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> and that is an upper bound I've often wondered if for HFT or similar it might be worth pointing a particle accelerator at the floor and going for direct-line
by dcminter 1y ago
> and that is an upper bound
I've often wondered if for HFT or similar it might be worth pointing a particle accelerator at the floor and going for direct-line transit times. I'm fairly sure that this is theoretically possible, but no idea if the engineering challenge is beyond reach for use as a communication link.
- BoppreH 1y agoIf your signal is "transparent" enough go through so much rock and iron without being absorbed (like neutrinos), you'll have a hard time capturing it on the receiver side.
- dcminter 1y agoWell, OPERA was 700ish km, but had Cern at one end. If one has this as the sole goal and wanted to do it real-time over 12,000km is it "engineering-possible" vs "theoretically-possible" ? My guess is that it depends how much money stands to be made ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPERA_experiment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPERA_experiment
- estimator7292 1y agoBasically just aim you accelerator at any neutron detector. Problem is you'd drop more packets than IP over pigeons.
- dcminter 1y agoI think you're confusing neutrons and neutrinos. Firing neutrons at the floor will definitely give you a very radioactive floor.
- Hikikomori 1y agoDoes carrier pigeons have that high packet loss?