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slingnow
807 days ago
Do you think that earthquakes transmit instantaneously? Why would they not have a propagation speed like everything else in the universe?
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umanwizard
807 days ago
I assume they meant “propagation speed that is substantially slower than light in a vacuum” since that is less than 50ms between any two points on earth.
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triceratops
807 days ago
On the earth the speed of light as is good as instantaneous.
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quesera
807 days ago
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On the earth the speed of light as is good as instantaneous.
Frustrated network architects would disagree!
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