Originally posted by: Arnie.d
LOL
But still, it only takes the light about 0.000000003 seconds to travel 3ft.
Originally posted by: lordjedi
I'm sure they weren't just looking at it.
I'm sure they weren't just looking at it.

But still, it only takes the light about 0.000000003 seconds to travel 3ft.
Which is longer than instantaneous. Pretty cool that it was a couple of Germans that discovered this. Seems like they made all the major breakthroughs of the last century (jet flight and atom bomb are two that come to mind).