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minus-squareDeebsterlinkfedilinkEnglish21•edit-21 year agoMost people have missed the bit about time dilation messing up the clocks used in signalling, which I thought was interesting at first. However, surely the fix is just as simple as including a timing signal with the transmissions?
minus-squareTimeSquirrellinkfedilink11•edit-21 year agoYeah we solved this problem in the 50s by including a clock signal in some form with the data. Most modern digital communications use it.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•1 year agoIf nothing else, you discovered a way to gloss over the impossible thing in a bad scifi movie. “No it works because we added a timing signal!”
Most people have missed the bit about time dilation messing up the clocks used in signalling, which I thought was interesting at first. However, surely the fix is just as simple as including a timing signal with the transmissions?
Yeah we solved this problem in the 50s by including a clock signal in some form with the data. Most modern digital communications use it.
If nothing else, you discovered a way to gloss over the impossible thing in a bad scifi movie. “No it works because we added a timing signal!”