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   davon96720 to All   
   Re: A question about speed   
   22 Dec 04 02:25:48   
   
   From: illume1@verizon.net   
      
   Off hand, consider the speed of light to be relative from it's point of   
   origin, not the observer.   
   davon96720   
      
   "David Johnson"  wrote in message   
   news:gQfwd.40275$bP2.37670@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...   
   > How is it possible for the speed of light to be independent of the   
   > movement   
   > of the observer as Special Relativity Theory claims it is, when the   
   > concept   
   > and definition of speed is distance/time? If the distance changes then so   
   > will the speed, by definition. How can it be any other way and the word   
   > "speed" make any real sense?   
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