> Question: So is every point in the universe is
>on it's own time, and each point's time is
>similar to the times of nearby points by a degree
> proportional to the distance between them? Does
> that question make sense?

You're thinking about time the wrong way. Time is
the 4th dimension. We measure things in three
physical dimensions (length, width, and height)
and one temporal dimension (time).

Things move through the three physical dimensions
at different speeds all the time, but "most" of
the time (as far as we're concerned, anyway)
things move through the fourth dimension at the
same rate.

However, it is quite possible for things to move
through the fourth dimension at a different rate
of speed then we're used to. It happens that "the
faster you go", "the slower time passes." I put
that in quotes because that's all relative, of
course. You have to define what it is you are
moving "faster" than, and what it is your time is
moving "slower" than.

So look at it this way. Take a point in space,
such as our sun. Measure, relative to that, your
current position. In order to be completely
accurate, you'd need to use an x-y-z-t coordinate
system. You'd say I'm x miles away in the x
direction, y miles away in the y direction, z
miles away in the z direction, and t seconds away
in the ti direction.

Get it?

-- Dave