[NOISE] Newspapers and basic science (was: US Power Outages)
Z.B.
zachb at netcom.com
Mon Aug 12 20:11:49 PDT 1996
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 at 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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> 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".
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> 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.
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