London has a free daily newspaper called [[thelondonpaper]]. Every day, on the puzzles page, there's a little factoid at the top of the page. Today it said:
[in Big Type:] 670.6 The number of miles per hour at which light travels. source: en.wikipedia.org
Oh dear. I think the word "million" went missing somewhere. From [[speed of light]]:
"Converted to imperial units, the speed of light is approximately... 670,616,629.384 miles per hour, or almost one foot per nanosecond."
I just hope that people realise the error was on their part, not ours. (Probably, considering that they also had a story today titled "Jolie Adopts Fourth Child", which began "Angelina Jolie today adopted a third child...")
Perhaps they should higher a toddler to do the counting for them. I know a few who could do a better job counting than they've done...
Mgm
On 3/15/07, Earle Martin wikipedia@downlode.org wrote:
London has a free daily newspaper called [[thelondonpaper]]. Every day, on the puzzles page, there's a little factoid at the top of the page. Today it said:
[in Big Type:] 670.6 The number of miles per hour at which light travels. source: en.wikipedia.orgOh dear. I think the word "million" went missing somewhere. From [[speed of light]]:
"Converted to imperial units, the speed of light isapproximately... 670,616,629.384 miles per hour, or almost one foot per nanosecond."
I just hope that people realise the error was on their part, not ours. (Probably, considering that they also had a story today titled "Jolie Adopts Fourth Child", which began "Angelina Jolie today adopted a third child...")
-- Earle Martin http://downlode.org/ http://purl.org/net/earlemartin/
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Its free. You get what you pay for.
(of course Wikipedia and open source stuff is different - thelondonpaper isn't collaboratively written :P)
Personally I enjoy reading this paper on the train when I'm up town, but I guess I should take it with a pinch of salt :)
On 15/03/07, MacGyverMagic/Mgm macgyvermagic@gmail.com wrote:
Perhaps they should higher a toddler to do the counting for them. I know a few who could do a better job counting than they've done...
Mgm
On 3/15/07, Earle Martin wikipedia@downlode.org wrote:
London has a free daily newspaper called [[thelondonpaper]]. Every day, on the puzzles page, there's a little factoid at the top of the page. Today it said:
[in Big Type:] 670.6 The number of miles per hour at which light travels. source: en.wikipedia.orgOh dear. I think the word "million" went missing somewhere. From [[speed of light]]:
"Converted to imperial units, the speed of light isapproximately... 670,616,629.384 miles per hour, or almost one foot per nanosecond."
I just hope that people realise the error was on their part, not ours. (Probably, considering that they also had a story today titled "Jolie Adopts Fourth Child", which began "Angelina Jolie today adopted a third child...")
-- Earle Martin http://downlode.org/ http://purl.org/net/earlemartin/
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On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:10:13 +0000, "Earle Martin" wikipedia@downlode.org wrote:
London has a free daily newspaper called [[thelondonpaper]].
I'd dispute the word "news" in there...
Guy (JzG)
On 15/03/07, Guy Chapman aka JzG guy.chapman@spamcop.net wrote:
On Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:10:13 +0000, "Earle Martin" wikipedia@downlode.org wrote:
London has a free daily newspaper called [[thelondonpaper]].
I'd dispute the word "news" in there...
A free daily News paper. (It's a Murdoch creation.)
- d.
On Mar 15, 2007, at 1:10 PM, Earle Martin wrote:
I just hope that people realise the error was on their part, not ours. (Probably, considering that they also had a story today titled "Jolie Adopts Fourth Child", which began "Angelina Jolie today adopted a third child...")
So much for "fact checking" by newspapers. Aint' so.
-- Jossi