I agree, GR is likely only part of the picture, but a more complete picture than offered by Newtonian physics. It too will be replaced by a still better model sometime.
Ralph McDiarmid, AScT Compliance Engineering Group Xantrex Technology Inc From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Woodgate Sent: Monday, July 06, 2009 10:03 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: FTL EMC? In message <B41B4B2568C70849A6D5CDDA1C4918CB477F285E6B@GVW1119EXC.americas.hpqcorp.n et>, dated Mon, 6 Jul 2009, "Schumacher, Richard (Signal Integrity TSG)" <[email protected]> writes: >Somehow I doubt it. It violates relativity, and news of that device is >at least five years old: It doesn't violate relativity ,because only a **pattern** moves FTL, not any material object. I think it was Asimov or Clarke who pointed out that if you have a very long pair of scissors and you close them very quickly, the point where the blades cross can reach superluminal speed, but the blades do not. Not that relativity is sacrosanct. Special relativity is like Euclidean geometry, a powerful mathematical concept, but not related to the real world. (Euclid isn't true on a quasi-spherical Earth and SR isn't true under gravity.) General Relativity is definitely wrong, but not by much, probably, and no-one knows in what fundamental way or how. -- OOO - Own Opinions Only. Try www.jmwa.demon.co.uk and www.isce.org.uk Things can always get better. But that's not the only option. John Woodgate, J M Woodgate and Associates, Rayleigh, Essex UK - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]> - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
