3 ms·

I know how this works, but it's quite depressing to see the "Packet roundtrip CA to Netherlands" unchanged throughout the years.

• revelation 14y ago
  As [1] suggests, the best possible time for that distance would still be 82 ms. [1]: http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=as+the+crow+flies+from+netherlands+to+california http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=as+the+crow+flies+from+...
  • abecedarius 14y ago
    54 ms for neutrinos taking the chord through the Earth (using 0.22 from your result). (That's only 4ms faster than light through vacuum along the great circle. Disappointing.) http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2+*+sin+%280.5+*+0.22+*+2+pi%29+*+%28earth+radius%29+%2F+%28speed+of+light%29 http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=2+*+sin+%280.5+*+0.22+*...
  • sliverstorm 14y ago
    What, are we not allowed to be depressed that 10 years later we are still tied down by physics?