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| Date | 2015-07-04 18:19 -0700 |
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| Subject | Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox |
| From | "Dono," <sa_ge@comcast.net> |
On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 5:40:38 PM UTC-7, udr3...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 8:32:53 PM UTC-4, Dono, wrote:
> > On Saturday, July 4, 2015 at 5:19:03 PM UTC-7, udr3...@gmail.com wrote:
> > >
> > > Lets take \beta = (√3)/2,
> > > The real problem right now is to make an object go, or find one that already goes, at a velocity v = \beta x c.
> >
> >
> > This is very tough (if not impossible) with today's technology. I thing that the highest \beta observed for a massive particle is 0.22 for the ions used in the Ives-Stilwell experiments.
>
> And those are ions. So, yeah, that's the real problem. We do not have macroscopic objects moving at relativistic speeds yet.
No, we don't and it will be a very long time before we do.
On a different note, this forum is full of cranks ("alsor" is one of them, there are many more) so you'll need to learn how to ignore them.
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Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox udr310515@gmail.com - 2015-07-04 17:19 -0700
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox "Dono," <sa_ge@comcast.net> - 2015-07-04 17:32 -0700
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox udr310515@gmail.com - 2015-07-04 17:40 -0700
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox "Dono," <sa_ge@comcast.net> - 2015-07-04 18:19 -0700
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox Poutnik <poutnik4nntp@gmail.com> - 2015-07-07 19:18 +0200
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-07-08 08:05 -0500
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox Fritz Köhler <fritzk@notrenetwork.net> - 2015-07-25 16:41 +0000
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-07-25 12:44 -0500
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-07-25 21:40 +0200
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2015-07-25 20:30 -0500
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox Ignorant Raving Crackpot <ignorantravingcrackpot@gmail.com> - 2015-07-25 23:50 -0700
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox Ignorant Raving Crackpot <ignorantravingcrackpot@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 17:24 -0700
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-07-28 13:33 +0200
Re: On length contraction and the length contraction paradox Odd Bodkin <bodkinodd@gmail.com> - 2015-07-27 09:38 -0500
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