Odd Meas. Units

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Mon Oct 19 22:37:39 1998

Max Eskin wrote:
>
> Wait...all matter resists current, and all matter can be forced to
> emit light, so any item is a 'Light-emmitting resistor'.

Well, if you can dip the probes from an ohmmeter into a bowl of
helium-II and measure resistance other than that internal to the
probe cables and the meter itself, I'd love to see it. And yes,
Helium-II does still qualify as matter. Actually, if you leave
the probes in for a while, you'll start losing resistance in the
probe cables -- most metals lose resistance with extreme cold if
they aren't alloyed in a way that will break easily. Oh, use
gloves for this test.
-- 
Ward Griffiths <mailto:gram_at_cnct.com> <http://www.cnct.com/home/gram/>
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked me if I had any
firearms with me.  I said "Well, what do you need?"  --  Steven Wright
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