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Old 30-June-2009, 02:32 PM
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Originally Posted by NorthernBoy View Post
It takes light about 3 milliseconds to travel 1000 yards.

Once you are into milliseconds, do you not think it disingenuous to refer to it taking only nanoseconds?
in 3 milliseconds, light travels more like 1,000,000 yards.