In <[email protected]>, on 01/18/2013
at 07:31 AM, "R.S." <[email protected]> said:
>Neither light nor electricity move at c.
Wrong except in classical Electrodynamics; the apparent slower speed
of light in a material medium is due to interactions with the
electrons, e.g., absorption/re-emission. ITYM that the effective speed
of light in a material medium is less than the actual speed, which is
c.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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