Ma Be wrote in USMA 19318: >I'd just like to again point out my VERY big displeasure with BIPM >metrology folks for doing what IMHO constitutes clear stupidity (with all >due respect). > >The missivist here brought a yet another serious flaw with the definition >of the meter. The fact that it's a fraction! That hit me just a minute >ago: Whoa, yes! That's absolutely true! And I thought we've had >successfully done away with such messy frameworks. Not that I'm against >any and all fractions, BTW, but that to use it for the definition of >something so paramount as our meter borders indeed on insanity!
Would Ma Be be happier if the metre was defined by "Light travels in vacuum 299 792 458 metres during a time interval of one second"? Actually there is no need to worry. This is an esoteric secret reserved for the likes of physicists. It should never be revealed to the great unwashed. Joseph B.Reid 17 Glebe Road West Toronto M5P 1C8 TEL. 416-486-6071
