Where we discuss one of the fundamental physical constants that is always trying to bring us down - the speed of light - and how latency for round trip times impacts programming, systems design, and organizational behavior. Comments for the episode are welcome - at the bottom of the show notes for the episode there is a Disqus setup, or you can email us at feedback@operations.fm. Links for Episode 116: GCPing AWS Cloud Ping How Distributed Systems Fail Jepsen Failure Talks Bandwidth Delay Product XKCD 1205