CVS commit: src/games/fortune/datfiles

["Jonathan A. Kollasch" <jakllsch%netbsd.org@localhost>]

Module Name:    src
Committed By:   jakllsch
Date:           Tue Dec  6 19:41:03 UTC 2011

Modified Files:
        src/games/fortune/datfiles: fortunes

Log Message:
Per [1] the speed of light in a vaccum is exactly 299792458 m/s.
Per [2] a furlong is 220 yards and a yard is exactly 0.9144 m.
Per [3] a fortnight is 14 days.

As I didn't find a good authority for what definition of a day a fortnight is
measured in, I'll assume here a day is 86400 SI seconds.

Thus, the speed of light in a vaccum is approximately
1.80*10^12 furlongs per fortnight.

1.80*10^12 = 299792458*86400*14/(220*0.9144)

[1]     Resolution 1 of the 17th meeting of the CGPM (1983)
        http://www.bipm.org/en/CGPM/db/17/1/
[2]     Weights and Measures Act 1985
        http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/72
[3]     The Concise Oxford Dictionary, 5th Edition, 1964, p. 480


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