RE: [Brin-l] light-speed

2002-09-18 Thread Kevin Tarr
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

Re: [Brin-l] light-speed

2002-09-18 Thread Ronn Blankenship
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

Re: [Brin-l] light-speed

2002-09-17 Thread Doug
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

Re: [Brin-l] light-speed

2002-09-17 Thread The Fool
> 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

Re: [Brin-l] light-speed

2002-09-17 Thread Dan Minette
- 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

Re: [Brin-l] light-speed

2002-09-17 Thread Alberto Monteiro
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

Re: [Brin-l] light-speed

2002-09-17 Thread Andrew Crystall
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

Re: [Brin-l] light-speed

2002-09-17 Thread The Fool
> 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

Re: [Brin-l] light-speed

2002-09-17 Thread Alberto Monteiro
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

Re: [Brin-l] light-speed

2002-09-16 Thread Doug
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