Module Name: src
Committed By: jakllsch
Date: Tue Dec 6 19:41:03 UTC 2011
Modified Files:
src/games/fortune/datfiles: fortunes
Log Message:
Per [1] the speed of light in a vaccum is exactly 299792458 m/s.
Per [2] a furlong is 220 yards and a yard is exactly 0.9144 m.
Per [3] a fortnight is 14 days.
As I didn't find a good authority for what definition of a day a fortnight is
measured in, I'll assume here a day is 86400 SI seconds.
Thus, the speed of light in a vaccum is approximately
1.80*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.
1.80*10^12 = 299792458*86400*14/(220*0.9144)
[1] Resolution 1 of the 17th meeting of the CGPM (1983)
http://www.bipm.org/en/CGPM/db/17/1/
[2] Weights and Measures Act 1985
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72
[3] The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 5th Edition, 1964, p. 480
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.48 -r1.49 src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
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Modified files:
Index: src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
diff -u src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes:1.48 src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes:1.49
--- src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes:1.48 Sat Nov 19 20:44:58 2011
+++ src/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes Tue Dec 6 19:41:03 2011
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ Therefore, Alexander the Great had an in
(2) Nothing is always.
(3) Everything is sometimes.
%
-1.79 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight -- it's not just a good idea, it's
+1.80 x 10^12 furlongs per fortnight -- it's not just a good idea, it's
the law!
%
10.0 times 0.1 is hardly ever 1.0.
