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9:24 AM
I always wondered whether one could make a fiber optic cable long enough to actually experience the delay:)
 
 
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4:00 PM
@flawr Hmm. I know fiber optic cables have to have repeaters to keep signal strength up, so maybe those alone would introduce too much noise/error?
 
 
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8:37 PM
@El'endiaStarman apparently they use repeaters/amplifiers after 50-100km, but some researcher were able to identify signals at over 12'000km
(12Mm? nobody seems to use that:)
^ I thought this was quite cool how they trained dogs and minks to hunt rats
 

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