On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 08:27:08AM -0700, David Barbour wrote:
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote:
Few ns are effective eternities in terms of modern gate delays.
I presume the conversation was about synchronization, which
should be avoided in general
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 03:03:12PM -0700, David Barbour wrote:
And I've seen Grace Hopper's video on nanoseconds before. If you carry a
piece of wire of the right length, it isn't difficult to say where light
carrying information will be after a few nanoseconds. :D
Few ns are effective
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 6:46 AM, Eugen Leitl eu...@leitl.org wrote:
Few ns are effective eternities in terms of modern gate delays.
I presume the conversation was about synchronization, which
should be avoided in general unless absolutely necessary, and
not done directly in hardware.
David Barbour dmbarb...@gmail.com writes:
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Pascal J. Bourguignon
p...@informatimago.com wrote:
David Barbour dmbarb...@gmail.com writes:
On Apr 14, 2013 9:46 AM, Tristan Slominski
tristan.slomin...@gmail.com wrote:
A mechanic
On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 3:10 PM, Pascal J. Bourguignon
p...@informatimago.com wrote:
I think that one place where light cone considerations are involved is
with caches in multi-processor systems. If all processors could have
instantaneous knowledge of what the views of the other processors
I believe our world is 'synchronous' in the sense of things happening at
the same time in different places...
It seems to me that you are describing a privileged frame of reference.
How is it privileged?
Would you consider your car mechanic to have a 'privileged' frame of
reference on
On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Pascal J. Bourguignon
p...@informatimago.com wrote:
David Barbour dmbarb...@gmail.com writes:
On Apr 14, 2013 9:46 AM, Tristan Slominski
tristan.slomin...@gmail.com wrote:
A mechanic is a poor example because frame of reference is almost
irrelevant
