Alan B. Pearce wrote:

> Is your name really Tachyon? I guess this is an
> anglicised spelling of a Chinese or SE Asian
> name, if it is a real name.


A hypothetical particle that travels at superluminal velocity.
A particle one can never see approaching.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tachyon

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