Dehammer,
You state that speed is independent of a frame of
reference and then proceed to create one.
>say the compareatively motionless stars.
>it has been proven that the faster you go, the
>slower your the time is in your time reference, as
>compaired to those out side at a standstill.
Yes -Standstill relative to????
>in this case the reference is to the speed of light.
Relative to what???
>light would move away from you at light speed,
>but since your at 99.9999 percent of that speed,
>it hardly gets ahead of you in terms of the
>outside observer. in your terms it moves ahead at
>exactly the same speed as it would otherwise,
>since your time has compressed for you.
Yes, the observer is important.
The observer would also see you as foreshortened
in the direction of travel which impacts your
measurement of 'C` from your point of abservation.
The point is that 'C` , Distance/Time is a
constant for each observer. You can't separate
the two.
You're trying to mix the observations of different
observers indiscriminantly.
Pick a frame and stick to it, then normalize
the observations from different frames to
your chosen frame.
To understand, you must consider this subject in
terms of space/time.
If you try to think in terms of space or time
alone you're apt to fall into error.
Pragmatist
"Lord, are we worthy of the task that lies before us,....or are we just jerking off?"
