a_question_for_anyone
a chaotic gift to idealism
if
you
ran
a
normal
electrical
wire
that
you
would
find
on
any
pole
across
the
united
states
,
from
Maine
to
California
,
one
end
having
a
powersource,
one
end
having
a
lightbulb,
and
you
turned
on
the
powersource,
how
long
would
it
take
for
the
bulb
to
light
?
PS
.
this
is
what
the
alphabet
would
look
like
if
Q
and
R
were
removed
.
it's
not
a
trick
question
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...
anne-girl
assuming
electricity
travels
at
the
speed
of
light
3
*
10
^8
m
/s
and
the
distance
from
maine
to
california
is
~3500
miles
(
5
.6 *
10
^6
m
)
it'd
be
about
0.02
seconds
just
my
guess
050614
...
a chaotic gift to idealism
ok
so
....
what
would
travel
faster
...
a
beam
of
light
from
a
fiberoptic cable
or
the
flow
of
electricity
from
a
wire
?
050614
...
p2
the
lightbulb
should
never
light
since
the
circuit
was
never
completed
as
for
your
second
question
in
theory
electricity
through
a
copper
wire
travels
at
the
speed
of
light
in
a
vacuum
therefore
electricity
should
be
faster
than
light
through
a
medium
i
.e.,
the
fiber
optic
cable
the
next
logical
question
then
is
why
is
fiber
considered
faster
than
copper
in
networks
this
is
due
to
a
number
of
reasons
:
1
. copper
wire
from
your
house
to
the
telco
tends
to
be
all
tangly
making
the
length
longer
than
the
straight
line
it
seems
to
be
2
.
fiber
optics
are
not
affected
by
electromagnetic
interference
3
. monomode & multimode
fiber
have
higher
bandwidth
than
the
copper
in
that
although
copper
is
faster
more
data
can
be
sent
through
the
fiber
cable
4
.
signal
attenuation
in
copper
results
in
the
requirement
of
repeaters
at
shorter
distances
than
fiber
(
100
m
v
.
2
km)
making
fiber
the
medium
of
choice
for
long
distances
050614
...
the frequency of birdmad
*
ding
-ding-ding*
as
a
former
RF
-equipment technician,
i
concur
with
p2
ain't
as
frequent
as
it
used
to
be
050614
...
?
...
050614
...
anne-girl
damn
,
guess
that
electricity
&
magnetism
course
didn't
do
much
for
me
after
all
:)
050614
...
p2
nah
that
was
a
trick
question
made
doubly
tricky
by
the
declaration
that
it
wasn't
a
trick
question
truly
diabolical
speaking
of
trick
questions
here's
one
to
ponder
:
why
is
the
speed
of
dark
slower
than
the
speed
of
light
?
here's
an
experiment
to
support
this
:
stand
in
a
room
with
no
outside
light
with
the
ceiling
light
on
(
either
at
night
or
a
room
with
no
windows
)
stand
by
the
wall
switch
and
close
your
eyes
now
simultaneously
flick
off
wall
switch
and
open
your
eyes
if
you're
fast
enough
you
should
be
able
to
see
the
light
fade
around
you
leaving
you
in
darkness
it'll
only
be
for
a
split
second
but
that's
much
slower
than
an
event
that
occurs
at
the
speed
of
light
050615
...
a chaotic gift to idealism
it
was
not
intended
to
be
a
trick
question
.
you
may
have
just
taken
my
wording
too
liteally.
i
simply
wnated
to
knwo
which
would
travel
arrive
quicker
from
point
A
to
point
B
. ;)
thanks
for
the
replies
btw
.
050615
...
poo
mmm
typos
forgot
a
/
also
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...
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