[ExI] QT and SR

Jeff Davis jrd1415 at gmail.com
Sat Aug 9 07:05:21 UTC 2008


On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 1:51 AM,

After Lee cCorbin wrote:
>> Your "line of simultaneity" shifts as your velocity increases.

Jeff Davis <jrd1415 at gmail.com> wrote:
>"My" line, by which you mean the line of someone outside the
ships/strings frame of reference.  But then you go back into the
ships/strings frame of reference and cite the sleepy cabin officer's
view of things.  Isn't there some inconsistency here?  I mean frame if
reference -wise?

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Now Jeff Davis is writing: Whoops!  I misread Lee's line above.  He is
indeed referring consistently to the view from inside the accelerating
frame of reference.  To wit, "Your line,,,as your velocity increases."

My bad.  Never mind that part.

Best, Jeff Davis



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