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#1 idk

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Posted 11 September 2018 - 03:17 AM

https://www.economis...errestrial-sort Well isnt that some next level sci-fi shit.

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#2 Mister Sympa

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Posted 11 September 2018 - 09:17 AM

I'm still unclear what optical fibre is.

 

I just know it relates to these:

 

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#3 idk

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Posted 11 September 2018 - 11:18 AM

The sort the article is talking about is the glass cable used in networking fiber optics.

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#4 Mister Sympa

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Posted 11 September 2018 - 12:18 PM

Right, but what is that?


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Posted 11 September 2018 - 02:58 PM

Right, but what is that?

stretched out glass fibers that use lasers to transmit data along them rather than typical wire/current based transmission.


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Posted 12 September 2018 - 08:28 AM

Ohhh, neat!


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