On July 29, 2005 07:31 pm, David VanHorn wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On
> Behalf Of Hopkins
> Sent: Friday, July 29, 2005 9:19 PM
> To: pic microcontroller discussion list
> Subject: [OT] BREAKING NEWS: 10th Planet Discovered, Bigger than
> Pluto
>
>
> How long before the first spam email arrives?  :)

do the math.

time = distance-of-pluto x 3 / speed-of-light-per-sec
5914300000 x 3 / 300000 = 16hours25minutes

That's assuming there is a server on that side, but since 80% of spam 
comes out of Florida, you should count round trip, so double that 
estimate.  ;-)
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