Chase, John wrote:
Hmmm..... A nanosecond is one billionth of a second, so the "long" rope
would have to be a billion times longer that the "short" one.
Grace Hopper gave out nanoseconds in the form of a piece of wire (about
11.75 inches long).
This represented the actual distance light travels in 1 nanosecond.
Comparison was made to
1000 foot rolls (a microsecond).
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