Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 08:21:17 -0500 From: Marc Ramirez <marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Cc: Vijay Kaul <vkaul@ma.rr.com> Subject: Re: Speed of light? [was Re: GPL vs BSD Licence] Message-ID: <200411020821.23778.marc.ramirez@bluecirclesoft.com> In-Reply-To: <opsgt8rtl0koo9zg@gogobera.ma.rr.com> References: <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNCEJIEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com> <opsgt8rtl0koo9zg@gogobera.ma.rr.com>
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--nextPart3328612.UMuIHaq9o8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Tuesday 02 November 2004 07:53 am, Vijay Kaul wrote: > On Mon, 01 Nov 2004 21:45:16 -0800, Ted Mittelstaedt > > I say the speed of light is so-and-so many miles per second well, I'm > > right, right? No. It depends on how strong any gravitational > > fields happen to be that are near what I'm observing. In short, > > contextual understanding. > > <-snip-> > > IANAPhysicist but, isn't the speed of light in a vacuum constant? Well, it > may be being actively debated by cosmologists attempting to explain the > origins of the universe; but, VSL aside... the speed of light is > 2.998something x10^8 m/s in vacuum. > > Sorry, but this is chat, and I figured I ask. Yes, it is a fixed speed in a vacuum; it gets redshifted in a graviational= =20 field. Marc. =2D-=20 Marc Ramirez Blue Circle Software Corporation 513-688-1070 (main) 513-382-1270 (direct) http://www.bluecirclesoft.com http://www.mrami.com (personal) --nextPart3328612.UMuIHaq9o8 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBBh4nTg1EgpGw750IRAm+gAJ0ZvTzYdnLVcFIAbEpnnzwny8e+GQCgsQUe hAvvgdXBmtxD5x3xfLVlTGw= =CWJm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart3328612.UMuIHaq9o8--
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