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Re: Lightspeed constant...

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From: Blokey Me Bob
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 1996 00:00
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Grant Schoep <bi...@vax1.bemidji.msus.edu> wrote in article
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> jimbo wrote:
> > 
> > m...@cctr.umkc.edu writes:
> > > John M Clancy wrote:
> > > > Wrong! Einstein's equasions break down AT the speed of light.
> > > > There is nothing that says you cannot go BEYOND the speed of light.
> > > > Ever here of Tachyons?
> > > >
> > > > Similarly, Newtonian physics does not apply at the atomic level
> > > > therefore we have Quantum physics.
> > >
> > > for those wondering:
> > >
> > > tachy*on \'tak-e-�n\ n (1967): a hypothetical particle held to travel
> > > faster than light.
> > 
> > I supect the equations do not break down rather they become undefined.
> > The maths can still be done by using a limits approach, (The calculus)
> > which is in fact how it is done. The equations break down in The SI
> > unit system at the swarzchild radius of a black hole.
> > 
> > love jimbo.    :)
>  Ok, as long as we are talk undefined lets look at what undefined is.
> Undefined is infinity over infinity. So in other words anything. And
> anything could be anything. And that means nothing is impossible. The
> only cure for things that are impossible is time. With enough time, the 
> human race will overcome anything that someone says is impossible.

Anything over 0 is also undefined.

I remember reading about certain sub-atomic particles which are incapable
of going at any speed less than or equal to the speed of light, I can't
remember if these were tachyons or not
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Subject: Re: Lightspeed constant...
Date: 1996/11/18
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