Re: [NTLK] Going for a Newton

From: Andrew Smallshaw <andrews_at_sdf.lonestar.org>
Date: Sun Aug 06 2006 - 16:24:43 EDT

On Sun, Aug 06, 2006 at 09:59:16AM -0700, Micheal Kelly wrote:
>
> Newton MP2100 dimensions:
>
> 1.257830992e-17 x 2.959602335e-18 x 2.219701751e-17 light years (approx)

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. ;-)

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