From PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU Thu Nov 14 02:22:18 2002 Received: from cherry.ease.lsoft.com [209.119.0.109] by dpmail10.doteasy.com with ESMTP (SMTPD32-7.13) id A95AF4B00D6; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 02:22:18 -0800 Received: from PEAR.EASE.LSOFT.COM (209.119.0.19) by cherry.ease.lsoft.com (LSMTP for Digital Unix v1.1b) with SMTP id <23.007D36FA@cherry.ease.lsoft.com>; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 5:08:30 -0500 Received: from MITVMA.MIT.EDU by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8d) with spool id 0444 for PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 03:23:51 -0500 Received: from MITVMA (NJE origin SMTP@MITVMA) by MITVMA.MIT.EDU (LMail V1.2d/1.8d) with BSMTP id 2604; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 03:22:59 -0500 Received: from mailf.telia.com [194.22.194.25] by mitvma.mit.edu (IBM VM SMTP Level 320) via TCP with ESMTP ; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 03:22:58 EST X-Comment: mitvma.mit.edu: Mail was sent by mailf.telia.com Received: from M3 (t1o967p228.telia.com [213.66.20.228]) by mailf.telia.com (8.12.5/8.12.5) with ESMTP id gAE8MvMZ021385 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:22:57 +0100 (CET) X-Original-Recipient: Received: from m3.telia.com (JAG [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Viking/1.8) with ESMTP id Q0323851 for ; Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:02:58 +0100 X-Sender: (Unverified) X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Message-ID: <4.3.2.7.2.20021114084550.02183eb0@127.0.0.1> Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:02:58 +0100 Reply-To: pic microcontroller discussion list Sender: pic microcontroller discussion list From: Morgan Olsson Subject: Re: OT: Today's potpourri To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU In-Reply-To: <1c3.15f7aed.2b019a04@aol.com> X-RCPT-TO: Status: R X-UIDL: 277600412 X-Evolution-Source: pop://mailinglist%40farcite.net@mail.farcite.net/ X-Evolution: 00000685-0000 Hum?? Well, not analyzing what, but something is very wrong: the speed of light is VERY much higher than 5636 times that of a car the text implies... Speed of light: 300.000 km/s Average travel speed of car: about 70 km/h = 0,019 km/s So you need to run that car continuously for about 16 million years to catch up with a one year light travel. Not me ;) Sid Weaver wrote 00:40 2002-11-12: >Did you know that a light year is 5, 865, 696, 000. 000 statute miles. > >That is the equivalent of 2, 221, 854, 545 trips between Boise, Idaho and >Orlando, Florida. That many trips would take 49, 374, 545 hours, which is >equal to 5636 years. It would wear out about 22,218 automobiles and about >63, 481 sets of tires. > >Under the circumstances, why would anyone even want to start such a project? > >Sid Weaver >Senior Potpourri Dispenser >Southeastern segment > >-- >http://www.piclist.com#nomail Going offline? Don't AutoReply us! >email listserv@mitvma.mit.edu with SET PICList DIGEST in the body -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics