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I think a reference to Grace Hopper is unneeded; I have removed it.
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"it takes light a nanosecond to go a foot (in a vacuum, slower in copper)" doesn't make sense since light's speed in copper is zero because it's an opaque substance. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Martnym (talk • contribs ) 09:05, 31 October 2014 (UTC) [ reply ]
Ladies and gentleman,
please come to some agreement regarding the following:
A picosecond is to one second as one second is to 31,710 years
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picosecond
One nanosecond is to one second as one second is to 31.71 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanosecond
Thank you for your hard work! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.135.53.243 (talk ) 16:16, 20 October 2015 (UTC) [ reply ]
3.3356409519815 nanoseconds is "own work"? Linked source describes "the speed of light in vacuum c is 299 792 458 m/s" which looks more correct to me. 2001:7D0:4280:480:8D91:2B52:5F28:7F6C (talk ) 04:46, 24 August 2019 (UTC) [ reply ]
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We are told, "1.1 nanoseconds – a commonly-used rough definition of a "light-foot"."
but the preceding entry defines a light foot as 1.016703362164 nanoseconds, which rounds to 1 nanosecond, not 1.1, Gamov notwithstanding. I suggest we remove this line. . Jim . . (Jameslwoodward) (talk to me ) 14:34, 28 February 2019 (UTC) [ reply ]
@Jameslwoodward : Done . I have no idea what Gamow was doing; it's possibly just a misprint. I didn't check the other source, but I don't see any reason to keep this around in either case. Good catch! –Deacon Vorbis (carbon • videos ) 16:47, 28 February 2019 (UTC) [ reply ]
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