[olug] Number systems (was Drill Press)

[Aric Aasgaard]

Interesting.

I guess a meter is based off a constant and a unit of time 1⁄299,792,458 a second.  There's a nice round number for ya.

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From: olug-bounces at olug.org [mailto:olug-bounces at olug.org] On Behalf Of Dan Linder
Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 8:35 AM
To: Omaha Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [olug] Number systems (was Drill Press)

Someone wrote:
>You can't think of 1 as multi dimensional thing.  If 1 is a
> value as distance from the origin it should be circular in 2 dimensions not
> a square.

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 15:23, Ed Pluta <epluta3 at cox.net> wrote:
> Kinda confused here. Are you making the case that one is a non-dimensional
> thing or that it is dimensionless unless it is used as a measure of distance or change?

The only common "1D" measurement I can come up with is "Time".  You
have forward and back (i.e. tomorrow, or 2 hours ago)...

Dan

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