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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I had not realized that you might not KNOW how to
calculate wavelengths and frequencies for electromagnetic waves. It's not
that hard to do. And then doing EXACTLY the same calculation for
gravitational waves (which I had calculated fifteen years ago), gives (obvious)
wavelengths of more than a thousand light years. And, as we all assume
that gravitation travels at the speed of light, that means a "frequency"
of one wave per many thousands of years. (Some commonly accepted figures
indicate possibly MILLIONS of years per wave.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>For the record, I considered such a phenomena to be
beyond me. So I calculated the differential calculus of such a wave to
calculate how much energy and power might be in it. Other easy
calculations can then be Integrated to determine the total energy in a single
gravitational wave, and it is a HUGE amount. I briefly thought there might
be some value in such gravitational waves, but as to "power", it is obviously
irrelevant. I tthink I remember calculatinng that a 5000 hp engine would
be comparable, and if such an engine ran full bore for tens of thousands of
years, yes, a gravitational wave might contain impressive amounts of total
energy.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>But some people credit gravitational waves
with "star creation" when passing through spiral galaxies, but no one must have
ever actually done the math.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I see that you trust Wikipedia to provide yoou with
trustworthy information, even though Wiki denies you of knowing who wrote any of
their articles. Some years ago, Wiki got in a lot of trouble about that as
a guy who drove a garbage truck "re-wrote" 18,000 of their
articles.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I just trust "careful math" to either support
or deny any hypothesis. As science works, most get refuted, but the
remaining ones are great.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>And you seem to believe that quadrupole moments are
magical? The math is still true, and THAT is what I rely on.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>By the way, the Earth's magnetic field contains
Dipole, Quadrupole and Octopole components as well as many more complex
terms. They ALL rely on the speed of light.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>What I would wish you guys would do is to STUDY the
various claims that people make. If YOU could understand what they
did to accept that a quadrupole moment is important, fine. But, it
seems like many people today just "accept" ideas that "seem attractive", without
even trying to understand experimental details.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>I ENCOURAGE you all to CHALLENGE every idea
presented to you, and ASK for "proof" to whoever would talk to you. Don't
just "accept an attractive idea".</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Make sure you feel you see some LOGIC and some
PROOF.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT size=2 face=Arial>Carl Johnson</FONT></DIV>
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