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Re: Speed of light

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mlwozniak@wp.pl wrote:

> 'PointedEars' Lahn napisał:
>> By 1983, measurements of the speed of light in vacuum had become so
>> precise that, whereas in the International System of Units (SI)
>> previously the speed of light in vacuum had been based on the meter, with
>> the meter defined based on the wavelength of a specific emission line, it
>> is now the other way around: the meter is defined as 1∕299'792'458 of the
>> distance that light travels in vacuum in 1 second.
> 
> And pears are growing on a willow. The willow
> is defined this way - I can write this definition
> whenever you want, [insult]

You can do that, but by contrast to the SI definition you will find very few 
people, if any, agreeing with that, because by contrast your definition has 
nothing to do with reality.

-- 
PointedEars

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