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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