Shachar Shemesh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> They [physicists - OG] will claim that the ELECTRONS don't travel at the
> speed of light, but that is mostly irelevant to this discussion. The
> speed of electricity is not far from the speed of light, IIRC.

It is *of the order of* the speed of light, but still quite far from (as in
dozens of per cent less than) the speed of light.

> > and there are a few other problems.
> >
> Do tell.

A few days ago the same story was posted to hackers-il. I commented
on a few problems there. The archives are linked from IGLU's "list of
mailing lists" page.

> >in short, only a cute suburban legend :)

Indeed. But a really cute one.

-- 
Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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