Re: Seeking a virtual program where we can jam
I don't think you're gonna get away from such delay in the near future. Here's my simplistic interpretation:
Remember "static" on old-time radio & televison? It could come from many sources, like lightning, electric motors arcing, or the metal-core spark plug wires on my girlfriend's car driving by (yes, really!). Such intrusions can't completely go away when the signal is digital, but they are routinely minimised to the point of not very obvious. And that takes TIME: Send the signal, receive and record the signal, review the signal for errors, correct or minimise the errors, send the signal on to the next step. If it's a long chain of transmission, maybe includuing a sattelite or two, such correction will happen several times, each adding its little bit of delay. Send the signal out and back, and the time delay, from your viewpoint, doubles.
The next time a TV interviewer in Washington has to wait 3 seconds for their subject in London to respond, you'll be reminded why your cross-town jam mate seems to play a half second behind the beat!
- Ed
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