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Billionths of a second is easy random thoughts Send a noteboard - 23/09/2011 02:15:34 PM
It is just a nanosecond. I measure things in nanoseconds aalmost every day. Even picoseconds, a thousandth of a nanosecond, isn't very hard to do. Femtoseconds, a thousandth of a picosecond, are a little harder but not really that bad. Visible light has a wavelength in femotseconds.

A nanosecond may not sound like much but light can move about a foot in a nanosecond.
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Whoa. Einstein's theory of relativity in danger? Camilla - 22/09/2011 09:39:04 PM 761 Views
IFF that is true, it only means it is up for improvement. *NM* jh - 22/09/2011 09:59:50 PM 147 Views
Yes Camilla - 22/09/2011 10:02:19 PM 456 Views
What do you expect? It's just a theory! Sareitha Sedai - 22/09/2011 10:06:13 PM 320 Views
it will be interesting to see if it holds up *NM* random thoughts - 22/09/2011 10:26:26 PM 128 Views
How do they measure something like that? Billioninths of a second? *NM* Dark Knight - 23/09/2011 12:05:44 AM 142 Views
They are probably very clever. *NM* Camilla - 23/09/2011 02:04:20 PM 130 Views
Billionths of a second is easy random thoughts - 23/09/2011 02:15:34 PM 320 Views
That's nice but you still didn't explain how they do it *NM* Dark Knight - 23/09/2011 02:24:28 PM 129 Views
Do you really want me to explain how to make jitter and rise time measurement on a high speed scope? random thoughts - 23/09/2011 05:06:46 PM 474 Views
It's really just about finding some natural event that takes place on that timescale Isaac - 24/09/2011 01:10:13 AM 441 Views
And just imagine the fun they'll all have... vandevere - 23/09/2011 12:48:20 AM 327 Views
Makes life invigorating, doesn't it? *NM* Two Wongs - 23/09/2011 08:16:10 AM 154 Views
It will be awesome if it turns out to be true A Deathwatch Guard - 23/09/2011 09:18:03 AM 327 Views
You should just post directly to the study. Tom - 23/09/2011 01:53:56 PM 374 Views
No she shouldn't. Jacob - 23/09/2011 02:00:34 PM 374 Views
That time of the month, is it? Tom - 23/09/2011 03:55:13 PM 349 Views
Neutrinos are nothing but a bunch of darn Hooligans. Gher - 23/09/2011 05:20:34 PM 314 Views
Now all his math teachers in school can gloat "Told you he didn't know what he was talking about." TaskmasterJack - 23/09/2011 10:10:35 PM 303 Views
Re:Now all his math teachers in school can gloat "Told you he didn't know what he was talking about" Camilla - 23/09/2011 10:26:01 PM 432 Views
I neglected to say at the time that this is very interesting and potentially revolutionary. Joel - 25/09/2011 12:02:01 AM 296 Views
Please, this is Europe. jh - 25/09/2011 11:43:37 AM 274 Views
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