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xkcd #3238: Soniferous Aether

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Imagine you could ride alongside a sound wave. It would probably be pretty cool, right? We're putting in a departmental budget request to buy a really fast plane so we can check it out.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3238/

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[–] HertzDentalBar@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

So if I bend my internet tube in the right way I can get faster internet?

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Get it just right, and yeah, lower latency. It's not likely to change the bandwidth though. 😉