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Joel [PersonRank 0]

Tuesday, July 8, 2008
15 years ago4,656 views

Printed and placed on our corkboard. Great post.

ADB [PersonRank 1]

15 years ago #

Sorry for nitpicking, but I don't think lightning travels at the speed of light :(

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/wea00/wea00189.htm
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen99/gen99096.htm

Andy Wong [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Computer in Chinese language is translated into "Electronic Brain". Yes, Google machine farm is the closed thing of electronic device to human brain.

George R [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

On what planet do lightning bolts travel 1860 miles?

1860 miles = 186000 miles/sec * .03 sec / 3

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

[I added a little update to that part just now...]

beussery [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Thanks for reading my post, taking time to double check my facts and for your feedback! My lightning bolt comment, was simply added for illustration purposes and taken from the US Department of Energy website.

http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/newton/askasci/1995/environ/ENV020.HTM

I guess my point is that lightning, lightning bolts and Google are all very fast.

:)

kredyt mieszkaniowy [PersonRank 0]

15 years ago #

Very good article, i would like to put it into my page, can I ??
www.hipotekaplus.pl/kredyt_mieszkaniowy

Philipp Lenssen [PersonRank 10]

15 years ago #

Kredyt, thanks for your interest, please see our license:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

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