Re: JPMorgan Chase to strengthen offshoring to India

From: Howard Brazee <howard_at_brazee.net>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2005 13:19:39 -0700
Message-ID: <p3bup1l037r8opid2202s7k4rvao19tt3h@4ax.com>

On Tue, 13 Dec 2005 20:10:23 +0000 (UTC), Richard Heathfield <invalid_at_invalid.invalid> wrote:

>> I once had a high school physics class
>> calculate the speed of light in furlongs per fortnight.
>
>ISTR that it's 1.8e12f/fn. Incidentally, one light second is just over
>980000000 feet - so a foot is just over a light-nanosecond.

I used to have a nanosecond, but lost it. Captain Grace Hopper was in the habit of giving away electric wires of that length, with that nickname. The first time I heard her speak, I didn't get one, but the second time I got one. Received on Tue Dec 13 2005 - 14:19:39 CST