Re: AT&T news release

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From: Mark Walsh
Date: Mon, 18 Jan 1993 22:20

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In article <1993Jan14.021852.22341@news.eng.convex.com> gardner@convex.com (Steve Gardner) 
writes:

>       Since it takes a TV signal about a microsecond to travel 3m

From article <15500.2b58dbb0@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu>, by vancleef@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu:

> EM radiation propogates at 1/299792458  sec per meter or
> 33.3 ns per meter. In one microsecond the wave travels about 30m.

Reminds me of a programming class in college.  Our teacher
held up a foot long piece of wire and said, "Does anybody
know what this is?"  I blurted out "It's solid copper,
26 gauge, with an insulation breakdown of 300 volts."
She tried not to laugh and said, "No!  *This* is a
nanosecond!"
-- 
Mark Walsh (walsh@optilink) -- UUCP: uunet!optilink!walsh
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Subject: Re: AT&T news release
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Date: 18 Jan 93 22:20:40 GMT
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