From: Doug Jones (random@qnet.com)
Date: Wed May 10 2000 - 17:42:30 MDT
Martin Ling wrote:
>
> On Wed, May 10, 2000 at 09:30:23AM -0400, Michael S. Lorrey wrote:
> > Here's some funny trivia about som units of time you might not be aware of:
[snip]
> > Anyone else have some funny units to share?
>
> 'Microfortnight'
>
> (twenty minutes)
>
> Martin
Part of the finest crock unit: the attoparsec per microfortnight
attoparsec
n. About an inch. 'atto-' is the standard SI prefix for multiplication
by 10^(-18). A parsec
(parallax-second) is 3.26 light-years; an attoparsec is thus 3.26 *
10^(-18) light years, or
about 3.1 cm (thus, 1 attoparsec/microfortnight equals about 1
inch/sec). This unit is
reported to be in use (though probably not very seriously) among hackers
in the U.K. See
micro-.
http://www.srdc.metu.edu.tr/~dengi/computer/jargon/attoparsec.html
-- Doug Jones Rocket Plumber, XCOR Aerospace http://www.xcor-aerospace.com
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