The classic example of the latter is to consider a rotating beacon such as
a lighthouse or an airport beacon which sends out a bright beam of light
that falls on a distant wall or perhaps the side of a cliff. The spot of
light cast by the beam moves across the wall with a linear velocity v equal
At 11:57 PM 9/17/02, Doug wrote:
>The Fool wrote:
>
>>>From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>>>The Fool wrote:
>>>
>No, they can't. Why those guys can't read what they wrote? There ain't
>no "signal" travelling FTL.
No individual particle is traveling above c. But the p
The Fool wrote:
>>From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>
>
>>The Fool wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
No, they can't. Why those guys can't read what they
wrote? There ain't no "signal" travelling FTL.
>>>No individual particle is traveling above c. But the pulse is.
>>>Pulse-Modulation
> From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> The Fool wrote:
> >
> >> No, they can't. Why those guys can't read what they
> >> wrote? There ain't no "signal" travelling FTL.
> >
> > No individual particle is traveling above c. But the pulse is.
> > Pulse-Modulation.
> >
> Sure. Then se
- Original Message -
From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Brin-l] light-speed
>
> The Fool wrote:
> >
> >> No, they can't. Why those guys can
The Fool wrote:
>
>> No, they can't. Why those guys can't read what they
>> wrote? There ain't no "signal" travelling FTL.
>
> No individual particle is traveling above c. But the pulse is.
> Pulse-Modulation.
>
Sure. Then send some information at 4c using this
Pulse-Modulation :-P
Alberto
On 17 Sep 2002 at 8:10, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Doug wrote:
> >
> >> No, they can't. Why those guys can't read what they
> >> wrote? There ain't no "signal" travelling FTL.
> >
> > So explain to me what _is_ traveling at 4C.
> >
> Suppose you have Galactic-Overlord powers, and place
> From: Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Electric signals can be transmitted at least four times
> > faster than the speed of light (...)
>
> No, they can't. Why those guys can't read what they
> wrote? There ain't no "signal" travelling FTL.
No individual particle is traveling abo
Doug wrote:
>
>> No, they can't. Why those guys can't read what they
>> wrote? There ain't no "signal" travelling FTL.
>
> So explain to me what _is_ traveling at 4C.
>
Suppose you have Galactic-Overlord powers, and place
some bombs that will make a string of stars in such
a sequence t
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
>
>>Electric signals can be transmitted at least four times
>>faster than the speed of light (...)
>>
>
>No, they can't. Why those guys can't read what they
>wrote? There ain't no "signal" travelling FTL.
>
>Alberto Monteiro
>
>
So explain to me what _is_ travel
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