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The fun part is

Authored by: jesse on Tuesday, June 18 2013 @ 02:37 PM EDT

The fun part is that there is no "physically existing" number at all.

Not even the speed of light...

It is only a theoretical limit computed from what it SHOULD be if space were a
true vacuum (which doesn't exist anywhere - there are always some stray
particles in there that distort it). I understand that a bit outside of earths
orbit it is something like 1 particle per cubic meter... and likely higher
during solar storms.

The lowest speed I've read about was 38 miles/hour, or very close to that...
(http://www.news.harvard.edu/gazette/1999/02.18/light.html)

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"God made the integers; all else is the work of man." - Authored by: albert on Tuesday, June 18 2013 @ 04:39 PM EDT
The fun part is - Authored by: Wol on Wednesday, June 19 2013 @ 01:50 PM EDT
- I was thinking in terms of electrons/protons - Authored by: jesse on Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 06:36 AM EDT
- The trouble started with Quantum Theory... - Authored by: albert on Thursday, June 20 2013 @ 01:59 PM EDT

Pi is an irrational number, and also a transcendental number.

Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 19 2013 @ 03:53 AM EDT

With all the thoughts about pi it looks like groklaw'ers have been indulging in
a bit of transcendental meditation... ^_^

cm

[ Reply to This | Parent | # ]

I'd settle for cendental meditation... - Authored by: albert on Wednesday, June 19 2013 @ 11:33 AM EDT

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