Petition to change the foot to be the distance light travels in one nanosecond

_kb 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

That measure is a ‘Hopper’: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_69246...

	▲	gnarlouse 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Dennis Hopper, because Dennis Distancelighttravelsinanansecond didn’t roll of the tongue.

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madcaptenor 3 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

At the same time, the meter should be redefined so the speed of light is 300000 km/s. This would have the side effect of making the inch exactly 2.5 cm.

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IcyWindows 3 days ago | parent | prev [-]

I've been calling that a "metric foot" :)