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Re: impossible vs. impractical
From: fc () all net (Dr. Frederick B. Cohen)
Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 06:42:47 -0400 (EDT)
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, and thus it is impossible to get the infinite energy required to do this - again, impossible, not infeasible. -- ----------------- \Management /\/| 216-686-0090 - PO Box 1480, Hudson, OH 44236 \ /\/ | Check out info-security heaven and test your system \/\ /\/ | for known vulnerabilities (1st time for free) at URL: \/Analytics| (scans deeper than SATAN or ISS) http://all.net:8080 ----------------- ASIS "Security Management" Articles and Information On-Line Read "Protection and Security on the Information Superhighway" John Wiley and Sons, 1995 ISBN 0-471-11389-1, 320 pp, $24.95
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