From: Mark Collins (me@thisisnurgle.org.uk)
Date: Fri Sep 20 2002 - 19:45:38 MDT
On Saturday 21 September 2002 12:37 am, you wrote:
> [rhinoceros]
> This is the way things work. They have always been trying to find something
> constant so that they can define what a meter is. The speed of light, which
> had been measured even before Einstein, looked like a good idea, but they
> may have to move to another definition at some point in the future. You can
> find more details here:
>
> http://www.sizes.com/units/meter.htm
Yet, this isn't a metric metre.... everything in metric uses nice, round
numbers, which doesn't happen with this definition.
-- === Mark 'Nurgle' Collins http://www.thisisnurgle.org.uk Stupid IRC quote of the <variable time period>: <phoenix> insider, you'll have to excuse nurgle, he's the epitamy of evil
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