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From: jeff@heurikon.UUCP (Jeffrey Mattox)
Newsgroups: net.physics
Subject: Re: "speed of light" puzzle
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Date: Thu, 16-May-85 00:41:46 EDT
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Another "real world" example:
Consider the point of intersection of the blades of a scissors.
Picture a BIG scissors -  mile long blades.  As you close the
scissors, the point of intersection could move faster than the
speed of light even though the blades are moving "slowly".
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