From bdd38dd0a75d2af1287ed45b0b909a27c24af703 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neale Pickett Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2022 08:54:27 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Updated Geek Stuff (markdown) --- Geek-Stuff.md | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+) diff --git a/Geek-Stuff.md b/Geek-Stuff.md index 5a8b686..b50f6b5 100644 --- a/Geek-Stuff.md +++ b/Geek-Stuff.md @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@ +# How Vail Gets Realtime Morse Code across the Internet + The Internet isn't exactly like radio waves: it still goes at near the speed of light, but there are multiple hops between endpoints, which buffer up transmissions, and multiplex them onto a single uplink connection. These repeaters (routers) are also allowed to just drop things if they need to. It's the responsibility of the communicating parties to work out whether something needs to be retransmitted. Because of this, there's no telling how long it will take for a transmission to get to a destination. Each Vail transmission (packet) consists of: