Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD

Hi :)
I kinda assumed there would be some lag added due to processing at each end and up there.  Also 
bandwidth issues and perhaps that the satellites and supporting systems might prioritise military, 
government, corporate and scientific data-flow above house calls.

I doubt it's that photons have gotten lazy over the years!  Lol
Regards from
Tom :)  


--- On Wed, 25/7/12, James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:

From: James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com>
Subject: Re: New Zealand connection, was Fw: Re: [libreoffice-users] now can Purchase a NA-DVD
To: users@global.libreoffice.org
Date: Wednesday, 25 July, 2012, 2:51

Brian Barker wrote:
> > Also the "lag time" for satellite can be up to 15 seconds from ground station through a 
> > satellite to the ground station.
>
> Oh dear: the speed of light must have decreased by a factor of 63 since I was at school!  Has 
> someone told the scientific community?

Probably some politician's attempt to amend the laws of physics. ;-)

Another example: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill


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