[dweez]

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]

We could really use some decent Mexican food here in the Netherlands.

https://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_...

[banana_giraffe]

Assuming my math is right, it'd be a 10% faster trip, but I'd be all for seeing that tunnel!

[Archelaos]

From 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.

[farzher]

the 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%

[almog]

What's more, we can run that cable along a gravity train from CA to NL, saving the costs of digging another tunnel. :)

[Arwill]

Read somewhere that neutrino particles are interesting in this regard, as they travel straight trough the earth.

[mhh__]

They would go through the earth at the speed of light but detecting, let alone manipulating neutrinos is a very non-trivial task.