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

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From: Chris Wagner
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 1997 00:00

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Malcolm McMahon wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 30 Mar 1997 21:49:49 -0500, Chris Wagner
> <wagnerc@ucunix.san.uc.edu> wrote:
> >Mathematically he is correct.
> 
> Nope. Actually Zeno's paradox pointed up a deficiency of the
> mathematics of his time which, corrected, formed the basis of
> calculus.
> 
> The point is that the series of steps each takes a corespondingly
> shorter time. So if the time it really takes to cross the room is 1

Whoa now, you're adding into what Zeno said.  We were only discussing
the walk accross the room and never getting there thing.  If each step
is half the remaining distance, you will *never* get to the wall.
But after a certain point that becomes *impossible* for us humans.
That is the flaw in Zeno's paradox.  This is all regardless of
the time or speed.

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From: Chris Wagner <wagnerc@ucunix.san.uc.edu>
Subject: Re: A non-tachyon, still-follows-Einsten's-rules FTL idea ... PLEASE comment on it!!!
Date: 1997/04/02
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