I think the math equivalents have changed. This is the new math that's being taught now: I thought you might get a kick outta this... -- Ratio of an igloo's circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi -- 2,000 pounds of Chinese soup = Won ton -- 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope -- 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone �= 1 Rod Sterling -- Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower -- 2,000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds -- 10 cards = 1 decacards -- 1,000 grams of wet socks = 1 literhosen >>>ENJOY!! :-) <<< In a message dated 7/24/2003 2:30:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Mark Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >On Thursday, July 24, 2003, at 04:41 AM, Jeremy Derr wrote: > >>> Jas, I think you mixed up nomenclature. The basic unit is 1 HZ. >>> 1000000 Hz = 1 MHz .001 Hz = 1 mHz. For units of 1 and larger, the >>> beginning letter is always uppercase and for units smaller than 1, >>> the beginning letter is lowercase. At least that is what I was taught >>> about the SI (metric system). pico, nano, micro, milli, centi, deci, >>> Deka, Heka, Kilo, Mega, Giga, Tera. Also the lower prefixes are Latin >>> and the upper ones are Greek derivations. K is used by itself to >>> denote "degrees of temperature Kelvin" 0 K = -273.16 C, or -459.69 >>> degrees Fahrenheit. Water freezes at 273.16 K, 0 C, 32 degrees >>> Fahrenheit, and it boils at 373.16 K, 100 C 212 degrees Fahrenheit >> >> actually, he was correct. >> >> 'K' denotes kelvin. >> 'k' denotes Kilo. >> >> a capital K can be used to denote the kilo in terms of actual data >> storage, but not in frequencies. >> >> see: <http://glossary.its.bldrdoc.gov/fs-1037/other/k.pdf> > >Here, here - Kilograms are expressed as 'kg' and Kilowatts as 'kW'. I >knew A-Level Physics was useful for something ;). > >-- >Mark Benson -- J. R. Rosen Armadillo Press-Printing & Graphics 305 Wells Fargo Dr., Suite 4 Houston, Texas 77090 281-586-9383 (office) 281-586-9876 (fax) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.armadillo-press.com -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
