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|    fortunati.luigi@gmail.com to All    |
|    Re: Switch from one reference to another    |
|    08 Aug 17 17:54:03    |
      [Moderator's note: If you already changed your way to post to newsgroups       it hasn't helped. I had to adjust the posting again. Use plain ASCII and       a true news client (e.g., Thunderbird), not a web interface or something       the like.]              Jos Bergervoet alle ore 13:43:18 del 08/08/2017 ha scritto:       > [Moderator's note: The idiosyncratic characters result from not using a       > proper news client to post to sci.physics.research. In fact in my       > moderation process I always try to repair this as far this is possible       > in an automized way. hvh.]       >       > On 8/8/2017 9:36 AM, LuigiFortunati wrote:       > ...       >> =A0=A0       >> =A0=A0 I ask you:       >       > Luigi, can you please post more readable text? I do not know what       > you mean with "=A0=A0" and similar insertions.              I am not the one who puts these curses "=A0=A0", now I will try to       change my news client (MESNEWS) as the moderator suggests (I will use       GOOGLE GROUPS).              >> can the transition from one reference to another only be       >> achieved with acceleration (as in this case) or is there any other way       >> to achieve it?       >       > There is no prescribed reference frame to use. Everyone is free       > to use any reference system, *also* those in which he himself is       > not at rest. So the transition to another reference frame can be       > achieved simply by a decision: "let me now use reference frame       > Y instead of X for my calculations".       >       > If, for whatever reason, you insist (unnecessarily) on using only       > the reference frame in which you are at rest, then (by your own       > choice) you need to change your velocity to be able to use another       > reference frame. But then this is just your own chosen rule.       >       > A reference frame is just a grid of coordinates. There is no law       > in physics that forces you to use any specific grid. You can even       > use arbitrarily curved coordinate lines (which were not yet       > considered in this discussion until now).       >       > Your questions are only about your own superficial choices of       > choosing some specific reference frame. You maybe have the idea       > that there is only one choice allowed, from popular descriptions       > of the theory of relativity. But those descriptions are wrong!       >       > It is *not true* that if you are moving at some speed, you're only       > allowed to use one reference frame. Please change your beliefs.              I did not ask if there is a prescribed reference frame to use for       calculations.              I asked if anyone who is at rest in a certain K can go to being at rest       no more than K but to another K' (at gamma=8 than K) without accelering       some "spaceship".              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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