Speed of light? [was Re: GPL vs BSD Licence]

Mark Murray markm at freebsd.org
Wed Nov 3 00:15:17 PST 2004


 [ massive trimming appied ]

Mike Jeays writes:
> Doesn't this equate to defining the speed of light as constant, and then
> adjusting the metre and second appropriately?  I thought the constancy
> of the speed of light was a basic assumption taken by Einstein; the
> slowing of time and reduction of lengths of moving objects, or those in
> a gravitational field are a consequence.

This is correct.

M
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