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A SERIOUS flaw in Einstein's Relativity

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guskz@hotmail.com - 31 May 2008 16:43 GMT
If all below is true, there's a flaw in Einstein's Relativity:

1. IF both the speed of light and sound are constant in both
directions BUT BUT ONLY there frequencies vary due to doppler
effect....

2. If speed of sound slows in the exact same fashion as light in
traveling in a material/medium which is DUE TO SOUND ABSORPTION (and
re-emission)...for Light also behaves in the same way.

IF ALL THE ABOVE IS TRUE, there is a serious flaw and error.
Darwin123 - 31 May 2008 20:50 GMT
On May 31, 11:43 am, "gu...@hotmail.com" <gu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> If all below is true, there's a flaw in Einstein's Relativity:
    GIGO: Garbage In = Garbage Out.

> 1. IF both the speed of light and sound are constant in both
> directions BUT BUT ONLY there frequencies vary due to doppler
> effect....
      False. Sound can vary with direction depending on the speed of
the observer. Sound is different from light.
> 2. If speed of sound slows in the exact same fashion as light in
> traveling in a material/medium which is DUE TO SOUND ABSORPTION (and
> re-emission)...for Light also behaves in the same way.
   False. Sound does not slow down in the exact same fashion as
light. It can't. The properties of the electromagnetic field, or
aether if it exists, which carry light are much different from the
properties of air that carries sound.

> IF ALL THE ABOVE IS TRUE, there is a serious flaw and error.
    All of your above statements are false. Therefore, there is no
logical way to deduce from your statements whether Einsteinian
relativity has a serious flaw or error.
Spaceman - 31 May 2008 22:45 GMT
> On May 31, 11:43 am, "gu...@hotmail.com" <gu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > If all below is true, there's a flaw in Einstein's Relativity:
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
> aether if it exists, which carry light are much different from the
> properties of air that carries sound.

Not false,
sound, just like light, will slow according to it's medium.
the frequencies are much different
especially since the size difference of what is vibrating and the
direction/motion
it vibrates towards and the speed difference but..
Both light and sound are merely vibrations of their own medium itself.
all the waves prove it.
even up to water when compared in size and speed difference
and all that.
Sheesh man,
check it out before you quote from the "einstein bible"

>      All of your above statements are false.

No they are not.
They all can be verified if you try.
Stop thumpin' your book and "old memory brain chips"
and open a new chip system and fill it with new things
will ya.
sheesh!

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Sam Wormley - 01 Jun 2008 01:18 GMT
> If all below is true, there's a flaw in Einstein's Relativity:
>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
>
> IF ALL THE ABOVE IS TRUE, there is a serious flaw and error.

  Serious flaw in your understanding... dig a bit deeper.
guskz - 01 Jun 2008 18:58 GMT
> gu...@hotmail.com wrote:
> > If all below is true, there's a flaw in Einstein's Relativity:
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
>
>    Serious flaw in your understanding... dig a bit deeper.

Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.

Porosity (permitivity) should not be used. Nor is the capability of
one to be absorbed and the other not be absorbed within a medium
(otherwise same as comparing blue light to red light).
Sam Wormley - 01 Jun 2008 19:05 GMT
> Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.

  Sound is a mechanical wave propagating via matter. Sound velocity
  is a function of many material properties.

  Light is a boson propagating at c with respect to all inertial
  observers and requires no matter to propagate.
The Ghost In The Machine - 02 Jun 2008 03:06 GMT
In sci.physics, Sam Wormley
<swormley1@mchsi.com>
wrote
on Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:05:45 GMT
<ZxB0k.189779$yE1.152616@attbi_s21>:

>> Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.
>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>    Light is a boson propagating at c with respect to all inertial
>    observers and requires no matter to propagate.

Light *is* affected by matter, generally slowing it down.
Fizeau in particular showed this long ago.  But it can
travel easily in a vacuum, allowing among other things
astronomical obervations.

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Androcles - 02 Jun 2008 05:31 GMT
| In sci.physics, Sam Wormley
| <swormley1@mchsi.com>
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
|
| Light *is* affected by matter, generally slowing it down.

Not too amazing, bullets are affected by water, generally slowing them down.

| Fizeau in particular showed this long ago.  But it can
| travel easily in a vacuum, allowing among other things
| astronomical obervations.

Wow... bullets can travel easily in a vacuum too.
Maybe bullets are bosons too.

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Why did Einstein say
the speed of light from A to B is c-v,
the speed of light from B to A is c+v,
the "time" each way is the same?

1/2[tau(A)+tau(A')]= tau(B)
where
A = (0,0,0,t)
A' =(0,0,0,t+x'/(c-v) +x'/(c+v))
B = (x',0,0,t+x'/(c-v))
x' = x-vt

Ref:  http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einstein/specrel/www/figures/img22.gif

"Easy: he did NOT say that." - cretin harald.vanlintelButNotThis@epfl.ch

Androcles

Sam Wormley - 02 Jun 2008 14:54 GMT
> In sci.physics, Sam Wormley
> <swormley1@mchsi.com>
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
> travel easily in a vacuum, allowing among other things
> astronomical obervations.

  Define light... there is a difference between photons propagating
  at c and wave fronts. You should know that Ghost.
The Ghost In The Machine - 07 Jun 2008 03:49 GMT
In sci.physics, Sam Wormley
<swormley1@mchsi.com>
wrote
on Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:54:10 GMT
<6YS0k.136699$TT4.121494@attbi_s22>:
>> In sci.physics, Sam Wormley
>> <swormley1@mchsi.com>
[quoted text clipped - 16 lines]
>    Define light... there is a difference between photons propagating
>    at c and wave fronts. You should know that Ghost.

I'm aware of the distinction between group and phase
velocity, if that's what you mean.  In any event, the
slowdown of light pulses (not sure about photons as such)
is measurable in a transparent medium, and can be leveraged
for interesting effects, even in a simple triangular prism,
though nowadays I suspect most astronomers use diffraction
gratings, where no slowdown as such occurs; the light bounces
off instead.

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Robert J. Kolker - 01 Jun 2008 23:02 GMT
> Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.

Light is a transverse vibration and sound is longitudinal.

Sound cannot be polarized.

Bob Kolker
Spaceman - 01 Jun 2008 23:13 GMT
> > Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.
>
> Light is a transverse vibration and sound is longitudinal.

Sound is no such thing.

> Sound cannot be polarized.

A prism shaped block of wood does what to sound?
Did you ever try that simple experiment?
:)
Darwin123 - 04 Jun 2008 01:27 GMT
On Jun 1, 6:13 pm, "Spaceman" <space...@yourclockmalfunctioned.duh>
wrote:

> > > Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.
>
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> Did you ever try that simple experiment?
> :)
   Have you ever measured the polarization of a light wave? One uses
polarizers. Light in air or vacuum has two transverse polarizations.
This was known well before Einstein. Look up the name Brewster.
Brewster was one of the first to quantitatively, in detailed diagrams,
describe the polarizations of light in air.
    There is no such device for measuring the polarization of a sound
in air because the sound in air has only one polarization,
longitudinal. I note in your question you don't really specify how a
polarization in air is supposed to be measured.
   I suspect you are confusing wavevector with polarization vector.
The wooden prism probably changes the direction of a sound beam, just
as a glass prism changes the direction of a light beam. Refraction is
one property that can be shared between light and sound. However,
refraction is not defined in terms of polarization.
  You should know that the polarizations of light are not explained
by aether theory. In the case of ordinary materials, the elastic
properties are well known. A fluid supports only one polarization of a
mechanical wave: longitudinal polarization. A solid supports all three
polarizations of a mechanical wave: One longitudinal polarization and
two transverse polarizations. However, the aether supports only two
transverse polarizations. The aether does not support longitudinal
polarization. No one has been able to come up with mechanical
properties of the aether that supports only two transverse
polarizations.
   I have tried to come up with a mechanical theory of the aether
that explains the polarization properties of light. I have been
completely unsuccessful. If you come up a mechanical property for the
aether that is consistent with the polarization properties of light, I
can assure you most of us skeptics will at least be impressed with
your imagination. Regardless of how they think about Einstein.
   I doubt your problem is with Einstein. You don't know any science
at all. Learn everything about light and sound that was known before
the Michaelson Morley experiment, and then examine at your tautology.
It won't sound so light.
Spaceman - 04 Jun 2008 03:26 GMT
>     Have you ever measured the polarization of a light wave? One uses
> polarizers. Light in air or vacuum has two transverse polarizations.
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
> can assure you most of us skeptics will at least be impressed with
> your imagination. Regardless of how they think about Einstein.

Ok, just for fun I will try this one..
Lets see if this makes anything juggle in your brain.
First, lets think of the aether as room filled with sphere balloons
In the center of the room, there is a balloon and this balloon
is setup to be a lightsource. (much bigger and slower of course)
but to show the thing, we had to make it much bigger.
To make it "lightup", we vibrate it in 2 axis.
(I guess you would call them electric and magnetic)
In the super classical sense, we spin the sphere balloon in 2 directions
longitudinal and latitudinal. (so kinda like diagnally anyways)
But we also see the sphere balloon is not balanced in either axis
so...the sphere is not perfect and the balloon vibrates....
now bear with me here...
It spins off center in 2 different axis causing vibrations that in turn
have to be transfered to the next outer layer of sphere balloons
while it is also spinning the next outer layer according to where the next
layer
is in contact with the middle source ballloon.
The next outer layer is the secret and the cause.
Place as many spheres around the starting sphere as you can,
and tell me how the next level would be sending out vibrations.
Would they still be the same directions?
anyways.
It's fun to think about.
Now slap another layer on.
:)
Have fun!
:)

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Darwin123 - 04 Jun 2008 17:09 GMT
On Jun 3, 10:26 pm, "Spaceman" <space...@yourclockmalfunctioned.duh>
wrote:

> > If you come up a mechanical property for the
> > aether that is consistent with the polarization properties of light, I
> > can assure you most of us skeptics will at least be impressed with
> > your imagination. Regardless of how they think about Einstein.
   I give you plus marks for at least trying to come up with a model.
I gave a challenge and you made an effort. However, I deduce that you
are not completely convinced, nor do you have a complete picture. Try
and build a working model of this, in either real balloons or in
previously established equations for a single balloon.  This is an
initial effort that took a few minutes, so I encourage you to look
more carefully. I don't think it will work, but I only looked at it a
few minutes myself. Just some fleeting thoughts:

> First, lets think of the aether as room filled with sphere balloons
> In the center of the room, there is a balloon and this balloon
> is setup to be a lightsource. (much bigger and slower of course)
> but to show the thing, we had to make it much bigger.
     You haven't mentioned what properties of a single balloon you
are talking about. A single balloon is very complex, but you obviously
think you have a clear picture of how one works. Maybe you should
start experimenting with single balloons before you start building
multiballoon models. In a real study, you would have to specify the
exact properties of your hypothetical balloons.
    Also note that you are well on your way to reconstructing some of
those cosmological theories you mock. Can I call your balloons "cosmic
foam"? A lot of better educated snots say they are building something
new, and end up merely reconstructing the established theory. In your
case, you don't even have the education to recognize someone elses
theory.
> To make it "lightup", we vibrate it in 2 axis.
> (I guess you would call them electric and magnetic)
   Why is one electric and the other magnetic? It sounds like the
identical physical displacement to me. The balloons that I know of are
spherically symmetrical until they vibrate, and the vibrations are
interchangeable. Are you going to make them elongated balloons? How
are these two vibrations different to a stationary observer. Because I
will tell you now, to a stationary (i.e., specific inertial) observer,
the properties of electric and magnetic fields are different. Already
there is a problem distinguishing electric and magnetic fields in your
model. Calling the two axis "electric" and "magnetic" won't help you,
since the two fields are intrinsically different (aside from the
Lorentz transform).

> In the super classical sense, we spin the sphere balloon in 2 directions
> longitudinal and latitudinal. (so kinda like diagnally anyways)
   By this you mean the spin axis of the balloon is at 45 degrees to
the radial vector of the source? If so, your aether supports
longitudinal vibrations. The real aether does not. Or at least there
is no longitudinal polarization to light. Your model seems to allow
longitudinal vibrations.
> But we also see the sphere balloon is not balanced in either axis
> so...the sphere is not perfect and the balloon vibrates....
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> layer
> is in contact with the middle source ballloon.
   Okay, a vibration that is half longitudinal and half transverse is
moving outward from the source. Notice you still haven't eliminated
the longitudinal polarization.
> The next outer layer is the secret and the cause.
        Are you starting a religion?
> Place as many spheres around the starting sphere as you can,
> and tell me how the next level would be sending out vibrations.
> Would they still be the same directions?
    Since you haven't specified the properties of a single balloon, I
can't begin to say. And neither can you. Common, its your model.
    I'll conjecture. Light travels thousands of light years in the
aether without attenuation, so frictional forces have to be negligible
over the lengths scale of a single balloon. Given that the frictions
forces are negligible, I would say yes. They are spinning in the same
direction.
   If friction wasn't negligible, the polarization would change over
a measurable distance. Which has never been measured since the
discovery of polarization, more than a hundred years ago.
> anyways.
> It's fun to think about.
      I did. Not its your turn.
> Now slap another layer on.
      It still will be rotating in the same direction. The
longitudinal polarization hasn't gone away.
> :)
> Have fun!
   I want you to have some fun, too. The aether models still fail the
polarization test. You haven't shown otherwise.
Spaceman - 04 Jun 2008 17:23 GMT
> On Jun 3, 10:26 pm, "Spaceman" <space...@yourclockmalfunctioned.duh>
> wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 81 lines]
>        It still will be rotating in the same direction. The
> longitudinal polarization hasn't gone away.

Thanks for proof that you did not actually think about it at all.
How many spheres did you fit around the center sphere?
You did not even try it huh?
Don't bother since you sure do not have a mechanical mind.
You also did not add the next layer and how many spheres
and the posistions of the spheres.
You are a mechanically illiterate book monkey at best.
so, take your insults and shove them in your rubber ruler filled a.s.

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Darwin123 - 05 Jun 2008 03:16 GMT
On Jun 4, 12:23 pm, "Spaceman" <space...@yourclockmalfunctioned.duh>
wrote:

> > On Jun 3, 10:26 pm, "Spaceman" <space...@yourclockmalfunctioned.duh>
> > wrote:
[quoted text clipped - 85 lines]
> Thanks for proof that you did not actually think about it at all.
> How many spheres did you fit around the center sphere?
    I assumed a close packing geometry, using spheres of equal
radius. Close packing geometry can be both face centered cubic (fcc)
or hexagonal close packing (hcp). A spherical balloon has 12 nearest
neighbors in both configurations.
    The configuration doesn't matter. If the balloon is spinning, and
there is no friction on the surface, there is no attenuation of the
wave regardless of polarization. There could not be any attenuation of
the longitudinal polarization. How could it?
> You did not even try it huh?
   Apparently you hadn't when you posed the problem. You hadn't told
me what configuration to put in. You simply hollered "Balloon!" on the
Internet. There are an infinite number of configurations that spheres
can be stacked in.
    However, the aether is stable. If there was extra space between
the spheres, there would always be a chance of collapse. There are no
examples known of places where the aether has collapsed. So the
simplest assumption is a face-centered cubic configuration.
> Don't bother since you sure do not have a mechanical mind.
      You do not have a mechanical mind. You can't even stack oranges
in an efficient manner.
> You also did not add the next layer and how many spheres
> and the positions of the spheres.
        The problem of layers for close packing has been done.
Charles Kittel, "Introduction to Solid State Physics"  7th edition
(Wiley, 1996) page 88. That page will show you how the layers are
stacked in a face centered cubic configuration.
   As to how many spheres: Infinite, of course. The aether extends
over all space. The extent is either infinite or so large that for
practical purposes (i.e., measurements in this solar system) it is
infinite.
   If the balloons weren't close packed, you should of said so.
Unless you didn't think about it, of course.
> You are a mechanically illiterate book monkey at best.
     You are a paranoid-schizophrenic compulsive-liar, at best. I
treated you like a real scientist, and you went postal on me. Who else
would scream insults when all I did was scientifically critique your
theory. That's what real scientists do. They rationally critique each
other. I would have critiqued any model a real scientist would present
to me. Some scientists would be offended if I did not.
   All the scientists who are "worshipped" (your words) enjoyed
criticism. Yes, I said enjoyed.
    Darwin thanked his "scientific critics." Darwin said that without
scientific criticism, his study would not have been nearly as good.
Darwin's thanks are in the foreword of "Origin of the Species." Darwin
has to be on the list of most "worshipped" scientist, yet he actually
thanked his critics.
     Einstein "enjoyed" a lot of criticism. He disliked quantum
mechanics. He didn't flip a gasket (well, not for long) when Neils
Bohr explained quantum mechanics to him. People continue to use
quantum mechanics despite the criticism of Einstein. He was close
friends with the people who proved him wrong.
     Etc.
> so, take your insults and shove them in your rubber ruler filled >a.s.
   "Rubber ruler filled a.s?" You sound rheologically impaired.
Spaceman - 05 Jun 2008 13:10 GMT
>     Apparently you hadn't when you posed the problem. You hadn't told
> me what configuration to put in. You simply hollered "Balloon!" on the
> Internet. There are an infinite number of configurations that spheres
> can be stacked in.

Nature does not stack in infinite configurations.
You really should wake up some day.
and for vibration, space is going to happen unless the force will stop
the vibration completely, and then you would not have light either.
sheesh man!

>        You do not have a mechanical mind. You can't even stack oranges
> in an efficient manner.

You can not even think about free spinning gears (or rollers) correctly..
and your posting method sucks also,
Leave a space in between my replies and yours.
It makes finding your replies so much easier.
But of course, you don't want ease of anything,
you would rather live in a complicated world that only
the smartest stupid people can figure out huh?

>          The problem of layers for close packing has been done.
> Charles Kittel, "Introduction to Solid State Physics"  7th edition
> (Wiley, 1996) page 88. That page will show you how the layers are
> stacked in a face centered cubic configuration.

cubic?
LOL
try spheric.
there are no cubes in outerspace.
Please do show me any one you find, it will be a fantastic
discovery.
LOL

>     If the balloons weren't close packed, you should of said so.
> Unless you didn't think about it, of course.

I said to think about it.
close packed has problems that vibration would not overcome.
(unless you have magical non-compressable material you also found
in the cubic world of yours.)
:)

>       You are a paranoid-schizophrenic compulsive-liar, at best. I
> treated you like a real scientist, and you went postal on me.

You have done no such thing, and I have done no such thing,
apparently you don't even know what "going postal" is either.
Sheesh again.

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Greg Neill - 05 Jun 2008 15:08 GMT
>>     Apparently you hadn't when you posed the problem. You hadn't told
>> me what configuration to put in. You simply hollered "Balloon!" on
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> Nature does not stack in infinite configurations.
> You really should wake up some day.

Sphere packing problem:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphere_packing
Darwin123 - 06 Jun 2008 21:59 GMT
On Jun 5, 8:10 am, "Spaceman" <space...@yourclockmalfunctioned.duh>
wrote:

> You can not even think about free spinning gears (or rollers) correctly..
   You said spherical balloons. You didn't say free spinning gears or
rollers. The word "balloon" does not immediately bring to mind gears
and rollers. I personally can not see how a balloon can be made into a
gear.
   Is this your new model for the aether? Free spinning gears and
rollers. Well, I still don't see how this explains two transverse
polarizations and no longitudinal polarization.
    I will cease trying to critique your models. You show no
mechanical imagination. You don't even show any creativity in your
name calling.
Spaceman - 06 Jun 2008 22:53 GMT
> On Jun 5, 8:10 am, "Spaceman" <space...@yourclockmalfunctioned.duh>
> wrote:
> > "Darwin123" <drosen0...@yahoo.com> wrote in message

news:fc3a618a-ae9b-456e-8494-20202d4dddc9@k30g2000hse.googlegroups.com...

> > You can not even think about free spinning gears (or rollers) correctly..
>     You said spherical balloons. You didn't say free spinning gears or
> rollers. The word "balloon" does not immediately bring to mind gears
> and rollers. I personally can not see how a balloon can be made into a
> gear.

A balloon "gear" is one of the "gears" that operate speedometers in cars.
the balloon gear is of course known as your tires.
:)
I do admit, I was a bit fuzzy on it..
(not enough coffee probably.)
:)

>     Is this your new model for the aether? Free spinning gears and
> rollers. Well, I still don't see how this explains two transverse
> polarizations and no longitudinal polarization.

transverse vibrations would be caused by dynamic balance problems.

>      I will cease trying to critique your models. You show no
> mechanical imagination. You don't even show any creativity in your
> name calling.

I show no mechanical imagination?
It is you that does not even know a tire is basicallly a special shaped
balloon.
whatever though.
I fixed an average of 6 (more like a minumum) cars a day (6 days a week)
for 23 yrs and never had a car come back for
any work I did.
You can add 1 car a month for favors on sundays too.
hmm? lets check my math for that.. (good thing I have a calc because
I don't have a brain)
6*6*52*23+12=
at least 43068 mechanical repairs not counting tire repairs
at all.
better not drive in the USA..
There is a tiny tiny chance I might have fixed a car driving near you..
:)

So I think I do know a little bit about mechanics.
:)

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Darwin123 - 06 Jun 2008 01:05 GMT
On Jun 1, 6:13 pm, "Spaceman" <space...@yourclockmalfunctioned.duh>
wrote:

> > > Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.
    Sound has one polarization, longitudinal, in nonabsorbing fluids.
Sound has three polarizations, two transverse and one longitudinal, in
nonabsorbing solids. Light in nonabsorbing media has only two
polarizations, both transverse.

> > Light is a transverse vibration and sound is longitudinal.
>
> Sound is no such thing.
   Yes, it is true. In fluids like air and water, sound has a
longitudinal polarization only. Light in dielectric (i.e.,
nonabsorbing) media such as vacuum and air, light has two transverse
polarizations. This is a fundamental difference between sound and
light.

> > Sound cannot be polarized.

In fluids like air, sound is longitudinally polarized. What I meant by
"sound can not be polarized" is that in air, there is only one
polarization. That polarization is longitudinal.
Sam Wormley - 06 Jun 2008 06:32 GMT
>> Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.
>
> Light is a transverse vibration and sound is longitudinal.
>
> Sound cannot be polarized.

  See: http://www.google.com/search?q=birefringence+ultrasound

> Bob Kolker
Darwin123 - 06 Jun 2008 22:13 GMT
> >> Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.
>
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
>
> > Bob Kolker

    Correction. Sound in a Newtonian fluid can't be polarized.
However, the challenge stands even if we allow nonNewtonian fluid. The
fluids in your link are nonNewtonian. However, perhaps you can tell
me. Do any of the fluids in your list allow two transverse modes and
no longitudinal modes? If not, then there is still a fundamental
difference between light and sound.
    I already knew that solids allow all three polarizations for
sound, as will many nonNewtonian fluids. However, this still is
fundamentally different than the situation for light in a vaccuum.
     Just as an aside, light passing through a metal can have a
longitudinal mode. The longitudinal mode of light propagating through
a metal is called a plasmon. However, light is not propagating through
aether alone in a metal. Light is propagating through aether with
electrons passing through it. The longitudinal mode polarization, the
plasmon, is considered a compression wave in the electrons. In a way,
the plasmon can be considered a sound wave in an electron gas. So my
answer to Spaceman is the same.
    There is no material where for sound there are two transverse
polarizations and no longitudinal vibration. Light in a vacuum has two
transverse polarizations and no longitudinal vibration. Since light in
a vacuum in the Spaceman model is propagating through an aether, the
aether has to have the mechanical properties necessary to support two
transverse modes and no longitudinal modes. Thus, aether does not have
the "obvious" properties of material. Find an explanation for the
polarization properties of light in a vacuum using an "aether." The
challenge stands.
    There is no known material, or any material proposed in theory,
allow two transverse polarizations and suppresses longitudinal
polarizations.
Sam Wormley - 07 Jun 2008 04:45 GMT
>>>> Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.
>>> Light is a transverse vibration and sound is longitudinal.
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> allow two transverse polarizations and suppresses longitudinal
> polarizations.

  I'll have to check this last point. Thanks.
 -Sam
guskz - 10 Jul 2008 03:40 GMT
> > Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.
>
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>
> Bob Kolker

Read below ( a slit is a polarizer):

1. Place mulitple microphones/sound recording machines linearly on
multiple tables.

2. Place a wall between the sound source and the recording machines. =
no sound or faint sound on all microphones.

3. Place a long vertical slit in the mid-wall section. Each microphone
will have a different amplitude of sound recorded.

4. Place a long horizontal slit instead of #3. Each/most microphone
will have a different amplitude than that of #3.
guskz - 10 Jul 2008 03:52 GMT
> > > Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.
>
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>
> > Bob Kolker

PS:   A slit cannot affect or polarize a longitudinal wave(s).

There is a distinction between a single photon and a light wave.
Likewise for a single longitudinal sound pulste versus a sound
wave(s). For this account a single sound pulse is longitudinal but not
a sound wave. Oh contraire.

Still no true discrepency between light and sound.

> Read below ( a slit is a polarizer):
>
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> 4. Place a long horizontal slit instead of #3. Each/most microphone
> will have a different amplitude than that of #3.
Eric Gisse - 10 Jul 2008 03:58 GMT
> > > > Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.
>
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> Still no true discrepency between light and sound.

Uh...dispersion relation, longitudnal vs transverse polarization,
material composition or lack thereof...

Idiot.

> > Read below ( a slit is a polarizer):
>
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> > 4. Place a long horizontal slit instead of #3. Each/most microphone
> > will have a different amplitude than that of #3.
Eric Gisse - 10 Jul 2008 03:57 GMT
> > > Describe only ONE "main" difference between light and sound then.
>
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>
> Read below ( a slit is a polarizer):

No it isn't.

> 1. Place mulitple microphones/sound recording machines linearly on
> multiple tables.
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> 4. Place a long horizontal slit instead of #3. Each/most microphone
> will have a different amplitude than that of #3.
mitch.nicolas.raemsch@gmail.com - 06 Jun 2008 02:03 GMT
On May 31, 7:43 am, "gu...@hotmail.com" <gu...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> If all below is true, there's a flaw in Einstein's Relativity:
>
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>
> IF ALL THE ABOVE IS TRUE, there is a serious flaw and error.

Move toward light and its energy goes up; away and it goes down. It is
blueshifted in gravity. Light falling in gravity gets energized as it
moves inward with the gravitational force. Moving inward with gravity
drives up light's energy.

Mitch Raemsch
 
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