Anyhow, there is a limit to the speed at which even Superman can type; that limit being the keyboard. Your average keyboard is more than fast enough to keep up with a human typist, but not infinitely fast...
Samantha Carter used an entire computer lab when she was supercharged. Her limit was the key buffer if I recall. Depending on how computers have evolved the limiting factor could be the mechanics these days. If so, then it may be efficient to use several keyboards simultaneously.
Clark could certainly work faster than that if he were, say, engraving on a stone tablet
Especially if he uses his (laser) eyes. Depending on his power level he could possibly write faster than the speed of light. If my past research is correct superman is the most powerful when inside a sun (a blue star is best but ours would be fine). So he could perhaps write the most quickly by positioning himself at the surface and the sun and engraving on the surface of say, Mars, or perhaps a moon of Jupiter. The limit of is output then be either the precision of his eyesight, how fast he can control the muscles that move said eyes or, if those capabilities are sufficiently excessive, how fast he can think.
Or he could simply bring a stone tablet with him, and make sure to remain far enough from the Sun so as not to melt his writing materials.
Using a distant tablet allows him to write faster than the speed of light without abandoning special relativity just by wiggling his eyes a little. If we assume he is one of the later incarnations who in fact can fly faster than the speed of light (and so has superluminal text output even while close to the writing material) then the advantage that remains for positioning himself at the surface of the sun is that his writing speed is limited by his laser energy output. His eyes are reputedly the most energy draining of his powers and so the amount of rock that he can burn away with his eyes is limited by his power input. Positioning himself at the surface of the sun gives him a couple of orders of magnitude more rock burning potential per second.
Yyyyyes. I was thinking that at that distance, Mars subtends such a small angle that very large letters are extremely likely, and space is therefore limited; but he could easily take a tablet and leave it in a near-solar orbit on his way to the Sun.
Of course, it’ll take him a bit of time to get to the Sun; he’ll probably need to have rather a lot to write to make up for the travel time.
Samantha Carter used an entire computer lab when she was supercharged. Her limit was the key buffer if I recall. Depending on how computers have evolved the limiting factor could be the mechanics these days. If so, then it may be efficient to use several keyboards simultaneously.
Especially if he uses his (laser) eyes. Depending on his power level he could possibly write faster than the speed of light. If my past research is correct superman is the most powerful when inside a sun (a blue star is best but ours would be fine). So he could perhaps write the most quickly by positioning himself at the surface and the sun and engraving on the surface of say, Mars, or perhaps a moon of Jupiter. The limit of is output then be either the precision of his eyesight, how fast he can control the muscles that move said eyes or, if those capabilities are sufficiently excessive, how fast he can think.
Or he could simply bring a stone tablet with him, and make sure to remain far enough from the Sun so as not to melt his writing materials.
Using a distant tablet allows him to write faster than the speed of light without abandoning special relativity just by wiggling his eyes a little. If we assume he is one of the later incarnations who in fact can fly faster than the speed of light (and so has superluminal text output even while close to the writing material) then the advantage that remains for positioning himself at the surface of the sun is that his writing speed is limited by his laser energy output. His eyes are reputedly the most energy draining of his powers and so the amount of rock that he can burn away with his eyes is limited by his power input. Positioning himself at the surface of the sun gives him a couple of orders of magnitude more rock burning potential per second.
Yyyyyes. I was thinking that at that distance, Mars subtends such a small angle that very large letters are extremely likely, and space is therefore limited; but he could easily take a tablet and leave it in a near-solar orbit on his way to the Sun.
Of course, it’ll take him a bit of time to get to the Sun; he’ll probably need to have rather a lot to write to make up for the travel time.
… and that’s what happens when you f* around with “key_down”.