On 25 Nov, 01:53, Caranx latus <
aug.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/24/2012 1:53 PM, duke wrote:
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> > On Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:58:13 -0500, Caranx latus <
aug.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> On 11/24/2012 7:52 AM, duke wrote:
> >>> On Fri, 23 Nov 2012 09:07:32 -0800 (PST), Ken <
flakey...@aol.com> wrote:
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> >>>> "ball on a string" Pukester, AmeriKKKan - AmeriKKKan is living proof
> >>>> that you can't fix stupi
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> >>> A ball on a string is not rotating. Rotation vectors are not present.
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> >> True if your frame of reference is the ball itself, but false if your
> >> frame of reference is the universe. Either the universe rotates around
> >> the ball or the ball rotates within the universe. There are no other
> >> options. Which do you think is more likely to match reality?
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> > Let's keep it simple, stupid. When I swing a ball on a string around my head,
> > the ball is circling me, but it isn't rotating me. There are no rotation
> > vectors on the ball relative to me.
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> "isn't rotating me..." What?
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> Are you turning to continue facing the ball at all times? If so, then
> you're right. In that frame of reference, the universe is spinning very
> rapidly around you such that material parts of it not all that far away
> are moving many orders of magnitude faster than the speed of light.
> That's conceptually possible but physically impossible.
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> If you aren't turning to face the ball, then it most certainly does have
> rotation vectors with respect to you and everything else in the
> universe. That's conceptually possible and physically possible as well.
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> Hmmm... one of these things is not like the other.