Light Speed
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From: England
So having delt with the speed of light... How about the speed of electricity? Actually what I mean is...How fast do the electrons flow down a wire when you switch a light on? The answer is surprisingly slow... less than about 0.1 inches per second.
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From: On a cushion by the fire
Aye but...
...it really doesn't work like that.
Imagine a narrow tube stretched from London to New York. The bore diameter is the size of a dried pea. The tube is completely filled with dried peas (electrons). Then an extra dried pea (electron) is slowly shoved into the end at London. At the other end in New York, a dried pea immediately but slowly emerges. Movement is slow but action is immediate.
Dogs
Imagine a narrow tube stretched from London to New York. The bore diameter is the size of a dried pea. The tube is completely filled with dried peas (electrons). Then an extra dried pea (electron) is slowly shoved into the end at London. At the other end in New York, a dried pea immediately but slowly emerges. Movement is slow but action is immediate.
Dogs
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From: Estonia
Originally Posted by DogsBolx
...it really doesn't work like that.
Imagine a narrow tube stretched from London to New York. The bore diameter is the size of a dried pea. The tube is completely filled with dried peas (electrons). Then an extra dried pea (electron) is slowly shoved into the end at London. At the other end in New York, a dried pea immediately but slowly emerges. Movement is slow but action is immediate.
Dogs
Imagine a narrow tube stretched from London to New York. The bore diameter is the size of a dried pea. The tube is completely filled with dried peas (electrons). Then an extra dried pea (electron) is slowly shoved into the end at London. At the other end in New York, a dried pea immediately but slowly emerges. Movement is slow but action is immediate.
Dogs
10 cm in a tick is something that limits the size of a computer + external devices... Many people have managed to incorporate several trips to geostationary orbit and back in their applications, through internet links.
