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Re: Lightspeed constant...

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From: jimbo
Date: Fri, 15 Nov 1996 00:00
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Gor...@ThePentagon.Com (Gordon Swobe) writes:
> bo...@linknet.net (Bob Adkins) wrote:
> 
> >On 14 Nov 1996 02:07:34 GMT, cam...@ix.netcom.com(A. Campbell) wrote:
> >
> >
> >>>In some very basic, essential sense, if you ever find yourself going
> >>>"faster than the speed of light in our universe", you will also find
> >>>that you are indeed not in our universe.
> >>>
> >>>[I had a roomate who once would start a conversation with something
> >>>like "But let's say you _could_ go faster than the speed of light."
> >>>How can you start a conversation by invoking magic?  I just wonder why
> >>>people so seldom say things like "What if pi was exactly 3.5?" or
> >>>"What if e was 3.1415926...?" or "What if i was not imaginary?"]
> >
> >
> >
> >Could this phenomenon  be responsible for unexplained computer hangs? I
> >mean if the electrons traveled through some weird path and got to their
> >destination faster than light could have, well....it could cause chaos
> >in there.....=:-)
> 
> 
> You may be right about that, Bob! Electrons moving faster than light
> must also travel backward in time. So perhaps an electron involved in
> your own normal exiting of the program taveled back in time and tried
> to exit the program before its time. At least it's as reasonable an
> explanation for unexplained hangs as I've heard so far. :) 
> 
> The solution, then, is to slow down the electrons. This must be what
> Norton's new CrashGuard program does.
> 
> These newsgroups are great. I learn more about computers every day.
> 
> 

I worked as an electron in a previous life and can only confirm your suspisions.
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From: jimbo <Matta...@ans.com.au>
Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/11/15
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