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Old 15-01-2012, 07:47 AM
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Measurements?

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

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They missed on of the most famous units, Shake...although an informal unit, from the Manhattan project
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