perlmeditation
dragonchild
I was in bed last night thinking about random stuff and was trying to compare the time setup (hours/minutes/etc) in a sci-fi book I just finished to our world. Its setup was 10 hours, 100 minutes, 100 seconds - 100,000 seconds/day. I was wondering how that mapped to the standard time setup. And, then it happened. Into my head popped 86,400. Seconds/day, that is.
<p>How many other random constants do you remember because of being a programmer? Mine include:
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<li>86,400 seconds/day
<li>3.1415926 (PI)
<li>72 points/inch
<li>4:3 (aspect ratio of a monitor)
</ul>
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<br><i>We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.</i>
<p><i>Then there are Damian modules.... *sigh* ... that's not about being less-lazy -- that's about being on some really good drugs -- you know, there is no spoon.</i> - [flyingmoose]
<p>I shouldn't have to say this, but any code, unless otherwise stated, <i>is <b>untested</b></i>
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