{"id":37817,"date":"2010-08-07T11:23:47","date_gmt":"2010-08-07T16:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/?p=37817"},"modified":"2010-08-07T11:29:14","modified_gmt":"2010-08-07T16:29:14","slug":"how-fast-is-the-beacon-of-gondor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2010\/08\/07\/37817-how-fast-is-the-beacon-of-gondor\/","title":{"rendered":"How fast is the Beacon of Gondor?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>So you think you’re<\/em> a geek? Associate physics professor Rhett Allain<\/strong> recently posted an entertaining analysis of the speed and distance of the lighting of the Beacons of Gondor in his dotphysics blog<\/a>. Even if mathematical equations make you cross-eyed, his tongue-in-cheek logic still makes it an entertaining read:<\/p>\n

“The Lord of the Rings trilogy came on TV again recently. My wife and I can’t help but to watch this even though we have it on DVD. Anyway, I was thinking about the part where Gondor sends a signal to Rohan asking them for military aid. Since this was before the invention of email, they had to do it with a signal fire.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Hint: also read the comments at the end of his blog entry: lots of geeky Tolkien goodness. Thanks to Finding Frodo for bringing this to our attention by posting about it on our message boards<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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