[GNC] [OT] Re: GnuCash 5.9 on macOS 15.2 Dev Beta

Derek Atkins derek at ihtfp.com
Mon Nov 4 10:24:42 EST 2024


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

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-derek

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