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@ Marco Barulli
2025-05-08 15:02:28The cardinals in the Conclave use the chimney as their ultra-low-speed messaging system, transmitting data at a blazing 2 bits per day. That’s one bit for black smoke (no pope), one bit for white smoke (pope elected). A transmission speed of approx 2.3 10^-5 bps. https://blossom.primal.net/6281b68549d0805a697b8c248225c55034ff3b45827780eca72a85b10e534060.jpg