Thread: RED LIGHT?
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Old Fri Jan 09, 2004, 01:32pm
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Originally posted by Malcolm Tucker
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Originally posted by mick
Makes sense to me.
Speed of electricity (186,000 mps?) is quicker than a blink of the eye.
I guess Texas is not just good, but lucky, too.
mick
I thought that was the speed of light and that electricity took the local "bus" [/B]
Mick was actually pretty accurate. The speed of light is approx. 186,000mps, but they have electrical pulses that approach that speed now.

http://physicsweb.org/article/news/6/1/13
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