Re: FTL (Faster Than Light) communications?
From: Ken Smith (kensmith_at_green.rahul.net)
Date: 08/15/04
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Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 17:54:52 +0000 (UTC)
In article <teMTc.142924$28.34654@fe1.news.blueyonder.co.uk>,
Kevin Aylward <salesEXTRACT@anasoft.co.uk> wrote:
>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.
Something effectively like that. Of course what you've described is a bit
more "classical" than I'd expect it to really be.
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