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Duskypearls -> Obscure Engineering Conversion Factors (5/26/2013 7:27:46 AM)

I they had taught this in school, I would have paid attention.

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1. Ratio of an igloo’s circumference to its diameter = Eskimo Pi
2. 2000 pounds of Chinese Soup = Won ton
3. 1 millionth of a mouthwash = 1 microscope
4. Time between slipping on a peel and smacking the pavement = 1 bananosecond
5. Weight an evangelist carries with God = 1 billigram
6. Time it takes to sail 220 yards at 1 nautical mile per hour = Knotfurlong
7. 365.25 days of drinking low-calorie beer = 1 Lite year
8. 16.5 feet in the Twilight Zone = 1 Rod Serling
9. Half a large intestine = 1 semicolon
10. 1,000,000 aches = 1 megahurtz
11. Basic unit of laryngitis = 1 hoarsepower
12. Shortest distance between two jokes = a straight line
13. 2000 mockingbirds = two kilomockingbirds
14. 1 kilogram of falling figs = 1 Fig Newton
15. 1000 ccs of wet socks = 1 literhosen
16. 8 nickels = 2 paradigms




TheHeretic -> RE: Obscure Engineering Conversion Factors (5/26/2013 2:45:33 PM)

Funny. Thanks!




outlier -> RE: Obscure Engineering Conversion Factors (5/26/2013 5:41:53 PM)

2nd that.  I will have more fun sharing this list.




MalcolmNathaniel -> RE: Obscure Engineering Conversion Factors (5/26/2013 9:53:27 PM)

Here's a good one for you:

! attoparsec/microfortnight.

It's about an inch per second.




MalcolmNathaniel -> RE: Obscure Engineering Conversion Factors (5/27/2013 3:36:48 AM)

Even better: an RCH.

And RCH is smaller than delta or epsilon.




Hillwilliam -> RE: Obscure Engineering Conversion Factors (5/27/2013 8:40:19 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: MalcolmNathaniel

Even better: an RCH.

And RCH is smaller than delta or epsilon.

We actually used to use "RCH" as a tern for a tiny distance when I worked construction. "Move it just an RCH" meant the tiniest fraction of an inch.




descrite -> RE: Obscure Engineering Conversion Factors (5/27/2013 6:34:20 PM)

The only thing I remember from Thermodynamic Engineering: the four-stroke engine, explained-- Suck, Squeeze, Bang, Blow.




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