Science Humor in OSM Posted by Tom Layo on 1 July 2012 in English. I noticed this tag on a particle accelerator and it cracked me up, because it’s right. Location: Ban Nong Praya Prom, On Tai, San Kamphaeng, Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
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Discussion
Comment from chriscf on 1 July 2012 at 15:27
No, it isn’t. The speed of light is certainly more than 299792458 km/h.
Comment from Pink Duck on 1 July 2012 at 15:37
The particular accelerator itself is fairly stationary of course, so surely the tag should be particle:maxspeed=1079252850?
Comment from Tom Layo on 1 July 2012 at 15:53
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed_of_light)
Comment from Minh Nguyen on 1 July 2012 at 17:34
maxspeed should be fine. Otherwise we’d have to slap motor_vehicle:maxspeed on everything.
But I get the feeling this way also needs a minspeed. Wouldn’t want an ion to get stuck behind a Sunday driver.