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Just Joe

06/05/2008 6:02 PM

Can light ever come to a stop. I.E. In the case of being pulled into a black hole. I ask because I thought light was thought to be a constant.

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06/05/2008 9:32 PM

Hey Joe,

The speed of light slows in various media. It is not a constant, but has a maximum value in a vaccum. The slowing in glass is part of the physics of refraction.

So maybe it can come to a stop...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variable_speed_of_light

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06/06/2008 9:59 AM

Yes easilly... Light stops in wood, brick, thick card board.

Generally stops at night too .

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06/06/2008 10:05 AM

No, no, no..... Del.... light stops at night because of the abundance of dark matter that fills our universe...

Light itself doesn't travel, it really is this dark matter that travels.

Consider a light bulb, most people think it emits light whereas in reality it absorbs the dark matter making it appear light, this process consumes electricity, when the light bulb is switched off the dark matter resumes filling the void...

Remember dark matter abhors a vacuum.

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06/06/2008 10:11 AM

<Miooow thud, falls off chair>

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06/06/2008 11:59 AM

Remember dark matter abhors a vacuum.

THAT'S why I can never get all the bitty black specks out of my white carpeting no matter how hard I hoover!

So...er...how do I do get my floors sparkling? Reverse the polarity of all my wall outlets? Or can I just switch the vacuum from suck to blow?

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06/06/2008 12:25 PM

Now that's thinking outside the containment vessel.

I'm actually working on a process to bag dark matter. You'll "unburn" it in a proton pellet stove. It sucks the cold right out of your home. My only problem is disposal of all those used protons, they pile up after a while. I'm thinking you can spread them in your garden, reaserch continues.

Send money if you want a piece of this.

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