Hi,
Frank is right. It means that some quantity or value (like the readout
of the instrument) has nothing to do (or very loose connection) with
reality.
I do not know the roots of this saying, but it have been used here for
quite a long time. Most probably it's a translation from russian. When I
studied in university (I have engineering diploma in electronics) we had
also a derivative from it called Tambov Constant (or simply "tambov" in
short). Only years later we found out, that Western world uses identical
Skinner's Constant instead. By definition it is "That quantity which,
when multiplied, divided into, added to, or subtracted from the answer
you got, give you the answer you should have gotten".
BR, Margus
On 09/24/2010 6:06 AM, Miserere wrote:
2010/9/23 Margus Männik<[email protected]>:
Just one warning - Kiev RF lightmeters very commonly do indicate
the price of firewood on Tambov market.
Margus,
You're going to have to explain that one!
--M.
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