The Speed of Light = 299 792 458 m / s Nano = 10^-9 299792458 * 10^-9 = .2997924580m = 29.9792458000cm = 11.8028526771in
At Mon, 4 Nov 2024 10:24:42 -0500 "Derek Atkins" <de...@ihtfp.com> wrote: > > Michael, > > On Mon, November 4, 2024 10:08 am, Michael or Penny Novack via > gnucash-user wrote: > > > She also used to hand out "nanoseconds" --- lengths of copper wire which > > represented the distance electrons could go (in wire) in a nanosecond. > > To drive home that the physical sizes of machines imposed limits on how > > fast they could be. > > I've seen nanoseconds handed out as lengths of copper and also lengths of > fiber. My recollection is that a nanosecond is approximately 1 foot. > > > Michael D Novack > > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > -derek > -- Robert Heller -- Cell: 413-658-7953 GV: 978-633-5364 Deepwoods Software -- Custom Software Services http://www.deepsoft.com/ -- Linux Administration Services hel...@deepsoft.com -- Webhosting Services _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
