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From: Tim Iafolla
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 00:00

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jl...@internetMCI.com wrote:
> 
> "John M. Aldrich" <figh...@cs.com> wrote:
> 
> >Of course, there is no known way to
> >slow down or speed up a photon.
> 
> Yes, there is. Hold a glass container filled with water in front of
> it.
> That is, I THINK that's a way to do it. Sound travels faster than
> light under water, so I'm assuming that the light slows down.
> 
>                                 Patrick

Patrick, where the hell did you get the idea that sounds travels faster
than light under water??  It *is* true that sound travels faster in
water than it does in sir, and that light travels slower in water than
in air, but light is still on the order of a half a million times faster
underwater.

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Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/12/17
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