Two German scientists claim to have broken speed of light.

[2GKT5]

lots of things to say. #1 they're full of bull****. disregard anything else I have to say. #2 going faster than the speed of light would imply being able to first reach the speed of light, and a given mass requires an infinite amount of energy to propel it to that speed, and as of now, infinite energy doesn't exist.

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[Sean W.]

Originally Posted by 2GKT5

lots of things to say.

#1 they're full of bull****. disregard anything else I have to say.

#2 going faster than the speed of light would imply being able to first reach the speed of light, and a given mass requires an infinite amount of energy to propel it to that speed, and as of now, infinite energy doesn't exist.

Woopdeedooo what does it all mean Basil

[simpsonfan13]

have they reproduced the results?
if not their claim means jack-****.


seriously guys, the day we can acheuve trans-luminal speeds, with reproducible results,
you'll hear about it.

[2000AZ5.0GT]

well, first of all, how does light beat the speed of light?

secondly, they may have found a way to change the way the light traveled through time, in essence actually proving Einstein's theory even more.

The reason that the speed of light is the ultimate limit is because when energy is reformulated to be a "version" of mass, it is logically impossible to cause any particle with any measureable mass to travel at or very close to the speed of light, let alone faster than that.

The reason is the closer a particle with mass gets to the speed of light, the more massive it becomes (literally it 'aquires' more mass), until which point it literally becomes infinitely massive, and thus requirement an infinite more amount of energy to increase it's speed.

It's already known that you can create closed loops in time, called "frame dragging", at which point a particle could pass through one end that is involved in the frame dragging, and come out of the other side at a different point in time, even if in reality, they are the same point in space.

They must not have a good understanding of General/Special Relativity if they actually thought they broke E = MC^2

[tokinGLX]

have they published the results in a peer reviewed journal¿
if not their claim means jack-asteriskasteriskasteriskasterisk.

[vaporstang]

Originally Posted by Sean W.

first of all... im not impressed by the cost of legos... im surprised by the cost of legos nowadays.

second of all. she didn't leave me... she cheated on me... then i broke up with her

that is all

You were the one lurking around the toy department...weren't you? No wonder she left you.

[cominus]

Originally Posted by vaporstang

You were the one lurking around the toy department...weren't you? No wonder she left you.

i loled

[Apoptosis]

Originally Posted by 2000AZ5.0GT

well, first of all, how does light beat the speed of light?

secondly, they may have found a way to change the way the light traveled through time, in essence actually proving Einstein's theory even more.

The reason that the speed of light is the ultimate limit is because when energy is reformulated to be a "version" of mass, it is logically impossible to cause any particle with any measureable mass to travel at or very close to the speed of light, let alone faster than that.

The reason is the closer a particle with mass gets to the speed of light, the more massive it becomes (literally it 'aquires' more mass), until which point it literally becomes infinitely massive, and thus requirement an infinite more amount of energy to increase it's speed.

It's already known that you can create closed loops in time, called "frame dragging", at which point a particle could pass through one end that is involved in the frame dragging, and come out of the other side at a different point in time, even if in reality, they are the same point in space.

They must not have a good understanding of General/Special Relativity if they actually thought they broke E = MC^2

Good explanation.

Originally Posted by tokinGLX

have they published the results in a peer reviewed journal¿
if not their claim means jack-asteriskasteriskasteriskasterisk.

Not that I could find yet. :/

Just wanted to see what the regular's thought of this.

[Joolander]

basically what AZ said. quantum tunneling is a known phenomenon that only seems to violate relativity, but on closer inspection does not


also,







(godwin's law)

[Apoptosis]

16 Aug 2007

Whoops.

:P