Factgirl's fact of the day:
The furthest distance between any two points on the Earth: about 13,000
miles
Time it takes for a signal to travel 13,000 miles across fiber optic cable:
70 milliseconds
Response time needed by Quake III players to effectively work the BFG 10k: 70
milliseconds
This is Twitch Time - now used in advertising to edit commercials to appeal
to people under 30.
-it's a fact!
sources: Wired 4.10, Quakeworld,
Advertising Age - May 1999