[Cialug] wifi router

[jrnosee at gmail.com]

Well, the theory's sound perhaps for 802.11n packets going straight
up...but...then....<mind boggled>

--DONE

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 8:45 AM, James Shoemaker <james at dhlake.com> wrote:

> Tim Wilson wrote:
> > On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Josh More
> > <morej at alliancetechnologies.net>wrote:
> >
> >> CAT5 uses twisted pair to prevent the weight issues.  WiFi can't.
> >>
> >
> > Hmm, the reasoning that I heard was different:
> > 1. The faster you go, the quicker you'll escape Earth's gravity.
> > 2. When you escape Earth's gravity, you'll be weightless.
> >
> > Therefore, the faster things go, the more weightless they become.  Since
> > packets travel faster on wires, the packets actually became weightless.
> > Since wireless is slower, the packets aren't weightless.
>
>    Doesn't that violate special relativity that theorizes that the
> faster you go the heavier you get?
>
> James
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