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Universalpsykopath tugs our coat and says: Tell us about your feats of deduction and the little mysteries you've solved. Alternatively, tell us about the simple, everyday things that mystified you for far too long.

(, Thu 13 Oct 2011, 12:52)
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Eh?
The observable phenomenon was the action of the microwave radiation, thus the calculations described derive the speed of the microwaves (the fact that the speed is equal to the speed of light is coincidental).

If you're in a position to know that the speed of microwaves is equal to the speed of light, then odds are that you already know the speed of light, and thus don't need to calculate it (until RoF posted, I wasn't aware of the speeds being equal).
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