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this made me laugh before (from slashdot)

Re:Non-von Neumann Memory Architecture (Score:5, Informative)
by Anonymous Coward on Thursday April 07, @11:51PM (#12172741)
Electrons move between 0.6 and 0.9 times the speed of light.

That's a pretty fundamental error for someone acting like an expert to make, don't you think? At 0.9c, we don't call them "electrons," we call them "seriously badass beta rays."

It's not the electrons that propagate the signal, it's the potential difference the electrons are at. I have no idea what voltage you'd need to get electrons to be travelling at 0.9c, but I'd put it well into the MeV range.
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Re:Non-von Neumann Memory Architecture (Score:5, Funny)
by lostchicken (226656) on Friday April 08, @12:10AM (#12172843)
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E=(gamma)mc^2
gamma = (1 - v^2/c^2) ^ (-1/2) =2.3
E = 2.3 * .511MeV/c^2 * c^2 = 1.17 MeV

Yes, that is, in fact, one bad ass beta particle.



something about calling electrons badass and 1.17megavolts...