From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi.com@nanog.org Fri Dec 30 07:03:54 2011 From: "Vitkovsky, Adam" <avitkovsky@emea.att.com> To: Ray Soucy <rps@maine.edu>, Tei <oscar.vives@gmail.com> Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2011 14:00:16 +0100 Subject: RE: next-best-transport! down with ethernet! Cc: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Well hopefully we won't need to worry about the speed of light anymore
Just recently I heard about the experiments with "quantum nonlocality" no one seem to understand how it happens but for me it's enough it works
Basically when 2 photons or electrons are emitted form the same source -they are somehow bound/entangled together -that means if we change the spin on one photon to "up" the other photon will have it's spin changed to "down" immediately -and it doesn't matter whether the photons are next to each other or light years away -this happens instantly (no energy is transferred yet the information is passed) -this was already tested between two cities
Imagine that instead of sfp connectors and dark fiber between San Fran and NY node we'd install a connectors with let's say 1500k entangled photons -and if we set the spin in a way to send a 1500kbit packet to NY the NY node would see it instantly -no cables needed
-also there some attempts to actually send the information 50 micro sec back in time
Of course there are still these issues with probabilities at quantum level
I *strongy* recommend that anyone pursuing this subject read Dr. Asimov's essays on resublimated thiotimoline.