Re: [NTLK] Going for a Newton

From: John Coady <jcoady_at_mac.com>
Date: Sun Aug 06 2006 - 17:10:33 EDT

That's because the speed of light is 1.8e12

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>You'll sometimes hear reference to these kind of units in computer
>hacker culture, although the attoparsec is the preferred unit of
>length. By a strange coincidence, 1 attoparsec/microfortnight is
>almost exactly equal to 1 inch/second. ;-)
>
>--
>Andrew Smallshaw
>andrews@sdf.lonestar.org

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