I remember our use of the RSF (rod-stone-fortnight) units in undergrad
physics, 1957 or so ...even in fortnights, time flies.
Don
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Ackrill" <[email protected]>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement"
<[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 3:46 PM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 61, Issue 77
Mark Sims wrote:
the femtofortnight.
uk.rec.sheds lives!
For those that don't remember back to Usenet, this was in the days before
forums, when every discussion group had to get approval before it was
accepted on the system and uk.rec.sheds was a hip and happening (sic)
place to be if you were into a strange underworld of culture in the UK.
See http://www.uk-rec-sheds.org.uk
Where was born the international standard unit of time - the fortnight...
I hope the link still jbexes.
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