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   On 9/23/2020 4:29 PM, Alain Fournier wrote:   
   >> I'm not sure direction is relevant when you've exceeded the speed of   
   >> money. :)   
   >>   
   >> Dave   
   >   
   > The speed of money? Where does that fit in the light-speed,   
   > ludicrous-speed and plaid-speed scale?   
   >   
   The speed of money is essentially somewhere between the speed of   
   imagination and the speed of realization.   
      
   > As for using an Alcubierre drive, Serguei Krashnikov proposed a scheme   
   > where only a few negative milligrams of exotic matter is needed to   
   > transport small atoms at super-luminal speeds. The utility of   
   > transporting small atoms like this would be more about transporting   
   > information than about transporting the atoms themselves. So this brings   
   > up the question: are atoms really the best option for transporting   
   > information like this? Could an Alcubierre-Krashnikov drive be used to   
   > transport photons faster than light? I don't think that the fact that   
   > photons are massless is important here, the payload isn't accelerated at   
   > all, it is the space around the payload which is warped. But if the   
   > photon is a gamma ray, it is much smaller than an atom and volume does   
   > seem to be severely restricted for such a drive. What would be the best   
   > payload for such a drive?   
      
   Anything that fits inside the transporter beam? Essentially using   
   quantum mechanics and spooky action-at-a-distance to get around the   
   light speed hangup. I've always thought that if you can essentially   
   assemble something in zero elapsed time anywhere in the universe, that's   
   probably the best way to travel. The trick is getting the receivers   
   where you want them.   
      
   Dave   
      
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