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To: RadioAstronomer

"False. The speed of light in a vacuum travels EXACTLY at 299,792,458 meters per second."

I always thought we should redefine either the meter or the second to make it come out even: 3x10^8...

--Boris

94 posted on 02/16/2003 8:20:19 PM PST by boris

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To: boris

I agree. After all, the metric system was devised as a result of discovering the circumference of the Earth. Why not a new metric system based upon the observed speed of light at the time?

109 posted on 01/14/2005 6:36:24 PM PST by Kevin OMalley (No, not Freeper#95235, Freeper #1165: Charter member, What Was My Login Club.)

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