sci.physics.relativity

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 03:24:40 GMT, "Bill Hobba" wrote:

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>"John Jones" wrote in message
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>> On Sep 23, 6:20?pm, "N:dlzc D:aol T:com \(dlzc\)"
>> wrote:
>>> Dear John Jones:
>>>
>>> "John Jones" wrote in message
>>>
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>>> > I'll show you, look.
>>> > How do you know that 2 oclock comes after one
>>> > oclock? You don't.
>>>
>>> I do. I know because time is a stochastic process. Caesium
>>> atoms do not reabsorb, and detectors not uncount microfine
>>> transition photons. So the clocks keep stacking up counts, time
>>> marches on, and so many trillion transitions later, 2:00 follows
>>> 1:00.
>>>
>>> You must practice being this silly in the mirror. Do you?
>>>
>>> David A. Smith
>>
>> Alright, try this. If a clock ticks ten times how would you know which
>> tick comes first?
>
>The same way we know any event occurs before another - comparing it to other
>events. Entropy is always forward - you never see broken glasses
>reassemble. This is what provides the arrow of time and allows one to
>determine before from after.

Define 'forward' Hobba...

>
>> You wouldn't.
>
>Yep - you would. As David says - do you practice being this silly?
>
>Bill
>

Henri Wilson. ASTC,BSc,DSc(T)

/hewn/