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Nice way to explain it. Yeah, one light-nanosecond is about a foot. For comparison, one light-second is approximately the mean distance from Earth to Moon.
by bumbledraven 10y ago
Nice way to explain it. Yeah, one light-nanosecond is about a foot. For comparison, one light-second is approximately the mean distance from Earth to Moon.
- kijiki 10y ago1 light-nanosecond is about a foot. 1 sound (at sea level)-millisecond is also about a foot. Meaningless coincidence, but still handy for back-of-the-envelope calculations. Suck it metric system! =)
- harry8 10y agoSome numbers in physics would have come out really nicely if they'd standarised a meter at the length of a foot instead of the length it is. Using imperial units though, ugh, just say no. Unless you're too polite in which case you should say no thank you.