nopEda
18th August 2010 - 12:02 AM
QUOTE (adoucette+Aug 17 2010, 08:32 PM)
the combined velocity of two objects can equal as much as 2c.
For instance two photons traveling 180 degrees from each other.
. . .
Since speed is distance over time, these differences are what allows the speed of light to always be measured at c.
Relative to what?
adoucette
18th August 2010 - 12:26 AM
QUOTE (nopEda+Aug 17 2010, 07:02 PM)
Relative to what?
the speed of light will be seen to be the same relative to any observer, independent of the motion of the observer http://www2.slac.stanford.edu/vvc/theory/relativity.htmlThis is a DIRECT QUOTE from the Stanford site.
The words used are pretty simple.
What part of this statement do you not understand?
Or
Do you think the Stanford scientists are wrong?
Arthur
AlexG
18th August 2010 - 01:23 AM
This has been gone over and over too many damn times.
Fuckwit David Harrison is simply doing this to garner attention. Or else he's a recent recipient of a lobotomy.
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