"HenriWilson" <Henri@the.edge> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 23 Jun 2003 19:44:23 -0400, "kenseto" <kenseto@erinet.com> wrote:
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> >"HenriWilson" <Henri@the.edge> wrote in message
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> >> > If there is any movement in any direction in the plane of the arms we
> >> > would detect a none null result. The null result detected supports the 
> >> > idea that the total movement is vertical to the plane of the arms.
> >> > The rotation of the earth is irrelevant.
> >>
> >> No Ken, the null result virtually ruled out the conventional aether theory
> >> because the Earth is clearly moving in an orbit around the sun.
> >
> ><sigh> how many time do I have to tell you that observed relative motion
> >such that the earth orbits around the sun have no effect on the state or
> >direction of motion of the MMX apparatus??
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> Well Ken, that is pretty hard to follow

Just imagine that you and the MMX apparatus are alone in the universe and
you carry out the experiment. You get the following result:
1. All orientations of the arms in the plane of the arms give null result.
2. The only conclusion you can make is that the apparatus is not moving in
any direction in the plane of the arms.
3. If the apparatus is moving then it must be moving perpendicular to the
plane of the arms. The null result of the experiments support this claim.
4. Notice that the perpendicular direction is always perpendicular to the
plane of the arms no matter how the apparatus is moving or rotating.

Ken Seto