Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 15:17:18 +1100 From: Gregory Bond <gnb@itga.com.au> To: rob@pythonemproject.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What OS are you? fun Message-ID: <41A1684E.1020302@itga.com.au> In-Reply-To: <419A6ED9.9030301@pythonemproject.com> References: <419A7FC3.30900@optusnet.com.au> <FGEIJLCPFDNMGDOKNBABMEJADHAA.flowers@users.sourceforge.net> <20041116172445.GA14385@kayjay.xs4all.nl> <419A6ED9.9030301@pythonemproject.com>
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Rob wrote: >>> You'd better cite your source and / or reasoning, as ~3*10^8m/s =is= >>> the >>> accepted constant speed of light in vacuum. >> It's deeper than that. The "second" and the "meter" are both defined in terms of wavelengths of light, which (as a consequence) fixes the speed of light _by definition_, at _exactly_ *299 792 458 m s^-1. [Waaaaay OT!] *
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