23rd August 2007, 3:34 PM
Yeah, but that's just a silly rumor. The reality is before even hitting the speed of light it would have generated massive explosions from impacting the AIR around it, taking out, for example, your house. Further, it requires infinite energy to reach the speed of light, which creates problems for your electric bill. Further, once it reaches the speed of light it doesn't go backwards in time but rather it merely freezes in time. That can cause some lockup issues.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)