The Beacons of Gondor

[GrayMouser]

came across this- be sure to read the comments:

http://scienceblogs.com/dotphysics/2010/07/how_fast_is_the_beacon_of_gond.php

[mithrand1r]

Thanks for the info.

I found the discussion interesting.

Similar to when someone compared Star Wars to Star Trek (http://www.stardestroyer.net/Empire/) using real world physics.