In reply to  Stephen A. Lawrence's message of Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:29:00 -0400:
Hi,
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>They (apparently) oscillate, which, at least according to my limited and
>rather primitive understanding of relativity theory, means time passes
>for them, which suggests pretty strongly that their speed must be
>subluminal.  At C, 1/gamma=0 and the particle must remain immutable
>between events, because its internal "clock" has stopped.

This makes me wonder how an ordinary photon manages to go through umpteen cycles
between source and destination with a "stopped clock". :)

[snip]
Regards,

Robin van Spaandonk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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