NOYB wrote:
"basskisser" wrote in message
ups.com...

"Almost instantaneous" has a
much different meaning if we are using it to describe something
happening in a galaxy millions of light years from here

That explains it. basskisser's galaxy.

Damn, you are just too narrow minded to understand, aren't you? Please
note the second definition below. Now to put "almost" dumbed down so
perhaps even you can understand that it's relative, let's say I am
doing to jobs. One will take 5 years to complete, the other 5 minutes.
Would you say that if I told you the one taking 5 years is "almost"
completed, that it would mean the same exact amount of time to complete
than when I said the task taking 5 minutes was "almost" done?

in·stan·ta·ne·ous ( P ) Pronunciation Key (nstn-tn-s)
adj.
1. Occurring or completed without perceptible delay: Relief was
instantaneous.
2. Done or made as quickly or directly as possible: an instantaneous
reply to my letter.
3. Present or occurring at a specific instant: instantaneous velocity;
instantaneous pressure.