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raventh1
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Found this on /. reposted.
http://www.scienceblog.com/light.html
I'll post more about it later after I sleep some.

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In the sense scientists mean when they say that, yes, it does, and from all reference frames.

Someone linked in the slashdot story to a little demonstration that effectively demonstrates how the speed of a wave can easily exceed the speed of light without breaking any physical laws: http://gregegan.customer.netspace.net.au/APPLETS/20/20.html

Scientists have been familiar with how to do this at least as long as Relativity's been around.

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raventh1
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Ah, I hadn't read everything I could get my grubby hands on. "It appears to move faster"

Not enough sleep.

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