Talk:Picosecond

Discrepancy

3.3 picoseconds (approximately) – time taken for light to move 1 millimeter 100 picoseconds – the time required to travel across a human hair, if traveling at the speed of light

Am I the only one that sees a discrepancy here?

'Yes, there is a major discrepancy. A pico second is NOT one millonth of a millionth of a second. It is one thousandth of a nanosecond!!!' —Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.140.244.11 (talk) 02:11, 22 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Isn't a millionth of a millionth the same as a thousandth of a billionth? Doesn't light go a little over an inch in a picosecond? Maybe 30 millimeters? And 100 femtoseconds to cross a human hair. Bob Webster (talk) 03:45, 3 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Ladies and gentleman,

please come to some agreement regarding the following:

A picosecond is to one second as one second is to 31,710 years https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picosecond One nanosecond is to one second as one second is to 31.71 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanosecond

Thank you for your hard work! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.135.53.243 (talk) 16:17, 20 October 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Merging with 1 E-11/10 s

Those two articles should be merged with this one. Beyond 1 E-9 s, an article for each digit doesn't have enough information to cover or notability to be by itself. That's why 1 E-15 s and 1 E-18 s cover the two digits below them, and it works fine that way. 1 E-12 s is no different. 68.225.240.96 (talk) 21:51, 25 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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