Comment on If Russia takes out all the Internet cables like the news is saying. How much of that traffic can be re-routed to satellite?

• masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Even without curvature, there’s way too much atmospheric interference for that. Laser communication works well in space where there is literally nothing in the way, including ajr. Even point to point microwaves only kind of work on earth.

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  • DMBFFF@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Some short waves seem to be good a penetrating clouds, so some transmission is possible.

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• Munkisquisher@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Sure sure, next you’ll say birds are real!

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  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Come off it, nobody’s saying that.

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  • KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I know, what if we put lasers on the birds!

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• halcyoncmdr@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not just curved, but curved quite substantially, despite what your eyes may tell you. At eye level on a flat plain you can only see about 3 miles due to the curvature. The closest points across the Atlantic are 1,770 miles apart.

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  • DMBFFF@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    At 10 meters, line-of-sight is over 10 km.

    On a jet traveling at 1 km, line-of-sight is over 100 km.

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• bradorsomething@ttrpg.network ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  We’ll just curve the lasers then.

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  • xavier666@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’ll get my wrench then

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• snausagesinablanket@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Not across oceans though. Earth is curved.

  /c/flatearthers

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