John W. Colby
jcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon Nov 24 15:11:05 CST 2003
>So the next time some smart ass says the speed of light is 186 miles/second you can reply, "It depends." :-) Uh, that would be 186 THOUSAND miles per second. Perhaps in some slow medium.... John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 3:32 PM To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Subject: [dba-Tech] Slow Light Really way OT even for this list, but I just had to share it. Light has been observed (under special conditions) to travel as slowly as 91 m/s (meters per second). The phenomenon of slow light was discovered several years ago but we don't have real-world applications yet. So the next time some smart ass says the speed of light is 186 miles/second you can reply, "It depends." :-) http://www.aip.org/tip/INPHFA/vol-9/iss-5/p20.html Arthur _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com