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Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and Others) [Episode 78] »
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If traceroute was disabled, or if all servers refused to send TTL expirations, would there be a way to trace internet traffic? Or would the internet be untraceable, kind of analogous to a TOR network?
Can you describe how packets get dropped? Is there a decision made, a timeout or some physically mediated loss? Are there different implementations for routers/servers?
Would love to hear about the limitations of Moore's law. Is Moore's law still relevant to set corporate targets as companies like Intel use it as a benchmark of progress?
If an alien civilization sent a spaceship from Proxima Centauri to Earth at the speed of light, could we detect it before it arrives?
If we did have a "transporter" to send ourselves to another galaxy as a signal, would packet loss be a severe danger for those intergalactic signals?
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