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Re: Redesign of cdimage website



Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> writes:

> A bit like defining a meter in terms of the speed of light in a
> vacuum, and then throwing away the "official meter", on the basis that
> anyone that needs a physical meter can build their own, using a torch,
> a good stopwatch, and a space-shuttle ;-)

Well, the meter is /not/ definded based on the speed of light, because
you would have to know the length of a second beforehand. Instead, the
meter has been redefined based on the wave-length of the light emitted
by a specific isotope.



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