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Re: A New TransAtlantic Cable System


From: Heath Jones <hj1980 () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 15:28:51 +0100

Yeah, I wonder when we're gonna see cable that's pumped down to a vacuum in
the center? :)

Start pumping.. :)

Actually, to my surprise, the refractive index in air is quite close
to a vacuum - so I figured we could set up a laser link between NY and
London, with 'yo mama' sitting in a boat in the middle of the Atlantic
to give it the required bend...


ps. that concludes my very poor attempt at humour.


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