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This article mentions latencies in the order of magnitude of 50 to 100ms. For reference, the speed light takes to travel 3m/10ft is 0.00001 ms. For the problem
by athenot 10y ago
This article mentions latencies in the order of magnitude of 50 to 100ms. For reference, the speed light takes to travel 3m/10ft is 0.00001 ms. For the problem being considered (latency in user interfaces), it IS insignificant, and rounded to zero.
- abpavel 10y agoNot sure what you're measuring with 3m/10ft, and what would travel that distance at the exact speed of light. For the reference, electrical signals travel at about 2/3c through fiber, a bit faster that that through copper. I was simply pointing out that even interaction of atoms to proximity is propagated with a speed of light, and should not be called zero. Nothing to do with the rest of the article or the excellent app idea.