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Speed of Light Measurement Using Ping

Posted by timothy on from the noise-assisted-sub-threshold-signal-detection dept.

Thomas Colthurst writes "You've no doubt already read the story of ping, but have you ever used it to measure the speed of light?" Here's a case where all that cat5 on college campuses can actually be used for education ;)

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  1. I just measured it by Guitarzan · · Score: 5, Funny

    And according to Unreal Tournament, the speed of light is about 50 miles per hour.

  2. A few recommendations: by swagr · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. Ping a machine farther away for more accurate results.
    2. Have the entire lab flood-ping it to collect statistics at a faster rate.
    3. Get some other shools doing this at the same time so you can compare results.

    I recommend slashdot.org.

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  3. physics class by abe+ferlman · · Score: 5, Funny

    This is a little off topic, but not much so bear with me.

    A friend of mine found physics easy in high school, but found his teacher unbearable. So he would always convert his (generally correct) answers into inconvenient units, you know, pico-thises, nano-thats.

    One time the question was "what is the speed of light?"

    His answer? "1 lightyear/year"

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