Re: Progress in ether theory: hep-lat/0311009 and hep-th/0310241

On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 08:55:42 -0600, Tom Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On 12/3/2003 2:04 AM, FrediFizzx wrote:
>> How about scientists searching for theories of an ether that is compatible
>> with SR?  Probably none.  I am.  
>
> There is a large class of ether theories that are equivalent to SR. For
> what that means, see my post from 1999 with Subject "Theories Equivalent
> to SR":
> http://www.google.com/groups?as_umsgid=%3C3838AC00.87B78404%40lucent.com%3E
>
> In summary: all viable ether theories are experimentally
> indistinguishable from SR[#]. Here "viable" means "not already refuted
> by existing experiments". And I mean within the domain of applicability
> of SR.
>
>       [#] With the possible exception of some future ether theory
>       that "lives within the error bars" of existing experiments.

 And the droning continues...  I expect to hear next, 

         "We are the SRians, we will add your biological and
          technological uniqueness to our own.  Resistance is
          futile..., anything else, irrelevant"

 Paul Stowe