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Subject: Re: Proof That Light Speed is Not c in Empty Space
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The Starmaker wrote:
> 
> Stefan Ram wrote:
> >
> > Mikko <mikko.levanto@iki.fi> wrote or quoted:
> > >Maxwell did not say one way or other whether the speed of light is
> > >c relative to its source. From what he did say we can infer that he
> > >thought that that depeds on the motion of the source. Maxwell thought
> > >that the speed of light is c in some frame that was later called ether.
> >
> >   In a reference frame, Maxwell's equations yield the wave equation
> >
> > Nabla^2 E = mu_0 eps_0 d^2/dt^2 E,
> >
> >   and the solutions have speed 1/sqrt(mu_0 eps_0), which is c. There
> >   is no source term, i.e., no dependency on the speed of a source.
> 
> There is no such thing as "Empty Space".
> 
> it has to hit something...
> 
> it doesn't doge stuff..
> 
> so it cannot ever reach 'it's' speed of light.
> 
> Vacumns do not exist.
> 
> empty space does not exist.
> 
> dat is why the earth revolves around the sun...
> the sun is in it's way.
> 
> wat is the speed of light in the ocean?
> 
> if it don't hit a fish...


Now, what is the speed of light relative to...me?


To light, i probably look like i'm standing still...

everything is standing still.


if you slow down light
i'm in slow motion
if you slow
down light all the way..
i'm faster than the speed of light.
light is standing still.




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