bbenso1
join:2004-11-28
Baltimore, MD
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Re: It's a joke, people.
said by DaneJasper  :You can't transmit a signal via gas. Really? Then how exactly do WiFi and WiMax work? They definitely broadcast a signal and that signal travels through air. Last time I checked, air was a gas. |
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dave
Premium,MVM
join:2000-05-04
not in ohio
 ·Verizon Online DSL
 ·Verizon FIOS
| said by bbenso1 :said by DaneJasper :You can't transmit a signal via gas. Really? Then how exactly do WiFi and WiMax work? They definitely broadcast a signal and that signal travels through air. Last time I checked, air was a gas. Don't be silly. The signal is a disturbance in the luminiferous ether. Every 19th-century physicist knows that.
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john1290
join:2003-12-06
Reynoldsburg, OH
| reply to bbenso1
said by bbenso1 :said by DaneJasper :You can't transmit a signal via gas. Really? Then how exactly do WiFi and WiMax work? They definitely broadcast a signal and that signal travels through air. Last time I checked, air was a gas. You don't have to have gas (air) to transmit signals. Ever here of these things called satellites? Mars rover? Hubble?
My original point was, after reading the companie's vague press release, that they would use something like those home networking AC plugs that make use of in-house electrical wiring to network at 1Mbps. Maybe I'm missing the boat but I don't think they're going to transmit using gas as a medium but rather the pipes going to your house and not what's IN the pipes. |
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bbenso1
join:2004-11-28
Baltimore, MD
| said by john1290 :said by bbenso1 :said by DaneJasper :You can't transmit a signal via gas. Really? Then how exactly do WiFi and WiMax work? They definitely broadcast a signal and that signal travels through air. Last time I checked, air was a gas. You don't have to have gas (air) to transmit signals. Ever here of these things called satellites? Mars rover? Hubble? Yeah, I know you don't NEED gas to transmit a signal, but the post I was responding to said that you CAN'T transmit a signal through gas. I was simply trying to point out that, while gas isn't necessary, you can, in fact, transmit a signal through gas and it's done every day. |
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