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Re: A non-tachyon, still-follows-Einsten's-rules FTL idea ... PLEASE comment on it!!!

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From: Malcolm McMahon
Date: Tue, 01 Apr 1997 00:00
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On Tue, 1 Apr 1997 15:39:01 GMT, Fred McGalliard
<frederick.b.mcgalliard@boeing.com> wrote:

> Is there
>something special about having a little rest mass that I am missing?
>

Perhaps the fundamental difference is that a particle with rest mass
has a velocity which depends on it's energy whereas a massless
particle moves at c regardless of its energy.

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From: malcolm@pigsty.demon.co.uk (Malcolm McMahon)
Subject: Re: A non-tachyon, still-follows-Einsten's-rules FTL idea ... PLEASE comment on it!!!
Date: 1997/04/01
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