On Thu, 26 Jun 2003, Joel Bernstein wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 04:40:09PM +0200, Anders Hellstr?m wrote: > > At 14.35 +0000 03-06-26, the hatter wrote: > > >If you're measuring speeds, you obviously need a time unit to go with your > > >length, I propose wider adoption of the millifortnight - about 20 minutes. > > > > I prefer the microfortnight, 1.2096 seconds. > > The best unit is the "millihelen" - which is defined as the amount of > beauty required to launch one ship.
Now you're just making things up. c.f. the MARS Book of Standards Weights and Measures, a publication well-known in rocketry circles consisting largely of measures and non-dimensioned units for in related applications. Another obscure but official unit which I occassionally use in the correct context is a jiffy, as in "just a jiffy", which is actually 1/50th (or occassionally 1/60th of a second depending on what video standard you're using) the hatter
