[dba-Tech] Slow Light

...what's with this "suddenly" bit ...far back as I can remember JC's always
been the prosecutor! :)))))

William Hindman
Government is not reason, government is not persuasion,
government is force. It is a dangerous servant." G. Washington

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arthur Fuller" <artful at rogers.com>
To: "'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'"
<dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2003 3:37 PM
Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Slow Light


> Yeah yeah yeah. You know what I meant :-) One keystroke missing and
> suddenly you're a DA :-)
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W.
> Colby
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 2003 1:11 PM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: RE: [dba-Tech] Slow Light
>
>
> >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
>
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