Odd Meas. Units

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_netcom.com>
Date: Sun Oct 18 21:32:41 1998

  How many of us (I don't) pronounce "giga" with a soft initial 'g'
as is correct..? [Back to the Future used to drive me crazy until I
found that the writers were right...]

  I have a 2.5 Farad _at_ 450VDC capacitor bank... takes an hour to
charge, but delivers many Joules into a low-impedance load.
Sometimes quite spectacularly! If the load is a solenoid, many Tesla
are produced as well.

 I used to know the speed of light in Furlongs per Fortnight.

 If you wish to piss off the counter help at your local parts
shop... ask for a 'Light-Emitting Resistor'. Hardware stores and
markets have them too.

  I maintain several movie theaters in connection with my Work..
when asked (by newbies usually) how much power the sound system is
in the largest one... and I am in one of those Moods... I will
sometimes answer "About 11 RMS Horsepower..."

  And speaking as an audio geek... if a Pentium-class processor
were made out of relay logic... imagine the *sound* it would make!
I have many recordings of old telephone switchrooms.. especialy
interesting are the large urban Crossbar offices... nothing yet I
have heard makes that kind of sound.

  Finally, I have heard that a 'Millihelen' is the amount of
beauty required to launch just *one* ship.

  Cheers

John
Received on Sun Oct 18 1998 - 21:32:41 BST