Re: Lightspeed constant...

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From: pam... Patrick C Mills
Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 00:00

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Chris (coop...@cf.ac.uk) wrote:
: > Eintiens Theory of Relativity. Exactly what it says; its relative to something. If you are in the car the headlights relative to you would 
: still produce light at 3 x10^8 m/s Only the observer would percieve the 
: light a short distance away from the car as both the car AND the light 
: are very closely mathced in speed. All wierd, but them again according 
: to Einstein at the speed of light your energy and mass become infinite 
: and your length in space equals zero, therefore you occupy all pionts in 
: space at the same time form the application of infinate speed = universe 
: is destroyed! But that is all relative to the observer! not you!!
: Confused yet???

The keyword, kids, is *THEORY*...
NEVER accept theories as the end-all truth...
There used to be a theory that it was impossible to travel at/faster than
the speed of sound....

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From: pam...@leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu (Patrick C Mills)
Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/11/11
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