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Originally Posted by jonathan lall
I like your analogy; it's a very interesting argument, but I take issue with the first premise.
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you are mixing together the physical implementation (the CD) with the SW itself (1s and 0s)
how fast you can write or read SW onto a CD or other storage media has nothing to do with the SW being written, the limitation is the physical media
the CD or floppy disk or MP3 player memory does not change in weight (mass) when you erase it, or load it up with SW.
Force = mass times acceleration. If I put 1000 blank CDs in my car and drive around, then write very complex code onto those CDs, my car will not require any change in force to drive around, because those CDs still have the same mass.
Something with zero mass is not governed by our laws of physics - because it is not a 'physical' object.
The only way we know of to transmit SW or information presently is by physical means, the fastest is by electromagnetic energy (light or radio waves)
but there could be spiritual ways to communicate, in which case, our souls (our SW) would not be limited by the laws of physics, because our souls have no mass.
its only a crude analogy, but I think it gets the idea across.