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Speed of light (was: The Speeed of Light)

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Whisper wrote:

> On 10/04/2018 12:39 AM, Tom Roberts wrote:
>> On 4/8/18 2:02 PM, Keith Stein wrote:
>>> The speed of light in vacuum is a silly concept,
>>> because what can this speed be relative to ?
>> Like ALL speeds, it is relative to the coordinates used to measure it.
> 
> Measure it anyway you like. Doesn't change the fact we are fucking too
> far away.

“To far away” from what?  To do what?

*Please* stop this amok-crossposting to 4 newsgroups.


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Heisenberg is out for a drive when he's stopped by a traffic cop. 
The officer asks him "Do you know how fast you were going?" 
Heisenberg replies "No, but I know where I am."
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The Speeed of Light The Starmaker <starmaker@ix.netcom.com> - 2018-04-02 13:58 -0700
  Re: The Speeed of Light Siri Cruise <chine.bleu@yahoo.com> - 2018-04-02 16:15 -0700
  Re: The Speeed of Light SolomonW <SolomonW@citi.com> - 2018-04-03 09:46 +1000
  Re: The Speeed of Light Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-04-02 22:32 -0500
    Re: The Speeed of Light Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-04-03 07:31 +0200
  Re: The Speeed of Light casagiannoni@optonline.net - 2018-04-04 14:23 -0400
  Re: The Speeed of Light Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-04-08 20:02 +0100
    Re: The Speeed of Light Libor 'Poutnik' Stříž <poutnik@privacy.net> - 2018-04-08 22:03 +0200
      Re: The Speeed of Light Lofty Goat <rlwatkins@gmail.com> - 2018-05-05 22:16 -0500
    Re: The Speeed of Light Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-04-09 09:39 -0500
      Re: The Speeed of Light Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-04-09 16:04 +0100
        Re: The Speeed of Light Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-04-09 18:16 +0200
          GPS satellites. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-04-09 10:45 -0700
            Re: GPS satellites. J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-04-09 23:28 -0400
              GPS satellites. Jeff-Relf.Me  @. - 2018-04-09 20:49 -0700
              Re: GPS satellites. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-04-10 06:00 +0200
              Re: GPS satellites. Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-04-11 14:36 -0500
                Re: GPS satellites. J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2018-04-11 22:22 -0400
                Re: GPS satellites. Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-04-12 04:38 +0200
        Re: The Speeed of Light Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-04-09 14:00 -0500
        Re: The Speeed of Light Lofty Goat <rlwatkins@gmail.com> - 2018-04-09 21:10 -0500
          Re: The Speeed of Light Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-04-10 17:56 +0100
            Re: The Speeed of Light Leo Sgouros <adravirgo@gmail.com> - 2018-04-10 09:59 -0700
            Re: The Speeed of Light Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-04-10 20:40 +0200
            Re: The Speeed of Light Lofty Goat <rlwatkins@gmail.com> - 2018-04-10 14:23 -0500
              LET EXPERIMENT DECIDE ('cos i think Relativists are Charlatans eh!) Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-04-10 21:28 +0100
            Re: The Speeed of Light Tom Roberts <tjroberts137@sbcglobal.net> - 2018-04-14 09:11 -0500
              Re: The Speeed of Light Keith Stein <keithstein111@gmail.com> - 2018-04-14 18:44 +0100
      Re: The Speeed of Light Whisper <beaver999@ozemail.com> - 2018-04-10 20:43 +1000
        Speed of light (was: The Speeed of Light) Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2018-04-12 06:25 +0200
  Re: The Speeed of Light casagiannoni@optonline.net - 2018-04-08 19:51 -0400
    Re: The Speeed of Light Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-04-09 06:43 +0200
      Re: The Speeed of Light Paul Colquhoun <newsposter@andor.dropbear.id.au> - 2018-04-09 16:52 +1000
        Re: The Speeed of Light Libor Striz <poutnik4REMOVEnntp@CAPITALSgmail.com> - 2018-04-09 09:23 +0200

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