[RightWhale]

Well, did they or didn't they? Some kind of pulse travelled at 3xC, but data still can't travel at quite C. Sounds like the story hasn't changed. I remember an article in a ham magazine back in the late 50s describing a wire loop where a pulse could be made to travel at speeds above C. What was the author's name? Green, I think.

[Poohbah]

Some kind of pulse travelled at 3xC

3xC in a 1xC zone. Boy, yo's in a HEAPA trouble!

186,000 miles per second: it's not just a good idea, IT'S THE LAW!

[VeritatisSplendor]

A pulse travelling faster than the data. Is that like if I had a really bright flashlight, and swept the beam across an arc of sky from Mercury to the moon in a second, say 95 million miles or 500 light-seconds?

The spot of light travels at 500 c or any speed you like, and yet any data from Mercury to the moon takes 500 seconds to arrive.

Mrs VS