Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-31 Thread Joshua Cude
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: Lomax The world is so complex that math can be useless, unless simplifying assumptions are made. It is certain simplifying assumptions that led to the conclusion that QM predicts that LENR is impossible. This was

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-30 Thread Mauro Lacy
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Mauro Lacy ma...@lacy.com.ar wrote: The fact that you have an explanation, and that it seems to coincide with my ideas about both, the electric and magnetic fields, and the aether, does not mean that that explanation is accepted and mainstream. You might

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-29 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax a...@lomaxdesign.comwrote: LomaxThe world is so complex that math can be useless, unless simplifying assumptions are made. It is certain simplifying assumptions that led to the conclusion that QM predicts that LENR is impossible. This was

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-29 Thread Joshua Cude
On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 2:53 AM, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Don't you get any enjoyment from creative, out-of-the-box thinking? You're right. I shouldn't have weighed in on this subject, but I couldn't resist when you said: With all the sophistication and accuracy to umpteen

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-29 Thread John Berry
Ok, as you might guess from my email address I very much disagree that the aether was proven false, nothing of the sort. Only a static Aether was found to have evidence against it. Secondly if you still want to know why Electric and Magnetic fields are perpendicular in an EM wave etc... then you

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-29 Thread jwinter
On 5/25/2011 1:12 AM, Mark Iverson wrote: Just wanted to throw out a question to the Vort Collective... In an EM wave, why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular to each other? The answer to the question is really quite simple and it comes from our definition of what these fields

RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-29 Thread Jones Beene
-geometry. Maybe I can make this clearer with a bit more contemplation ... Jones From: jwin...@cyllene.uwa.edu.au Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? Mark Iverson wrote: Just wanted to throw out a question to the Vort Collective... In an EM wave, why

RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-29 Thread Mark Iverson
Jones said: Maybe I can make this clearer with a bit more contemplation ... Contemplation and a Brain Enhancing ElixiR should do the trick! Or is it too early... :-) -Mark attachment: winmail.dat

RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-29 Thread Mark Iverson
skeptic who speaks in generalities and doesn't have the guts to use his real name... -Mark _ From: John Berry [mailto:aethe...@gmail.com] Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2011 3:00 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? Ok, as you

RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-29 Thread Mark Iverson
]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? Ok, as you might guess from my email address I very much disagree that the aether was proven false, nothing of the sort. Only a static Aether was found to have evidence against it. Secondly if you still want to know why Electric

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-29 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 04:31 AM 5/29/2011, Joshua Cude wrote: On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 10:09 AM, Abd ul-Rahman Lomax mailto:a...@lomaxdesign.coma...@lomaxdesign.com wrote: LomaxThe world is so complex that math can be useless, unless simplifying assumptions are made. It is certain simplifying assumptions that

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-29 Thread Mauro Lacy
Sorry, I was away during the weekend. I think the same as you about the electric and magnetic fields(they both are aspects of the same thing). And I have stated it clearly in other mails, by the way. I just wanted to hear, and was trying to understand, the standard explanation. If you think

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-29 Thread Terry Blanton
On Sun, May 29, 2011 at 8:25 PM, Mauro Lacy ma...@lacy.com.ar wrote: The fact that you have an explanation, and that it seems to coincide with my ideas about both, the electric and magnetic fields, and the aether, does not mean that that explanation is accepted and mainstream. You might

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-29 Thread John Berry
:* John Berry [mailto:aethe...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Sunday, May 29, 2011 3:00 AM *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com *Subject:* Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? Ok, as you might guess from my email address I very much disagree that the aether was proven false, nothing

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-28 Thread Mauro Lacy
On 05/27/2011 07:50 PM, Charles Hope wrote: I suppose we are all somewhere on the conservative/crank spectrum. I think physics is a difficult place for novel thought because the current models are so excellent. Yet mysteries do remain. However I didn't know that Cooper pairs was one of them.

RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-28 Thread Mark Iverson
: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? Not to be troublesome, but if you're looking for a mathematical answer, but you don't want the one based on our best understanding (relativity and electrostatics) then I'm even more confused about what your question meant. At least

RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-27 Thread Mark Iverson
@eskimo.com Cc: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? How about giving a few examples of the sort of answer you'd find satisfactory?

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-27 Thread Josef Karthauser
On 26 May 2011, at 15:53, Charles Hope lookslikeiwasri...@gmail.com wrote: On May 26, 2011, at 4:09, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: The language of physics is math. This is a deep statement, worth unpacking. It means that if an idea can't be written mathematically, it is

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-27 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 10:53 AM 5/26/2011, Charles Hope wrote: On May 26, 2011, at 4:09, Joshua Cude mailto:joshua.c...@gmail.comjoshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: The language of physics is math. This is a deep statement, worth unpacking. It means that if an idea can't be written mathematically, it is not

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-27 Thread Abd ul-Rahman Lomax
At 04:21 AM 5/27/2011, Josef Karthauser wrote: I also suspect that not all the necessary maths needed to describe all possible physical phenomena has not been invented yet. It's worse than that. In my lifetime, chaos theory developed, it was realized that there are situations where there may

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-27 Thread Charles Hope
fruitful to re-examine theoretical concepts with a fresh approach based on rational physical constructs. -Mark From: Charles Hope [mailto:lookslikeiwasri...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 7:54 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-27 Thread Charles Hope
...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 5:48 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Cc: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? How about giving a few examples of the sort of answer you'd find satisfactory?

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-27 Thread Terry Blanton
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Terry Blanton hohlr...@gmail.com wrote: You are not going to like my answer:  Because it is their nature. snip Now Brian Greene would have me say Because it is their nature in this universe. Do you know Brian and why he would have me say that? If so, you

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-26 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 6:35 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: Maxwell's equations were developed to describe laboratory electricity and magnetism experiments. ...from which the peculiar perpendicular nature of the phenomenon was already evident. Not really. Electric and magnetic fields in

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-26 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: Robin hits the nail on the head... Anything mathematical is the MODEL, and is supposed to reflect physical reality. My question was about the physical world -- what I was asking got was a rational, qualitative, cause and

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-26 Thread Mauro Lacy
On 05/26/2011 05:09 AM, Joshua Cude wrote: On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 7:33 PM, Mark Iversonzeropo...@charter.net wrote: Robin hits the nail on the head... Anything mathematical is the MODEL, and is supposed to reflect physical reality. My question was about the physical world -- what

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-26 Thread fznidarsic
They are not. If you vary the phase angle all of Special Relativity pops out. http://www.wbabin.net/science/znidarsic.pdf Frank Znidarsic

RE: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-26 Thread Roarty, Francis X
between objects in the same frame. Regards Fran From: fznidar...@aol.com [mailto:fznidar...@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 10:11 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? They are not. If you vary the phase angle all

RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-26 Thread Harvey Norris
Pioneering the Applications of Interphasal Resonances http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/teslafy/ --- On Wed, 5/25/11, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: From: Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net Subject: RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? To: vortex-l

RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-26 Thread Mark Iverson
[mailto:lookslikeiwasri...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2011 7:54 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? On May 26, 2011, at 4:09, Joshua Cude joshua.c...@gmail.com wrote: The language of physics is math. This is a deep statement

RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread Mark Iverson
to explain the simple observations first before delving down into more difficult and esoteric aspects of physics. -Mark -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:hohlr...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:37 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread Terry Blanton
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 2:36 PM, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: I think any theory should have to explain the simple observations first before delving down into more difficult and esoteric aspects of physics. You sound more like a philosopher now. I know it's cliché but, the more

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Mark Iverson zeropo...@charter.net wrote: With all the sophistication and accuracy to umpteen decimal places in atomic physics/QM, how come we can't explain WHY they're perpendicular! I think any theory should have to explain the simple observations first

RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread Mark Iverson
time, please explain a bit more about your insights into (nonexistent) torque... -Mark -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:hohlr...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 12:37 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread mixent
In reply to Joshua Cude's message of Wed, 25 May 2011 16:08:10 -0500: Hi, [snip] What do mean by we? It's not from observing e-m waves that we know the fields are perpendicular. It follows from Maxwell's equations, which predict the waves. So, certainly some people can explain in arbitrary detail

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread John Berry
before delving down into more difficult and esoteric aspects of physics. -Mark -Original Message- From: Terry Blanton [mailto:hohlr...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2011 11:37 AM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread Joshua Cude
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 4:50 PM, mix...@bigpond.com wrote: In reply to Joshua Cude's message of Wed, 25 May 2011 16:08:10 -0500: Hi, [snip] What do mean by we? It's not from observing e-m waves that we know the fields are perpendicular. It follows from Maxwell's equations, which predict

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread mixent
In reply to Joshua Cude's message of Wed, 25 May 2011 17:54:32 -0500: Hi, [snip] Maxwell's equations were developed to describe laboratory electricity and magnetism experiments. ...from which the peculiar perpendicular nature of the phenomenon was already evident. The resulting equations then

RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread Mark Iverson
, not stab your horse! :-) -Mark -Original Message- From: mix...@bigpond.com [mailto:mix...@bigpond.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 4:35 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? In reply to Joshua Cude's message of Wed, 25

RE: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread Mark Iverson
you can say that there is no such thing as a real physical magnetic field -- that's its only an illusion. -Mark _ From: John Berry [mailto:aethe...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 3:50 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread Charles Hope
[mailto:mix...@bigpond.com] Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2011 4:35 PM To: vortex-l@eskimo.com Subject: Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? In reply to Joshua Cude's message of Wed, 25 May 2011 17:54:32 -0500: Hi, [snip] Maxwell's equations were developed to describe

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-25 Thread John Berry
-- *From:* John Berry [mailto:aethe...@gmail.com] *Sent:* Wednesday, May 25, 2011 3:50 PM *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com *Subject:* Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular? Ok, you need to consider my answer if you want to understand this. You

[Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-24 Thread Mark Iverson
Just wanted to throw out a question to the Vort Collective... In an EM wave, why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular to each other? -Mark

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-24 Thread Terry Blanton
You are not going to like my answer: Because it is their nature. Yeah. Told you. It is best understood by studying the Lorentz Force and working your way from there. I like this site: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hph.html (click on the bubble to expand) but, there's always

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-24 Thread John Berry
I have a different answer... Who says that they are a different field? In fact the magnetic field is really a fiction. Tell me what particle sees a magnetic field? What is effected by the magnetic component of an EM wave? Charges moving through a magnetic field actually see an electric force

Re: [Vo]: Why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular?

2011-05-24 Thread Mauro Lacy
Just wanted to throw out a question to the Vort Collective... In an EM wave, why are the electric and magnetic fields perpendicular to each other? Because the electric and magnetic *effects* manifest perpendicularly? The fields are an abstract(mental) construction. In reality, there isn't an