Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1exp 10/6/83; site ihldt.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ittvax!ittral!laidbak!ihnp4!ihldt!jhh From: jhh@ihldt.UUCP Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Speed of Light Decreasing Message-ID: <2058@ihldt.UUCP> Date: Mon, 24-Oct-83 10:11:40 EDT Article-I.D.: ihldt.2058 Posted: Mon Oct 24 10:11:40 1983 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Oct-83 06:48:15 EDT Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, Il Lines: 8 We recently had a representative from a Center for Creationist [Pseudo] Science who claimed that the speed of light was decreasing at a tremendous rate. Luckily for all of us, it stopped changing speeds around 1960, so that we don't have to bother measuring it again to verify that. Otherwise, those efforts to create faster computers might be doomed. (Anyone caring to defend this may follow up to net.religion where I am happily unsubscribed.)