[Boatanchors] Precision (was WTB: Xtals...)

mikea mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Mon Nov 15 08:02:02 EST 2010


On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 06:14:33PM -0500, Al Klase wrote:
> That's exceeded by the "cubic butt load" equal to Avogadro's number of 
> shoeboxfuls.

And its SI equivalent, the "metric buttload". 

I once heard someone on Cretin Broadcasting respond "10-4 and 3/4". Someone
asked what _that_ was, and got told it was a metric 10-4.

I'll get my coat now. 

-- 
Mike Andrews, W5EGO
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