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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. Re:I thought this comment was promising by WNight · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Really? Oh damn. I must have missed the news for the past few years...

    Has Linus declared Microsoft to be enemy #1?

    Does Linus control a huge sales force dedicated to wiping out Windows?

    Has Linux bribed politicians to get his own laws (UCITA) in order to enforce his empire and exclude smaller companies?

    Has Linus illegally used his monopoly to leverage Linux into OEM hardware to the exclusion of other OSes?

    Has Linus lied (and directed others to lie) to a federal judge and faked evidence to support these lies?

    Probably not... Until Linus becomes a billionare and sets out to control the world's computers, destroying all competition in his wake this won't be "the exact same only reversed."

    I don't care that many people never use Linux. Many people don't use Asus motherboards or drive Toyotas either. What I care about is the freedom for people people to choose. Microsoft is trying to take that freedom away, Linux is offering more choices.