One quantum transition makes light at 21 cm

Post by whartung » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 4:53 PM UTC

Suppafly wrote: post #2

I had a CS professor that used to hold up a length of string roughly that length and talk about how that is how far a bit of data can travel at the speed of light during a clock cycle or something. Honestly don't remember the point he was trying to make.

Post by ColinWright » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 5:00 PM UTC

jpollock wrote: post #8

Suppafly wrote: post #2

I had a CS professor that used to hold up a length of string roughly that length and talk about how that is how far a bit of data can travel at the speed of light during a clock cycle or something. Honestly don't remember the point he was trying to make.

Admiral Hopper[1] used to use string to demonstrate how long pieces of time are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eyFDBPk4Yw [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper

Post by karol » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 5:01 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #60

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Post by bhaskara2 » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 5:02 PM UTC

karol wrote: post #15

dang wrote: post #60

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Post by nine_k » Thu, Apr 24, 2025, 5:05 PM UTC

dang wrote: post #60

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