From: William Djaja Tjokroaminata <billtj@...>
Date: 2002-12-12T12:03:49+09:00
Subject: Re: Proper Type for Dollar Amount

Daniel Carrera <dcarrera@math.umd.edu> wrote:
> Ha!
> This would make some interesting definitions:

> Speed of light (c): 299,792,458 meters per second.

> Meter (m):  1/299,792,458th of the distance that light travels in 1
>             second.

> Second (s): The time that light takes to travel 299,792,458 meters.

Well, we all know that one of them should be wrong, right?  In this case
it is the last one (for example, see
http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/second.html).

Regards,

Bill