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On Tue, 4 Jun 2002, Michael wrote:
> More interesting to me is how we'll communicate over such distances. I
> find interesting these projects that are trying to communicate
> point-to-point across any distance using some form of quantum theory. I
> don't really understand it but it sounds awesome. If they ever get that
> to work that would mean we could have an Internet spread clear across
> the Universe with no noticable communications lag anywhere.
What does that mean? Thinking about relativity -- what do you mean by "no
noticable lag"? The speed of light should limit things very
substantially. Even on Earth, light speed is slow enough that you can
readily detect its effects in network computing (e.g., in ssh session to
Australia).
Mike
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