[1731] in bugtraq
Re: impossible vs. impractical
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Mon May 8 14:30:22 1995
To: fc@all.net (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen)
Cc: mcn@EnGarde.com (Mike Neuman), bugtraq@fc.net
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 08 May 1995 06:42:47 EDT."
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Reply-To: perry@imsi.com
Date: Mon, 08 May 1995 10:02:31 -0400
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@imsi.com>
Dr. Frederick B. Cohen says:
> > Oh good. I think possibility has practicality implied. After all, if you
> > can generate an infinite amount of energy, you CAN go the speed of light
> > (according to the current laws of physics), so there, it's not impossible.
>
> But according to current physics, there is a finite amount of total
> energy in the Universe,
You've proven the Universe is closed then, and non-inflationary to
boot? You are better than I suspected, Dr. Cohen.
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