To be precise, it's 11 days, 13 hours, 46 minutes and 40 seconds. As a teenager, I set myself the challenge of calculating that in my head. It took several minutes, but I succeeded.
Although it's fairly useless trivia, I've never forgotten it. Bill Potts, CMS Roseville, CA http://metric1.org [SI Navigator] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Barbara and/or Bill Hooper Sent: Monday, October 22, 2001 17:45 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:15828] Re: 200 L drum > James Frysinger wrote in 05775: > >> A few megaseconds ago, when we were discussing ... Jim, did you really mean to write "megaseconds". One megasecond is 12 days. a few would be a couple weeks ago. Regards, Bill Hooper ============ Keep It Simple! Make It Metric! ============
