Actually, c is even more beautiful in metric - 3x10^8m/s. So much cleaner,
plus its about the same as pi x 10^8 (not really, but close enough)
How about one of the most arbitrary values (not) on the face of the
Earth....the AU!
btw, the not is referring to the fact that the AU cannot be contained on the
Earth, not that it is not an arbitrary value. Especially since the distance
it was initially based on (distance from earth to sun) has been found to
vary depending on what point along our orbit we are.
count the nots in this message, and you could win a prize.
R/
----- Original Message -----
From: Arthur Emerson <vreihen@hotmail.com>
To: <elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org>; <jac73@daimlerchrysler.com>;
<autox@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2000 2:27 PM
Subject: RE: non-integers
>
> "Linnhoff, Eric" <elinnhoff@smmc.saint-lukes.org> wrote:
> >
> >You forgot 2+2=4. The number of tablets of aspirin it's gonna
> >take to get rid of the headache all those formulas give this
> >simple caveman. ;^)
>
> You mean that you *finally* figured out how to take the
> "Linnhoff-proof" cap off the bottle??? :-) My, my, we're
> making progress. If you keep it up at this pace, maybe
> we'll be able to get you to stop throwing feces out of your
> cage by Christmas! :-)
>
> I'm still trying to figure out how somebody got a mole to
> stand still long enough to to count all
> 602,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 molecules without missing one.
> [OK, sue me if I slipped a decimal point or two above.]
>
> OK, someone forgot my favorite number: 186,000 miles/second,
> or the speed of light. Not only is it a beautiful number, but
> it's also the universe's only self-enforcing speed limit.....
>
> -Arthur ("Parents, don't let your kids grow up to be like Linnhoff"
> edition.)
>
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