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“So why all the rules? For one, it’s important to remain professional in company communications, both to appear competent to your customers, and because you never know who may intercept your mail. Second, e-mails that are to the point and easy to read are more efficient.”

…So why all the rules? For one, it s important to remain professional in company communications, both to appear competent to your customers, and because you never know who may intercept your mail. Second, e-mails that are to the point and easy to read are more efficient. Lastly, employees that understand e-mail etiquette are less likely to put the company at risk….

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5 Crucial Rules for E-mail Etiquette

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Anyway, I was thinking about the part where Gondor sends a signal to Rohan asking them for military aid. Since this was before the invention of email, they had to do it with a signal fire. Two questions: how fast was this in the movie?

…Also, it seems like all of the fires are on tops of mountains. At least they didn’t show any on flat ground. One other thing, the signal started during daytime, went through the night and ended at day time. I am not sure how far apart these two locations are (Rohan and Gondor), but I doubt this signal went faster than the rotation of Middle Earth. How fast does Middle Earth rotate anyway? Well, it seems there are a couple of possibilities here.
The signal speed is fast, but the distance is very far. So far that it takes a long time to get there (more than 1 night).
The signal speed is uber fast and Rohan is on the other Side of Middle Earth. The signal passes through the shadow side of Middle Earth, but takes less than one night to get there.
The night is really short on Middle Earth

Didn’t Gandalf and Pippin ride from Rohan to Gondor without stopping? It couldn’t be THAT far even on a super-horse. If the horse went about an average speed of 15 mph for 30 hours straight (just my first guess) that would be…

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How fast is the Beacon of Gondor? : Dot Physics

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