Doug,
You bring up an interesting point but I have to disagree on the basis that everything is not made up of atoms. Matter is. But light (and quite possibly time) is energy. While Einstein says that the two are interchangable, they are not the same.

>Larry,
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>There are some very interesting theories around that take the position that time (and light) are both slowing down. It actually makes some sense. Remember, everything is made of atoms. Atoms degrade. We use this degradation to measure the age of 'stuff'. We call that atomic decay. If time is a function of the movement of heavenly bodies (ie. Sun & Moon) and these bodies are composed of atoms - atoms which decay or slow down I think a fair case can be made that light itself is slowing down.
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>I know as I get older it seems to speed up. <g> I take this as evidence that I am slowing down. <g>
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>Best,
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>DD
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>>Scientists have done it. They have broken the TIME barrier! Let's all walk through some cesium gas and see if we can get "disperesed" in this way. *bg*
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>>>I'm no scientist, but this isn't making sense to me...
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>>>It takes 0.2 nanoseconds through a vacuum, but through their chamber, it taks 62 nanoseconds _less_ than that? So it takes -61.8 nanoseconds? What am I missing?
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>>>Thanks,
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>>>Michelle
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>>>>Folks,
>>>>
>>>>Thought you might find this interesting: http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/000719/nj_nec_sup.html
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>>>>Best,
>>>>
>>>>DD