Re: Definition of LET and SR (was: Re: MMX, Contraction and Constancy)

Paul Stowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...

> 
>  That's the whole point, the CMBR 'illuminates' the local background rest
>  frame.  By definition, for that local region this frame IS the 'at rest'
>  condition.  That means there exist a state where adjacent volume elements
>  have no relative motion of the fluid between them.
> 
>  Look, let's consider a mundane example using water.  By definition, let
>  the region in question have no 'local currents' or directional pressure
>  gradients.  Now, like all compressible media, it has a certain non-zero
>  level of acoustical activity, which is called, self-generated white noise.

So if length contraction is given by L(v^2) and not L(v), and the
aether has self-generated white noise, things get smaller when the
aether is hotter?