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Okay since we're not going to improve the speed of light any time soon, here's my idea for speeding up CA to NL roundtrip: let's straight shot a cable through t
by dweez 5y ago
Okay since we're not going to improve the speed of light any time soon, here's my idea for speeding up CA to NL roundtrip: let's straight shot a cable through the center of the earth.
- DonHopkins 5y agoWe could really use some decent Mexican food here in the Netherlands. https://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_tunnel.htm https://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_...
- almog 5y agoWhat's more, we can run that cable along a gravity train from CA to NL, saving the costs of digging another tunnel. :)
- Archelaos 5y agoFrom CA you will end up off the coast of Madagaskar, and from the NL somewhere near New Zealand. You do not have to go very deep inside the earth to get straight from CA to NL.
- banana_giraffe 5y agoAssuming my math is right, it'd be a 10% faster trip, but I'd be all for seeing that tunnel!
- Arwill 5y agoRead somewhere that neutrino particles are interesting in this regard, as they travel straight trough the earth.
- mhh__ 5y agoThey would go through the earth at the speed of light but detecting, let alone manipulating neutrinos is a very non-trivial task.
- farzher 5y agothe internet doesn't travel at the speed of light. i think it's around 2/3 the speed of light. could still reduce that ping by about 33%