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

[Robert Heller]

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" <derek at 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.
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> 
> -derek
> 

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