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Brian Butterworth wrote: I kind of thought that the BBC should use SI units for some reason... What, and get pilloried in the press for pushing a metric agenda? :-) S - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/0

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2008/11/28 Steve Jolly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Brian Butterworth wrote: > >> Wow this is arcane. We only got taught metric SI units at school... >> > > Yeah, I prefer to avoid the imperial ones, but sometimes you can't - when > working with Americans is a common scenario. I kind of thought that t

Re: [backstage] So Long and Thanks For All The Fish?

When Ronnie Barker died, the BBC set up a nice tribute to him in the foyer of TV Centre - a portrait of him, with four candles in front of it. I'd been walking past it for several days before I got the significance. - martin On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:05 AM, Richard P Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [backstage] So Long and Thanks For All The Fish?

Brian Butterworth wrote: Wow this is arcane. We only got taught metric SI units at school... Yeah, I prefer to avoid the imperial ones, but sometimes you can't - when working with Americans is a common scenario. S - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please

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2008/11/28 Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Wow this is arcane. We only got taught metric SI units at school... I was taught Imperial units and old money at junior school and SI/decimal later. Made for fun times. Peter -- Peter Bowyer Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow me on Twitter: twitt

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Did you mean fork-candles? :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_candles Definitely something fishy going on Brian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound-force Rich On 28 Nov 2008, at 11:37, Sean DALY wrote: Could you please explain foot-candles? On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Brian B

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2008/11/28 Simon Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Brian Butterworth wrote: > > >> >> lb-force is (was) an imperial measure of force, so they're perhaps >> half-right. > > > Newtons are > m·kg·s-2 > > Which is distance x mass / time squared , lbs is just mass, unless "of > force" is a magical wa

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2008/11/28 Frank Wales <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Nick Morrott wrote: >> The Beeb could have used kiloponds as themetric force unit, > > Kiloponds, eh? Why, that's very nearly a lake. Which brings us > back to the fish. I'd say more, but I'd be out of my depth. Angling for a laugh, eh? I certainly

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Nick Morrott wrote: > The Beeb could have used kiloponds as themetric force unit, Kiloponds, eh? Why, that's very nearly a lake. Which brings us back to the fish. I'd say more, but I'd be out of my depth. -- Frank Wales [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. T

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Could you please explain foot-candles? On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A little nerdy Friday amusement... > I saw an article about "Mystery of dolphins' speed solved" on BBC News. > There was a small error - the measure of force was quoted in "kil

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On 28/11/2008, Peter Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> 2008/11/28 Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:> > 2008/11/28 Peter Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>> >> lb-force is (was) an imperial measure of force, so they're perhaps> >> half-right.> >> > Newtons are> > m·kg·s-2> > Which is dista

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Brian Butterworth wrote: lb-force is (was) an imperial measure of force, so they're perhaps half-right. Newtons are m·kg·s^-2 ^Which is distance x mass / time squared , lbs is just mass, unless "of force" is a magical way of saying distance / time squared? No, in imperial mea

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2008/11/28 Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > 2008/11/28 Peter Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> lb-force is (was) an imperial measure of force, so they're perhaps >> half-right. > > Newtons are > m·kg·s-2 > Which is distance x mass / time squared , lbs is just mass, unless "of > force" is a mag

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2008/11/28 Peter Bowyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > 2008/11/28 Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > A little nerdy Friday amusement... > > I saw an article about "Mystery of dolphins' speed solved" on BBC News. > > There was a small error - the measure of force was quoted in > "kilograms". > > I

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A lb is also an imperial measure of force... roughly 250th of a kN... Is this nerdy enough? Quoting Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: A little nerdy Friday amusement... I saw an article about "Mystery of dolphins' speed solved" on BBC News. There was a small error - the measure of force

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2008/11/28 Brian Butterworth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > A little nerdy Friday amusement... > I saw an article about "Mystery of dolphins' speed solved" on BBC News. > There was a small error - the measure of force was quoted in "kilograms". > I wrote a little email ... > COMMENTS: Whoever wrote http:/

[backstage] So Long and Thanks For All The Fish?

A little nerdy Friday amusement... I saw an article about "Mystery of dolphins' speed solved" on BBC News. There was a small error - the measure of force was quoted in "kilograms". I wrote a little email ... COMMENTS: Whoever wrote http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7748754.stm must have faile