Re: In the belly of the beast (MySQLCon)

From: Decibel! <decibel(at)decibel(dot)org>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Geoffrey <lists(at)serioustechnology(dot)com>, "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Alan Hodgson <ahodgson(at)simkin(dot)ca>, pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: In the belly of the beast (MySQLCon)
Date: 2008-04-19 17:47:00
Message-ID: CFB75AAE-2746-47B9-A284-C4E8555266D2@decibel.org
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On Apr 18, 2008, at 2:18 PM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Actually, electrons themselves flow rather slowly -- millimeters per
> second according to Wikipedia. The signal propagation is a bit
> faster:
> "typically 75% of light speed", Wikipedia again.

Yeah, electrons move *very* slowly in a solid. Presumably somewhat
faster in liquid. Definitely faster in a gas, but you have to have a
pretty good vacuum for them to actually approach the speed of light.
--
Decibel!, aka Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect decibel(at)decibel(dot)org
Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828

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