                Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-10 07:59 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Maciej Woźniak <mlwozniak@wp.pl> - 2016-01-10 20:37 +0100
                Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-10 16:22 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2016-01-10 23:31 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-11 04:57 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? mlwozniak@wp.pl - 2016-01-11 05:23 -0800
                Re: Where are our clocks? Gary Harnagel <hitlong@yahoo.com> - 2016-01-11 06:21 -0800
  Re: Where are our clocks? The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2016-01-09 13:18 -0800

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