[Scgeeks] Re: 2.5 the speed of light?

[Twayne]

> "Frog Prince" <me at privacy.net> wrote in message
> news:g8mee2$iqt$1 at news.spamcop.net...
>>
>> Scientists at the Univ. of Pennsylvania have theorized a way to
>> increase the
>> speed of pulses of light that bound across chains of tiny metal
>> particles to
>> well past the speed of light by altering the particle shape.
>
> Mr. Einstein (and a lot of theories) are going to be pretty perturbed
> if indeed the speed of light is not a finite number.....

Mmm, maybe not; I'd be hard pressed to find my source now, but I've read 
that the "shape change" allows for some kind of coninuium break where 
the particle can appear in another place before it leaves its current 
location.  I think Einstein talked about travel through gravity fields, 
but I recall at the time thinking the two theories seemed to be 
compatible.
   NOT that I can even pretend to actually understand any of the 
theories at all.  I can read the words and know what each word means, 
but then after reading I end up with a big "HUH?"  Love that kind of 
thing though.  Hmm, wonder if I could find that in my archives?  Don't 
hold your breath though<g>.  Fascinating stuff.

Twayne