From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
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From: iang@cs.berkeley.edu (Ian Goldberg)
Date: Tue, 13 Aug 1996 09:19:55 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: [NOISE] Newspapers and basic science (was: US Power Outages)
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In article <Pine.3.89.9608112235.A16390-0100000@netcom3>,
Z.B. <zachb@netcom.com> wrote:
>Now that may not sound like too much, but
>the lines were carrying at least 3000Mw of electricity, enough "to power
>3-1/2 Seattles for a day" (quote from local newspaper).
<GRUMBLE>
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".
</GRUMBLE>
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.
- Ian "closely followed by temperatures 'doubling' (which happens more
often when they use Celcius)"
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