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The true speed of light is 2.9987x108.
Physics has lied to me all these years! 3x108.
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Edited, Tue Mar 14 10:28:58 2006 by Soracloud
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Physics has lied to me all these years! 3x108.
Nothing really interesting unless you like Science and cooking
Edited, Tue Mar 14 10:28:58 2006 by Soracloud
Physics has lied to me all these years! 3x108.
Nothing really interesting unless you like Science and cooking
Edited, Tue Mar 14 10:28:58 2006 by Soracloud
It's a defined quantity (in vacuum, in air it will go slightly slower).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light
And it's defined to be 2.99792458x10^8 meters per second, (actually the meter was redefined at some point).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light
And it's defined to be 2.99792458x10^8 meters per second, (actually the meter was redefined at some point).
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t has long been known theoretically that it is possible for the group velocity of light to exceed c (speed of light). One recent experiment made the group velocity of laser beams travel for extremely short distances through caesium atoms at 300 times c.
ummm holy Shit.
I do realize that the distance was probably on a couple nano meters but still 300 times 186,282.397 miles per second. wow
wow thats scary... they'll probly use that awesome scientiffic discovery to make a more annoying laser pointer
or a better fiber op cable
Now say that they figured a way to move information/data this way (the article said they couldn't though) What could possibly be able to handle all that information? Seems at that speed nothing would come close to being able to translate data that fast.
why cram a 500hp engine in a 2 door car? Does anyone REALLY need that much speed?
Computers and cars, both embrace the "must go faster" logic
Computers and cars, both embrace the "must go faster" logic
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Does anyone REALLY need that much speed?
Yes. Have you ever tried to outrun a pissed off pimp with a turbocharged El Dorado? If you have then you'll know the reason why.
Ferrish wrote:
why cram a 500hp engine in a 2 door car?
to blow the doors offa that sucka! hick hick!
Umm...thats the speed of the light, through the cable. not the speed of data transmission. Data transmission would be understood as a series of starts and stops of various lengths in the FO-cord. the speed of the light, with todays computers, is COMPLETELY irrelevent. It's there, but when compared witht the limiting factors of your computer, its a number the computer will never be able to utilize.
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