>> Also, I think the plural of squid is squid, not squids. -- Jason
I think that's only true for the tentacle-based version, and they're not nearly as sensitive to magnetic fields. <g> Nat > SQUIDs can detect a change in this field of only 50 billionths of a > micro-gauss (5 x 10-14 gauss), which equates to a change of the gyroscope's > angle of 0.0001 arcseconds. > > The above sentence is the epitome of ignorance. First of all, the > unit gauss is deprecated and magnetic flux density should be in tesla. > Second, the use of "billionths of a micro-gauss" is a real winner. > > Since 1 gauss is equivalent to 0.1 mT, then 5 x 10-14 gauss would > equal 5 x > 10-10 T or 50 nT. It is obvious that people who provided the data expressed > it as 50 nT, but the author of the article in his infinite lack of > wisdom decided to express it FFU style. That is in a befuddled > manner. It sure made it clearer for me (yeah! right!). > > Euric > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Carter, Baron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, 2004-04-26 14:06 > Subject: [USMA:29629] SA - A Pocket of Near-Perfection > > > > A Pocket of Near-Perfection. Except for the appalling use of ifp. > > Now matter how times I and others have written to these folks they > > still let this stuff through. > > > > > > http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/26apr_gpbtech.htm?list533332 > > <http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/26apr_gpbtech.htm?list53333 > > 2> > > > > > > baron carter > > > > >
