[src/trunk]: src/games/fortune/datfiles Per [1] the speed of light in a vaccu...

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date:      Tue Dec 06 19:41:03 2011 +0000

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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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 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)

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diff -r 9db9e94ee51a -r 80c789b4a148 games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes
--- a/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes   Tue Dec 06 19:05:43 2011 +0000
+++ b/games/fortune/datfiles/fortunes   Tue Dec 06 19:41:03 2011 +0000
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 (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.