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Explain the title please

posted 3 years ago by buzzlightbeer (1901)
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????

[–] JoWilli (19957) 2 years ago

codeword?

[–] capuchin (3182) 2 years ago

The film is about a fibre optic cable that could shave 1milisecond off the time it takes for information to travel, and therefore improve trading. It's too long since I saw it, so I can't actually remember if hummingbirds are mentioned in the film at all, but the title refers to the speed at which the bird's wings flap.

[–] buzzlightbeer (1901) 2 years ago

thx

[–] LeapingLemming (11) 2 years ago

Yes, Anton mentions to the waitress (I believe) that said he was a spy, that 1 millisecond is the equivalent of a hummingbird wing flap.

[–] Strazdas (2472) 2 years ago

Anton explains it in the movie. The cable would deliver data "at the speed of a single hummingbird wing flap."