"William Sommerwerck" wrote in message
...
At the velocity electrons travel in metal (nearly 186,000 miles/sec or
almost a trillion (10^9) feet/sec), that length difference wouldn't
matter.

Actually, electrons travel very slowly in metal -- a fraction of an inch
per
second, IIRC.


Hmmnn ... that might be interesting .... a CD player might be done playing
the CD before you heard any music coming out of the speakers! g

-mike