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The New Kilogram Is Here! The New Kilogram Is Here!!
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RE: The New Kilogram Is Here! The New Kilogram Is Here!!
(May 21, 2019 at 7:51 am)zebo-the-fat Wrote:
(May 21, 2019 at 7:50 am)no one Wrote: What's the going rate for a pound of flesh now?

It will be replaced by a kilo of beef

'Taffy were a Welshman,
Taffy were a thief.
Taffy came to our house,
And stole a kilo of beef.'

Nah, doesn't work.

Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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#12
RE: The New Kilogram Is Here! The New Kilogram Is Here!!
(May 21, 2019 at 5:09 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Kilogram Redefined

Quote:Currently, it is defined by the weight of a platinum-based ingot called "Le Grand K" which is locked away in a safe in Paris.

On Friday, researchers meeting in Versailles voted to get rid of it in favour of defining a kilogram in terms of an electric current.

And about bleeding time, and all.  The standard kilogram is off by about 50 parts in a billion.  This is killing my heroin profits.

Boru

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I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
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#13
RE: The New Kilogram Is Here! The New Kilogram Is Here!!
Did anyone else notice this was an article from last November?
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#14
RE: The New Kilogram Is Here! The New Kilogram Is Here!!
This begs the question "Is the new cooker here?"
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#15
RE: The New Kilogram Is Here! The New Kilogram Is Here!!
(May 21, 2019 at 10:29 am)polymath257 Wrote: Did anyone else notice this was an article from last November?

This is not game of thrones, after all.
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RE: The New Kilogram Is Here! The New Kilogram Is Here!!
(May 21, 2019 at 10:29 am)polymath257 Wrote: Did anyone else notice this was an article from last November?

Yes, but the new definition wasn't applied until the 20th of this month.  If you had read the article, you'd have known that.
 
Boru
‘But it does me no injury for my neighbour to say there are twenty gods or no gods. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg.’ - Thomas Jefferson
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