Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 13:19:21 -0800 From: Rob <rob@pythonemproject.com> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: What OS are you? fun Message-ID: <419A6ED9.9030301@pythonemproject.com> In-Reply-To: <20041116172445.GA14385@kayjay.xs4all.nl> References: <419A7FC3.30900@optusnet.com.au> <FGEIJLCPFDNMGDOKNBABMEJADHAA.flowers@users.sourceforge.net> <20041116172445.GA14385@kayjay.xs4all.nl>
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Karel J. Bosschaart wrote: >On Tue, Nov 16, 2004 at 07:39:13AM -0700, Dan MacMillan wrote: > > >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Andrew Sinclair >>>Sent: November 16, 2004 15:32 >>>To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org >>>Subject: Re: What OS are you? fun >>> >>>By the way, speed of light in the other thread is way off. The "accepted >>>constant" is bogus. The average speed is actually closer to 2.4 million >>>kilometers per second. >>> >>> >>You'd better cite your source and / or reasoning, as ~3*10^8m/s =is= the >>accepted constant speed of light in vacuum. >> >> > >Yes indeed. Also, the word 'average' makes the statement pretty >meaningless without specifying how the averaging is done (different >materials I think?). > >Karel. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > OK, I'll bite on this. Check www.nist.gov. They occasionally update the fundamental physical constants, but we are talking about incredibly small amounts. Rob.help
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