17 Dec
2003
17 Dec
'03
11:17 p.m.
Well, all I remember is the 3-1/2 Seattles part - I put the"for a day" part in because I wasn't sure about it. Zach Babayco zachb@netcom.com <----- finger for PGP public key http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Park/4127 On 12 Aug 1996, Ian Goldberg wrote:
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<GRUMBLE> Watts are a measure of energy per unit time; it makes sense to say "60 W powers a light bulb", not "60 W powers a light bulb for one hour". </GRUMBLE>
But my _favourite_ example of this was a newspaper clipping I used to have that said that in the previous month, the city had received "160 square pounds of rain". That just defied common sense.