Re: Lightspeed constant...

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From: Hexer... Nicolaus Bartels
Date: Tue, 03 Dec 1996 00:00

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> Lastly, if light travels at the speed of light; and if, at the speed
> of light, an object has infinite mass; then why isn't light 
> omnipresent?

The answer to this one is quite easy:
Photons (the particles light consists of) do not have any mass at all. 
The only way for them to gather energy - which is, of course, equivalent 
to mass if you read your Einstein - is just to travel at lightspeed. To 
understand this you have to recall that zero times infinity isn't defined 
mathematically, and in this particular case returns a finite result. This 
is also true for any other with a zero mass, for example neutrinos.

And always remember: The only infinity you can experience is that of your 
very own mind!

	Greetings from HEXER

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Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/12/03
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