Re: [NOISE] Newspapers and basic science (was: US Power Outages)

["Z.B." <zachb@netcom.com>]

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

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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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