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minus-squareDeebster@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21arrow-down2·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-squareTimeSquirrel@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up11·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-squareTrickDacy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 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!”