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> The nanosecond wire alone should be a compelling argument. For those that haven't seen it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eyFDBPk4Yw https://www.youtube.c
by lozf 7y ago
> The nanosecond wire alone should be a compelling argument.
For those that haven't seen it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eyFDBPk4Yw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eyFDBPk4Yw
(Of course, I expect that most here have, but xkcd 10,000 and all that.)
- acqq 7y ago"Now I hope you all get the nanoseconds. They're absolutely marvelous for explaining to wives and husbands and children and Admirals and Generals and people like that. An Admiral wanted to know why it took so damn long to send a message via satellite. And I had to point out that between here and the satellite there were a very large number of nanoseconds."