Morse Code vs. text messaging, who's faster?

[Tore S Bekkedal]

On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 15:42 -0400, Computer Collector Newsletter wrote:
> The "contest" was ridiculous.  The guys doing Morse Code had a direct
> connection to each other, with what appeared to be ordinary wireless
> computer routers.
Huh? Do you mean... "radios"?
>  The kids doing text messaging were just using their cell
> phones, which means the signal had to travel through the theater walls, onto
> the cloud, and back into the theater.
Yes, a process which takes about 200ms in good conditions in Oslo,
Norway, the worst I've ever experienced was 2 seconds.
>   The contest was billed as "who is the
> fastest messager" but that's just silly because obviously the kids cannot
> control what the phone companies do.
Well, that was part of it - they wanted to try and see what technology
could get the message from A to B quickest - and morse code won.

-- 
Tore S Bekkedal <toresbe at ifi.uio.no>