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David Wright
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In article <[email protected]>,
greatscottskincream.com <[email protected]> wrote:
>In a given parameter...all things being equal. It has been discovered that
>light, may in fact, have more than one speed.
It has a vast number of speeds, depending upon the medium through
which it is propagating. The usual "speed of light" value refers
to the speed of light in a vacuum. In any other medium, the speed
of light is less than in a vacuum. As far as I know, the slowest
speed of light that anyone has managed thus far is a few hundred miles
per hour.
>Today, I have heard, that these men are pursuing the application of two or
>more light speeds or two or more laser speeds in computer design. It is
>thought and heard by them, that a new computer design using this 'laser
>concept' to control the on/off switching that silicon now uses is being
>developed. Many of the needed patents are already acquired, with only a few
>left to acquired.
You may have heard this, but that doesn't mean it's true. And
patenting something doesn't mean it works. Certainly there is a
lot of interest in optical computing (and at least as much in
optical switching), but I don't think it's quite there yet as a
usable technology. If anyone manages it, though, they'll have
to go out and buy some railroad cars to hold all their money.
>The application are staggering. Can you imagine a computer operating at a
>speed of ten thousand or even thirty thousand times faster than anything
>today?
Could this be some weird misinterpretation of quantum computing?
Also, improved switching speeds don't mean anyone has exceeded c.
-- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net
These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.
"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)
greatscottskincream.com <[email protected]> wrote:
>In a given parameter...all things being equal. It has been discovered that
>light, may in fact, have more than one speed.
It has a vast number of speeds, depending upon the medium through
which it is propagating. The usual "speed of light" value refers
to the speed of light in a vacuum. In any other medium, the speed
of light is less than in a vacuum. As far as I know, the slowest
speed of light that anyone has managed thus far is a few hundred miles
per hour.
>Today, I have heard, that these men are pursuing the application of two or
>more light speeds or two or more laser speeds in computer design. It is
>thought and heard by them, that a new computer design using this 'laser
>concept' to control the on/off switching that silicon now uses is being
>developed. Many of the needed patents are already acquired, with only a few
>left to acquired.
You may have heard this, but that doesn't mean it's true. And
patenting something doesn't mean it works. Certainly there is a
lot of interest in optical computing (and at least as much in
optical switching), but I don't think it's quite there yet as a
usable technology. If anyone manages it, though, they'll have
to go out and buy some railroad cars to hold all their money.
>The application are staggering. Can you imagine a computer operating at a
>speed of ten thousand or even thirty thousand times faster than anything
>today?
Could this be some weird misinterpretation of quantum computing?
Also, improved switching speeds don't mean anyone has exceeded c.
-- David Wright :: alphabeta at prodigy.net
These are my opinions only, but they're almost always correct.
"If I have not seen as far as others, it is because giants
were standing on my shoulders." (Hal Abelson, MIT)