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Re:New Ender novel released today... wait, ebook ETA in 2013? by Krylez on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @11:43AM (#3475415)
The digital delay is meant to represent the time it takes to transmit data to Bean via ancible as his ship plunges deeper into space.
Re:New Ender novel released today... wait, ebook ETA in 2013? by RandallBrown on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @12:06PM (#3475510)
data via ansible is transmitted instantaneously. That's sorta the whole point of the ansible.
Re:New Ender novel released today... wait, ebook ETA in 2013? by pjkundert on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @12:11PM (#3475532)
Except for the time dilation; the transmission rate appears (in Ender's frame of reference) to be on the order of bits per second, even if transmitted in gigabits per second...
Re:New Ender novel released today... wait, ebook ETA in 2013? by tstegart on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @12:18PM (#3475560)
This is why I love HN
Re:New Ender novel released today... wait, ebook ETA in 2013? by UnfalseDesign on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @12:12PM (#3475534)
But not when the receiver is traveling at relativistic speeds. The transmission would appear instant to those in flight but the transmission from the planet bound ansible would be drawn out so that the computer on the receiving end wouldn't get the file at a bit-rate faster than it is able to process.