Comment Re:a better analogy (Score 4, Informative) 527
Except that this analogy is wrong.
In some cases electrical signals work like that, but don't travel instantaneously.
No object is totally rigid, its forbidden somewhere in the laws of physics. The balls will compress slightly and then a wave either in the movement of the balls or their getting compressesed and then expanding. Its akin to taking a stiff object and swinging it, if you swing it fast enough and its long enough, the end won't break the speed of light because its not completely rigid.
In some cases electrical signals work like that, but don't travel instantaneously.
No object is totally rigid, its forbidden somewhere in the laws of physics. The balls will compress slightly and then a wave either in the movement of the balls or their getting compressesed and then expanding. Its akin to taking a stiff object and swinging it, if you swing it fast enough and its long enough, the end won't break the speed of light because its not completely rigid.
