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erick
15-01-2012, 07:47 AM
Thanks to Mike (mikerr) in another thread, I saw this site:-

http://invaderxan.livejournal.com/48710.html

"Yes", you say in sophisticated company, "I have a ten attoparsec mirror, you know, about a light nanosecond"!!??

ps. that's an interesting blog.

mikerr
15-01-2012, 07:55 AM
I can tell you that the staff at Bunnings Timber department don't recognise Planck Units!! :)

Michael.

wasyoungonce
15-01-2012, 09:36 AM
They missed on of the most famous units, Shake (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shake_%28unit%29)...although an informal unit, from the Manhattan project