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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Date: Mon, 4 Nov 2024 11:29:47 -0800
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On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 18:58:09 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

> > i.e. "eighteen inches is a nanosecond" =20
>=20
> For suitably small definitions of =E2=80=9Cinch=E2=80=9D, I suppose ...

Well damn, I was misremembering from accounts of Grace Hopper's famous
"nanosecond" wires. I guess another fundamental principle is "double-
check yer dang constants..." ;)