Needed this yesterday to support the claim:<br><br><a href="http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/22/1545221/Space-Station-Astronauts-Gain-Internet-Access?from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29">http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/01/22/1545221/Space-Station-Astronauts-Gain-Internet-Access?from=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Slashdot%2Fslashdot+%28Slashdot%29</a><br>
<br>The Intertubes have broken atmo....<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 10:18 AM, <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jrnosee@gmail.com">jrnosee@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Well, the theory's sound perhaps for 802.11n packets going straight up...but...then....<mind boggled><br><br>--DONE<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:45 AM, James Shoemaker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:james@dhlake.com" target="_blank">james@dhlake.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div>Tim Wilson wrote:<br>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Josh More<br>
> <<a href="mailto:morej@alliancetechnologies.net" target="_blank">morej@alliancetechnologies.net</a>>wrote:<br>
><br>
>> CAT5 uses twisted pair to prevent the weight issues. WiFi can't.<br>
>><br>
><br>
> Hmm, the reasoning that I heard was different:<br>
> 1. The faster you go, the quicker you'll escape Earth's gravity.<br>
> 2. When you escape Earth's gravity, you'll be weightless.<br>
><br>
> Therefore, the faster things go, the more weightless they become. Since<br>
> packets travel faster on wires, the packets actually became weightless.<br>
> Since wireless is slower, the packets aren't weightless.<br>
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</div> Doesn't that violate special relativity that theorizes that the<br>
faster you go the heavier you get?<br>
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