Thomas, One thing I don't understand with Relativity is the kind of *memory effect* with the twins paradox. Imagine we have a piece of matter that explodes into lots of little bits spherically leaving a bit in the middle that doesn't get accelerated (call this frame 0). All the other bits flying off (frames 1 to n) could have some stable reference (say a sodium D line or similar) and all would agree that frame 0 is running fast. Frames 1 to n on comparing to one another would agree that the other was running slow, not their frame though.
Now my question with the memory effect is this: Most likely on looking up at the cosmos one will see other frames 1 to n and agree that they are in relative motion and both (including oneself if we are fair and not unique) observe time dilation and length contraction effects. There must be a chance of seeing a frame 0 we have been accelerated from whose time is running fast, not just blue shifted because it is coming towards us but because we are the moving twin in the paradox and ultimately this must be the original rest frame of the universe if one believes the Big Bang or even Steady State, no? It seems that we are immersed in an 'ether superfluid' and whenever we accelerate or move it affects our clock and length as perceived by others. I read somewhere that they (?) can detect absolute motion relative to the cosmic background radiation because it appears Doppler shifted. Though pops into my head, if the CBR is homogeneous and isotropic and universal it must have a lot of mass, might that be what EMPROP devices could be pushing against? 'xcuse the pun, I know its tenuous. Seems to me that if one has a cavity one could be shielding against it. I dunno, need to figure. Anyway I will ask permission to see if I can scan in the article debunking ZPE from I think the astrophysical journal. I need sometime to get thoughts in order to even begin framing an argument. Remi. -----Original Message----- From: thomas malloy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25 September 2006 07:53 To: [email protected] Subject: [Vo]: faster than light speeds I've heard Tom Van Flandern discuss his exploding planet theory several times. I came across his article about Lorenzian relativity which allows for FTL speeds. http://www.metaresearch.org/cosmology/gravity/LR.asp --- http://USFamily.Net/dialup.html - $8.25/mo! -- http://www.usfamily.net/dsl.html - $19.99/mo! ---
