In <4301C80A9ADC4F1AA5460361D8A785E0@barryf93b83d71>, on 01/17/2013
at 09:23 AM, retired mainframer <[email protected]> said:
>While photonic components (switches, etc) may be faster than the
>current semi-conductor ones, can the wiring really be a factor.
>Don't both electricity and light move at c?
No; electrons have a non-zero rest mass. However, an electromagnetic
field moves at c, so the Devil is in the details.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
Atid/2 <http://patriot.net/~shmuel>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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