[2013-Apr-17] Life is Fleeting... And then it isn't

[dnspies]

Aren't Vogons supposed to be green?

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Wow I created an account just to say that

[GUTCHUCKER]

What the fuck is a galactic highway

[jd_ce]

Is that Rama I see??

[mklnjbh]

what do you mean 11235th digit of the speed of light? It's 3*10^8m/s, 8 digits total.

[markevans36301]

Should have posted this one on the 42nd day of the year...

[Kaharz]

what do you mean 11235th digit of the speed of light? It's 3*10^8m/s, 8 digits total.

Who knows what units the purple blobs use. Maybe they didn't define their length unit based on the speed of light so their definition of the speed of light is not nearly as precise.

[ZEROS ALL THE WAY DOWN]

what do you mean 11235th digit of the speed of light? It's 3*10^8m/s, 8 digits total.

299792458.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000...
(PS that's 9 digits )

[ZEROS ALL THE WAY DOWN]

Although it's not a trivial question since it's just as valid to write it
299792457.99999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999...
Even calling it "the" 11235th digit is problematic since it could equally be 0 or 9. Maybe that's what puzzled them?