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Scientists Mess with the Speed of Light (breaking the speed limit, sort of)
pure energy systems ^
| 19 aug 05
| Ker Than
Posted on 08/24/2005 6:02:52 PM PDT by Arkie2
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:02:55 PM PDT
by
Arkie2
To: Arkie2
Or is it all an illusion? It's an illusion. The article even says so, even thought the headline implies otherwise.
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:05:08 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: FreedomCalls
It's not really an illusion. Read the whole article and you'll see there's more to it than just an illusion, like improved telecoms.
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:08:08 PM PDT
by
Arkie2
(No, we cannot make cheese as stinky as the French.)
To: Arkie2
Big deal! I want my flux capacitor!
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:08:08 PM PDT
by
nhoward14
To: PatrickHenry
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:09:17 PM PDT
by
AntiGuv
("Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." Philip K. Dick)
To: Arkie2
"....and even stopping it all together."
Cool, when can they pile it up and package it ? I'll buy a box, open the top and shine the super concentrated beam on photocells in my glove compartment to run my car !
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:10:18 PM PDT
by
RS
("I took the drugs because I liked them and I found excuses to take them, so I'm not weaseling. ")
To: Arkie2
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:11:20 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: RS
They'll sell it in a package deal along with dehydrated water.
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:11:41 PM PDT
by
Arkie2
(No, we cannot make cheese as stinky as the French.)
To: Arkie2
a pulse of light is actually made up of many separate frequency components, each of which moves at their own velocities. I'm having trouble with this. For one, what if the light is all one frequency, as in a laser? For two, doesn't incoherent light all travel at C? Do different frequencies travel faster and slower? If so, then why don't the frequencies separate during regular transmission?
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:12:50 PM PDT
by
IronJack
To: FreedomCalls
Superluminal illusion:
Quickly pass a lazer over something very far away (say, the moon). If you didn't know better, one might calculate that a little red dot is sweeping across the lunar surface faster than light! (Of course the dot is not a real unit, but many photons spread over a large distance...)
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:12:55 PM PDT
by
SteveMcKing
("I was born a Democrat. I expect I'll be a Democrat the day I leave this earth." -Zell Miller '04)
To: Arkie2
I already posted this tomorrow.
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:13:06 PM PDT
by
I see my hands
(Until this civil war heats up.. have a nice day.)
To: FreedomCalls
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:13:17 PM PDT
by
Arkie2
(No, we cannot make cheese as stinky as the French.)
To: AntiGuv
Thanks for the ping. I've been aware of this, but I didn't post it because ... well, I didn't think it was much of anything. But now that it's posted, I'm mulling over whether to ping the science list. I'm leaning against it.
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:15:29 PM PDT
by
PatrickHenry
(Felix, qui potuit rerum cognoscere causas. The List-O-Links is at my homepage.)
To: Arkie2
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:16:10 PM PDT
by
FreedomCalls
(It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
To: PatrickHenry
I've noticed threads like this get a lot of response at night for some reason so I save them up and post them late. Keeps Freeper insomniacs amused!
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:18:47 PM PDT
by
Arkie2
(No, we cannot make cheese as stinky as the French.)
To: FreedomCalls
When man is restored to God's image and likeness, he will be able to move at the speed of infinity, since he will have access to dimensions that transcend time and space.
To: Arkie2
186,000 miles per second.
It's not just a good idea. It's the law.
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:20:12 PM PDT
by
Prime Choice
(E=mc^3. Don't drink and derive.)
To: Arkie2
For those interested, this was predicted by quantum electrodynamics, one of the most impressive theories in all of science. I would recommend anyone read Feynman's book QED if you want to know more information.
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:21:36 PM PDT
by
burzum
To: Arkie2
Bet they get worse gas mileage, though.
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:23:04 PM PDT
by
fat city
("The nation that controls magnetism controls the world.")
To: PatrickHenry
---"Thanks for the ping. I've been aware of this, but I didn't post it because ... well, I didn't think it was much of anything. But now that it's posted, I'm mulling over whether to ping the science list. I'm leaning against it."---
It's really just smoke and mirrors, so to speak. Freepers were quick to post adequate links saying so, though the article itself pretty much lets us know.
When someone actually gets something to travel faster than light (impossible, really), let me know. Until then, it's just gloried parlor tricks.
Fun and neat, though.
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posted on
08/24/2005 6:23:45 PM PDT
by
TitansAFC
("It would be a hard government that should tax its people 1/10th part of their income."-Ben Franklin)
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