RIP: Betty Holberton

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From: Boatman on the River of Suck <vance_at_ikickass.org>
Date: Wed Dec 12 16:09:40 2001

On Wed, 12 Dec 2001, Eric J. Korpela wrote:

> > 12 inches for a thousandth of a second sounds a little off...though
> > I'm too lazy to do the math...
>
> Right. The speed of light is 30 cm/ns.

Or 1.79 X 10^12 furlongs per fortnight. 8-)

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Wed Dec 12 2001 - 16:09:40 GMT

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