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Re:Memory Bandwidth Napkin Math by lightsighter on Monday February 10, 2020 @05:00PM (#22293856)
SF to Amsterdam is 5448 miles, which is 0.29 lightseconds, or 29ms at the speed of light, or about 2 frames of 60fps video, so 5X faster. :)
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Re:Memory Bandwidth Napkin Math by pkroll on Monday February 10, 2020 @05:53PM (#22294300)
I'm shocked no one has pointed out .29 lightseconds is 290ms, not 29ms, and that you meant 0.029 lightseconds.
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Re:Memory Bandwidth Napkin Math by rckoepke on Monday February 10, 2020 @06:38PM (#22294586)
Light in fiber optics travels 31% slower than the speed of light in a vacuum, and does not travel the ideal "great circle" route.
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