When the Indiana State Legislature tried to make Pi = to 3.000
http://www.inwit.com/inwit/writings/indianapilaw.html
Colin
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Date: Sun, 01 Apr 2007 17:20:09 +0000
From: "Poul-Henning Kamp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Ultra low phase noise floor measurement
system forRF devices.
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
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In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Chuck Harris writes:
>We can play that game Poul-Henning, by using joules, one thing becomes easy,
>and another becomes hard, but in the end, you always have to return to
>remembering
>arbitrary constants.
That's likely to be a matter of fact for any universe :-)
>How many joules does it take to heat up one gram of water 1C ?
>With calories it is easy: 1 calorie.
Right, so it's easy for water, but what about gasoline ?
I far prefer to be able to convert effortlessly between units, than to
embedd arbitrary material properties in my measurement units.
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