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28 Oct 2006 03:56:52 PM |
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low gravity hight speed CPU |
hi
I happened to read a article about how low gravity affect clock rate.
It then occurred to me that if we were to shoot a computer into deep
space,
wouldn't the calculation gets done really fast.
I guess it would still takes time to send the result back.
Would that speed up projects like Folding-At-home considerably?
Is it worthwhile?
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| User: "Sam Wormley" |
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| Title: Re: low gravity hight speed CPU |
28 Oct 2006 09:38:46 PM |
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I happened to read a article about how low gravity affect clock rate.
Relativistic Effects on Satellite Clocks
http://relativity.livingreviews.org/open?pubNo=lrr-2003-1&page=node5.html
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| User: "mike3" |
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| Title: Re: low gravity hight speed CPU |
28 Oct 2006 05:15:04 PM |
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wrote:
hi
I happened to read a article about how low gravity affect clock rate.
It then occurred to me that if we were to shoot a computer into deep
space,
wouldn't the calculation gets done really fast.
I guess it would still takes time to send the result back.
Would that speed up projects like Folding-At-home considerably?
Is it worthwhile?
It would speed it up very slightly, but not enough to be worth it. The
gravitational potential difference between outer space and the ground
is too small it make any noticeable speedup, certainly not enough to be
useful. To get noticeable levels of time dilation/contraction you need
to
be near neutron stars or black holes.
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| User: "The Ghost In The Machine" |
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| Title: Re: low gravity hight speed CPU |
28 Oct 2006 04:24:48 PM |
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In sci.physics,
<>
wrote
on 28 Oct 2006 13:56:52 -0700
<1162069012.290519.23850@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>:
hi
I happened to read a article about how low gravity affect clock rate.
It then occurred to me that if we were to shoot a computer into deep
space,
wouldn't the calculation gets done really fast.
I guess it would still takes time to send the result back.
Would that speed up projects like Folding-At-home considerably?
Is it worthwhile?
The effect would be along the lines of a few hundred parts per trillion
at most.
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| User: "Androcles" |
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| Title: Re: low gravity hight speed CPU |
28 Oct 2006 05:01:09 PM |
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"The Ghost In The Machine" <ewill@sirius.tg00suus7038.net> wrote in message
news:0euc14-0ri.ln1@sirius.tg00suus7038.net...
| In sci.physics,
| <>
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| on 28 Oct 2006 13:56:52 -0700
| <1162069012.290519.23850@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>:
| > hi
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| > I happened to read a article about how low gravity affect clock rate.
| > It then occurred to me that if we were to shoot a computer into deep
| > space,
| > wouldn't the calculation gets done really fast.
| > I guess it would still takes time to send the result back.
| > Would that speed up projects like Folding-At-home considerably?
| > Is it worthwhile?
| >
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| The effect would be along the lines of a few hundred parts per trillion
| at most.
Wow! As much as that, huh?
Well worthwhile, then.
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| User: "Jan Panteltje" |
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| Title: Re: low gravity hight speed CPU |
28 Oct 2006 04:23:03 PM |
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On a sunny day (28 Oct 2006 13:56:52 -0700) it happened
wrote in <1162069012.290519.23850@m73g2000cwd.googlegroups.com>:
hi
I happened to read a article about how low gravity affect clock rate.
It then occurred to me that if we were to shoot a computer into deep
space,
wouldn't the calculation gets done really fast.
Slightly (very very slightly) faster yes, if on top of a mountain for example.
Once you get further away far in space gravity is really low.
I guess it would still takes time to send the result back.
Would that speed up projects like Folding-At-home considerably?
No
Is it worthwhile?
No
But when the world was thrown in a black hole, you, in free space, relative
to them in the hole, would be a LOT faster.
In such a case there are other reasons to want to be in free space :-)
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