7th April 2005, 1:44 AM
Yeah, it can only be "real time" if there is actually a camera aimed at that part of the planet right then. Since we can't DO that right now (just imagine all the crossed orbits, with some heading at a few times the speed of sound reletive to others, well, satalites smash each other up every now and then, so we have to keep the number down and make sure nothing flakes off of them. Even a paint chip at 5x Sound Speed causes catastrophic explosions on contact.
Yeah, checking my coordinates only nets me an empty lot next to the highway right now. Well, most of the houses here were actually only built a few years ago, so that's not a surprise.
Yeah, checking my coordinates only nets me an empty lot next to the highway right now. Well, most of the houses here were actually only built a few years ago, so that's not a surprise.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)