Thought that was a 'shake'

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Post #76,374 by hnick 1/23/03 1:30:22 PM Reply	Thought that was a 'shake'
Post #76,377 by deSitter 1/23/03 1:38:08 PM 1/23/03 1:42:26 PM Reply	Conflicting defs A quick look also has a jiffy = 1 cm / speed of light and 1 Planck Length/speed of light. Never heard of a shake. According to this: [link\|http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/dictS.html\|http://www.unc.edu/~.../units/dictS.html] ..a shake is 10 nanoseconds, about 10 feet. -drl Edited by deSitter Jan. 23, 2003, 01:42:26 PM EST Expand All History

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Nigeriascam mails? Enough to... - (kmself) - Jan. 23, 2003, 04:38:57 AM EST

You must've gotten on someone's sucker list. - (marlowe) - (1) - Jan. 23, 2003, 08:28:56 AM EST

Ohh!!! - so they really should be going to you -NT - (dmarker) - Jan. 23, 2003, 08:35:12 AM EST

Well, I don't know anything about fortnights, but . . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (25) - Jan. 23, 2003, 09:59:05 AM EST

Unit of time. 14 days. - (pwhysall) - (24) - Jan. 23, 2003, 10:32:44 AM EST

We don't do 'fortnights' here...it's simply 'two weeks' - (jb4) - (3) - Jan. 23, 2003, 10:47:56 AM EST

1/26th of a yahren. HTH. :-D -NT - (Another Scott) - Jan. 23, 2003, 10:56:05 AM EST

Manufactured.... - (pwhysall) - (1) - Jan. 23, 2003, 11:15:05 AM EST

Hey! A week is 1/52 of a year... - (jb4) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:05:48 PM EST

yabbut whats fortnight in metric? 10 days -NT - (boxley) - (10) - Jan. 23, 2003, 10:54:32 AM EST

Do the words "metric" and "decimal" look IDENTICAL to you??? -NT - (CRConrad) - (9) - Jan. 23, 2003, 02:48:17 PM EST

Re: "metric" and "decimal" - (a6l6e6x) - Jan. 23, 2003, 03:03:01 PM EST

both are base 10 -NT - (boxley) - (7) - Jan. 23, 2003, 05:06:17 PM EST

Nope - one, the numbering system, is... - (CRConrad) - (6) - Jan. 23, 2003, 05:25:20 PM EST

heh, naturally occuring quantities - (boxley) - (2) - Jan. 23, 2003, 05:34:39 PM EST

Oh, for... See, I KNEW you wouldn't get it!!! (new thread) - (CRConrad) - Jan. 23, 2003, 06:23:30 PM EST

You bitch! I'll see you when you get home! -NT - (deSitter) - Jan. 23, 2003, 10:03:38 PM EST

question, how far apart are the centers of wall studs - (boxley) - (2) - Jan. 24, 2003, 09:14:20 PM EST

Dunno, sixty cm I think. Or eighty. Why? (And so what?) -NT - (CRConrad) - (1) - Jan. 27, 2003, 10:25:06 AM EST

Just curiousity - (boxley) - Jan. 27, 2003, 10:31:47 AM EST

Thank God you're there to take up the slack -NT - (deSitter) - Jan. 23, 2003, 11:39:10 AM EST

Yes, but, that unit is used here only by . . - (Andrew Grygus) - (2) - Jan. 23, 2003, 11:44:12 AM EST

..or Madonna -NT - (deSitter) - Jan. 23, 2003, 11:52:32 AM EST

ROFL! -NT - (jb4) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:06:58 PM EST

Not in my education, - (a6l6e6x) - (4) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:23:52 PM EST

Jiffy - (deSitter) - (3) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:28:03 PM EST

Thought that was a 'shake' -NT - (hnick) - (1) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:30:22 PM EST

Conflicting defs - (deSitter) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:42:26 PM EST

No... - (pwhysall) - Jan. 23, 2003, 02:04:43 PM EST

Everybody gets those - (orion) - Jan. 23, 2003, 10:00:39 AM EST

Spam? I don't get any spam. - (inthane-chan) - Jan. 23, 2003, 10:46:04 AM EST

Reg has a T Shirt for you - (tseliot) - Jan. 23, 2003, 01:26:42 PM EST

Omnifluous LRPD - Who invented this stupid sport, anyway? -NT - (Ashton) - (2) - Jan. 23, 2003, 08:39:47 PM EST

early phonecians I beleive - (boxley) - Jan. 23, 2003, 08:47:46 PM EST

Just discovered HK police webpage on the scams - (dmarker) - Jan. 23, 2003, 11:20:24 PM EST

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