Re: Leap-16 ... Oh SHIT !

The Natural Philosopher <[email protected]>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc
Organization A little, after lunch
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On 09/07/2026 05:43, rbowman wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 01:18:58 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> 
>> Even that was a massive improvement. Before that, people had no idea
>> whether light was infinite or just very fast, and if so, how fast it was
>> -- a million times faster than sound? A million million?
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_al-Haytham
> 
Interesting, but nowhere on that page is the speed of light mentioned...

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