26 Apr
2012
26 Apr
'12
4:12 p.m.
Today's XKCD cartoon has a nice collection of approximations.
Nice! My own favourite light year expression used to be Pi^(29+Pi) metres, 1 part in 132 too large, until I discovered (Pi^8)*10^9 kilometres, 1 Part in 337 too large. I don't know how those rate using RIES's metrics. Phil