[USMA:29637] Gravity Probe B article

Ron Koczor: I read with interest the article about the gravity Probe B on the following web page: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/26apr_gpbtech.htm?list52 I understand from that page that you are the responsible NASA official for this article. It was a fascinating story about an exp

[USMA:29636] Re: SA - A Pocket of Near-Perfection

Nat Hager III <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ah...SQUIDs is one of those NASA acronyms. It's cute, but it can't compare with OOSIK (the name of a University of Alaska sounding rocket payload). It just 'happens' (wink, wink) to also be the Inuit word for "Walrus penis bone." :-) -- Jason

[USMA:29635] Re: SA - A Pocket of Near-Perfection

>> 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. Nat > SQUIDs can detect a change in this field of only 50 billionths of a > micro-gauss (5 x 10-14 gauss),

[USMA:29634] Re: Permanent 50 mph speed on Irish road?

Why don't they just post signs advising "Reduced Speed Ahead" 500 meters or so back from the speed limit sign with the lower speed limit? That's what we do in the US (except in a few small "speed trap" towns who derive much revenue from traffic fines), and it works just fine. I find my "Jim Elwel

[USMA:29633] Re: SA - A Pocket of Near-Perfection

Also, I think the plural of squid is squid, not squids. -- Jason - Original Message - From: MightyChimp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 26, 2004 1:05 PM Subject: [USMA:29630] Re: SA - A Pocket of Near-Perfection > SQUIDs can detec

[USMA:29632] Re: Permanent 50 mph speed on Irish road?

You need to write to them and ask them what all of this will mean come September when all speed limits on Irish roads are not only metricated, but converted to rounded metric values. It sure would be foolish for someone to erect new signs now, only to have them changed again in a few months. I wo

[USMA:29631] Permanent 50 mph speed on Irish road?

To-day this item was in the Irish Times. Some people in county councils apparently don't know that something is going to happen in September. NRA against 50 mph limit on new dual carriageway Liam Reid The National Roads Authority (NRA) has criticised a decision by Wicklow County Council to place

[USMA:29630] Re: SA - A Pocket of Near-Perfection

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 b

[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?list52

[USMA:29628] Fwd: RE: Prime Suspect tweaked for U.S. audience?

No the miles would have been closer to 3 if we had used the old Irish miles. Somerville discusses the differences in her book of travels written in 1985? Good read, shows you how far we have progressed in 100 years. X-Originating-IP: [68.99.49.25] X-Originating-Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] X-Sender: [