On Tue, 8 Nov 2005 12:53:43 -0600, Steve Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I guess this makes the term "light year" for distance meaningless, >doesn't it? Or if not meaningless, at least, relative...hmmmm.... >... Nope. Still meaningful. A light year has always been based on the spead of light in a vacuum. Everything with an index of refraction greater than a vacuum's slows light. A piece of glass does that. IBM figured out how to control and modify the effect, not just achieve it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
