Brings to mind two interesting numbers: I figured out when I was ten that it takes about 2 weeks to count to a million at one number/sec. Much later in graduate school I learned from an astronomer that a year has pi x 10^7 seconds. Andy Backus
________________________________ From: time-nuts <time-nuts-boun...@lists.febo.com> on behalf of Mark Sims <hol...@hotmail.com> Sent: Sunday, February 10, 2019 5:37 PM To: time-nuts@lists.febo.com Subject: [time-nuts] HP Stories: Battery Chargers, and a fading idolization of HP Back in the late 70's I worked for a mini-computer company. They were a horrendous paper-work factory... spec after needless/useless/virtually identical documentation requirements. I wrote one document where I put all the timings in units of "ffn"... femto-fortnights. It was over three years later that somebody asked me what a "ffn" is. After 5 years, he and I were the only people to ever request a copy of that document. -------------- >“Hey, no one will notice that the stamping on the transistor doesn’t match the >parts list. I’ll bet no one will look at this schematic carefully anyway. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@lists.febo.com To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts_lists.febo.com and follow the instructions there.
