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Knifey
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05 Sep 2011, 4:41 am

Fnord wrote:
Speculation on a fictional concept?

I may as well take bets on the colour of magic... :roll:
I'll put $10 on blue!


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05 Sep 2011, 6:40 am

i dont really know how it could be a measuring stick when the speed of light is not a constant


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07 Sep 2011, 7:40 pm

Knifey wrote:
i would still like to bombard something with super accelerated light particles and see what happens


'Light particles' are photons.

Photons always travel at the speed of light in a vacuum.

Nothing can move faster than the speed of light

Sorry, but light can't be accelerated.


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