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Article #19242Re: N.B.S. Time Service
From: J.HALLE
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1988 13:02
Date: Mon, 13 Jun 1988 13:02
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In article <2799@calmasd.GE.COM>, jnp@calmasd.GE.COM (John Pantone) writes: > > I'm not usually prone to flames, but this just "pushed my button": > > If I call Colorado from New York and get a land line, I'm going over > > maybe 3-4000 miles of path > 3-4000 miles! WHAT? From Connecticut to San Diego by CAR and the not > arrow straight roads is 3200 miles! NYC to Boulder is 2000+ miles. > NE Main to SW California is <4000 miles. > Will we ever start teaching geography again in this country? Read the posting again. He said 3-4000 miles of path, i.e. 3000+ miles of wire. That estimate is reasonable. A general rule of thumb is that the path length (to use his words) is about 1.5 times the airline distance. For long haul such as this the multiplier often drops to about 1.3, but rarely much lower. So I'd say that his estimate is reasonable. Will we ever start teaching thinking again in this country? Or manners?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!mtunx!whuts!homxb!homxc!halle From: halle@homxc.UUCP (J.HALLE) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,sci.astro,comp.dcom.modems,comp.misc,rec.ham-radio Subject: Re: N.B.S. Time Service Message-ID: <2389@homxc.UUCP> Date: 13 Jun 88 13:02:38 GMT References: <455@trane.UUCP> <4691@watcgl.waterloo.edu> <585@otto.COM> <2799@calmasd.GE.COM> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel Lines: 17