On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Eric J. Korpela wrote:
12
inches for a thousandth of a second sounds a little off...though
I'm too lazy to do the math...
Right. The speed of light is 30 cm/ns.
Or 1.79 X 10^12 furlongs per fortnight. 8-)
I think I first heard that phrased as "~2 micro-furlongs per micro-
fortnight..."
-ethan
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