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Neil deGrasse Tyson
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    Neil deGrasse Tyson‏Verified account @neiltyson 9 May 2013

    Use any time. Light travels about a foot in a billionth of a second. So people near you are typically light-nanosecods away.

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      2. risk _danger_ olson‏ @technoweenie 9 May 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson I loved the way Grace Hopper visualized nanoseconds: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JEpsKnWZrJ8 …

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      3. Simon Rowe‏ @simonprowe 9 May 2013
        Replying to @technoweenie

        @technoweenie @neiltyson I don't know who Grace Hopper is but I enjoyed her explanation. Thanks for sharing.

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      4. risk _danger_ olson‏ @technoweenie 10 May 2013
        Replying to @simonprowe

        @simonprowe She is a computer scientist. Wrote the first compiler and coined the term “debugging”

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      1. ; lost panda‏ @trivialities 29 May 2013
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        @neiltyson Is there any true darkness in the vastness of space?

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      1. Melinda Callihan‏ @buffalolindy 9 May 2013
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        Melinda Callihan Retweeted Neil deGrasse Tyson

        @neiltyson I love the idea that @mhelmes seems so close:)https://twitter.com/neiltyson/status/332595225019174912 …

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        Neil deGrasse TysonVerified account @neiltyson
        Use any time. Light travels about a foot in a billionth of a second. So people near you are typically light-nanosecods away.
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      1. wallace matthews‏ @OysterBayBomber 9 May 2013
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        This is comforting in a Colorado thunderstorm @neiltyson Use any time. Light travels about a foot in a billionth of a second.

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      2. Gus Bici‏ @PPolish 9 May 2013
        Replying to @neiltyson

        @neiltyson 5/9 Ascension Day. If Jesus ascended at speed of light, how close is he to nearest habitable planet?

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      1. Ramsey Dean‏ @EinsteinBook 26 May 2013
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        @neiltyson In Riding on a Beam of Light, kid Einstein gets beyond the Milky Way before mom returns, possible? http://itun.es/i6xH5qm  #iTunes

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      1. somejokes‏ @somejokes 24 May 2013
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        @neiltyson @TenMinPod nanosecods?...HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM

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      1. Mangaka Ed D Stewart‏ @EddieDexter 18 May 2013
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        @neiltyson Oooh! Oooh! Mr. Kott-tear! I just submitted a rambling thought on this very topic to you! Sprang fromhttp://www.livescience.com/16214-implications-faster-light-neutrinos.html …

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      1. Truth Hz‏ @Truth_Hz 10 May 2013
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        @neiltyson so *technically* I'm looking at my friends the way they were in the past?? Trippy.

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      1. Keith Moser‏ @Ponch22 10 May 2013
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        MT “@neiltyson: So people near you are typically light-nanosecods away.” // Reminds me of this interesting interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-vcErOPofQ …

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      1.  ☠‏ @core_reaction 10 May 2013
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        Ese @neiltyson me acaba de dar mi nueva frase para cuando voy tarde: ya casi llego, estoy a microsegundos luz de ti.

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      1. dracula‏ @howtobecomeGOD 10 May 2013
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        @neiltyson I wonder how much criticism would TACHYONS get?

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      1. KnowNano‏ @KnowNano 10 May 2013
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        RT @neiltyson: Use any time. Light travels about a foot in a billionth of a second. So people near you are typically light-nanosecods away.

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      1. Sean Carter‏ @SeanCarter30 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson perhaps but it takes about a quarter second to process what we see. So everything we see took place in the past.

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      1. Carl White I‏ @carltonjwhite10 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson -- uh, thanks, Neil.

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      1. rbitting‏ @rbitting 9 May 2013
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        @neiltyson Most people I know appear bright at distances but grow dimmer exponentially as they grow closer ;-)

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