i copied and pasted a piece from the article i linked. thought it would be interesting.
On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Roarty, Francis X <[email protected]> wrote: > Alexander, > You only mention gravity but overlooked time. we are all accelerating > equivalently at 9.8m/s^2 in earth's gravity well and time runs slower than an > observer outside a gravity well...not as slow as approaching an event horizon > but still measurably slower as proved by the need to correct GPS satellites. > Time also slows equivalently for objects with spatial velocity approaching > luminal values. IMHO the ability of mass to slow time is multiplied by > wavelength suppression when conductive cavity walls take on Casimir geometry. > The suppression of longer wavelengths inside the cavity walls forms a > reservoir of higher energy density outside the cavity walls equivalent to a > much larger mass but unlike the slow gradient of a gravity well this method > is abrupt which creates > The opportunity for a unique phenomena not available at the macro level. The > abrupt change bordered by the cavity walls allows any small holes or defects > to create a venturi where the reservoir maintains a constant stream that is > faster than the isotropic value outside the cavity - effectively utilizing > the typical slowing effect of mass on time to accelerate it in a very small > confined space between the walls of a Casimir cavity. This interpretation > would mean longer wavelengths are not displaced from the space inside the > cavity but instead look like higher frequency wavelengths because they are > being accelerated in time. No need for near luminal velocity on the spatial > axis because we are instead directly manipulating the time axis. > Regards > Fran > http://froarty.scienceblog.com/16/relativistic-interpretation-of-casimir-effect/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Alexander > Hollins > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 3:57 PM > To: vortex-l > Subject: [Vo]:Equivalence breaks down. > > http://www.technologyreview.com/blog/arxiv/25331/ > The equivalence principle is one of the more fascinating ideas in > modern science. It asserts that gravitational mass and inertial mass > are identical. Einstein put it like this: the gravitational force we > experience on Earth is identical to the force we would experience were > we sitting in a spaceship accelerating at 1g. Newton might have said > that the m in F=ma is the same as the ms in F=Gm1m2/r^2. > >
