Re: FTL (Faster Than Light) communications?

From: Kevin Aylward (salesEXTRACT_at_anasoft.co.uk)
Date: 08/15/04 

Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 16:32:25 GMT

Ken Smith wrote:
> In article <w2ETc.141739$28.48707@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
> Kevin Aylward <salesEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> wrote:
> [...]
>> In fact, its the other way round photons *always* travel at "C", i.e.
>> the 3e8 max speed in vacuume.
>
> Yes, existing theory.
>
> [...]
>> *apparent* speed. Atomic electrons absorb photons, go to a hifger
>> energy state, then after a delay, emit a new photon.
>
> Proving that it is really a new photon is a bit tricky. They don't
> have serial numbers.

Oh, you mean like when the photon disappears (gets absorbed) it actually
runs around inside the electron for a bit, then pops out again. Maybe.

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