Kilogram sliming down...
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Aliens coming to slowing take us over, replacing us with their vile Alien matter kilogram by kilogram.
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Jim Crafton wrote:
kilogram by kilogram
Microgram by microgram. It's called a Long Term Goal.
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I bet you someone snuck in one night, ran around with it like an idiot ("I've got the kilogram! I've got the kilogram! Waaa!) dropped it, picked it up, saw the scratches, used some 1000 grit sandpaper and some brasso to clean it up, and, after wiping off the fingerprints, snuck it back in its case. 50 micrograms easy.
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I was thinking more along the lines of a global conspiracy...by companies that sell "by weight" products...or maybe even the Post Office...put a stamp on the envelope causes it to be bumped up to the next increment requiring another stamp...hmmmmmmmm :~ Steve
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Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight [^] :omg: (50 micrograms compared with the average of dozens of copies...so far) Steve
So - I can stick to the kilogram diet and lose weight this way.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
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Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight [^] :omg: (50 micrograms compared with the average of dozens of copies...so far) Steve
Steve Mayfield wrote:
Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight
:mad: no fair... I go to all that trouble to loose weight, and someone put the kilogram on a diet too. :mad: or maybe I shouldn't have tested that ray gun there last year.... hmmmmm....
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Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight [^] :omg: (50 micrograms compared with the average of dozens of copies...so far) Steve
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I bet you someone snuck in one night, ran around with it like an idiot ("I've got the kilogram! I've got the kilogram! Waaa!) dropped it, picked it up, saw the scratches, used some 1000 grit sandpaper and some brasso to clean it up, and, after wiping off the fingerprints, snuck it back in its case. 50 micrograms easy.
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50µg? Simple. The cleaning woman, dusting it off.
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So - I can stick to the kilogram diet and lose weight this way.
Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.
Actually, no. (If the prototype loses weight, you get get more kilos)
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Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight [^] :omg: (50 micrograms compared with the average of dozens of copies...so far) Steve
Steve Mayfield wrote:
Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight
I blame global warming. The air is warmer and so things in it aren't as heavy. (Now that's new age science for you!) Marc
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Steve Mayfield wrote:
Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight
I blame global warming. The air is warmer and so things in it aren't as heavy. (Now that's new age science for you!) Marc
along those lines...Summer has longer days because heat expands things and Winter has shorter days because cold compresses things... ;) Steve
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along those lines...Summer has longer days because heat expands things and Winter has shorter days because cold compresses things... ;) Steve
Steve Mayfield wrote:
Summer has longer days because heat expands things and Winter has shorter days because cold compresses things...
Makes perfect sense! I can't wait to run that one by on my ex-wife! Marc
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Steve Mayfield wrote:
Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight
I blame global warming. The air is warmer and so things in it aren't as heavy. (Now that's new age science for you!) Marc
Marc Clifton wrote:
The air is warmer and so things in it aren't as heavy.
You know, it's as heavy as before, only larger in volume, i.e., less dense. :doh:
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Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight [^] :omg: (50 micrograms compared with the average of dozens of copies...so far) Steve
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Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight [^] :omg: (50 micrograms compared with the average of dozens of copies...so far) Steve
They say 50 Micrograms is the weight of a fingerprint. I suggest they give the kilogram a good wash as well as their measuring equipment.
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Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight [^] :omg: (50 micrograms compared with the average of dozens of copies...so far) Steve
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along those lines...Summer has longer days because heat expands things and Winter has shorter days because cold compresses things... ;) Steve
Brilliant, can't wait to use that one!!!
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Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight [^] :omg: (50 micrograms compared with the average of dozens of copies...so far) Steve
or cause wary waistline-watchers to re-examine their weights: 50 micrograms is roughly equivalent to the weight of a fingerprint. New diet patent - eat sandwich with gloves on. Guaranteed minimum 500 microgram weight loss per day per sandwich (400 if you eat with pinkies raised.)
Gary
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Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight [^] :omg: (50 micrograms compared with the average of dozens of copies...so far) Steve
You've got it all wrong. It's not about weight loss, it's about slime! Sounds vaguely (perhaps blatantly) political.
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or cause wary waistline-watchers to re-examine their weights: 50 micrograms is roughly equivalent to the weight of a fingerprint. New diet patent - eat sandwich with gloves on. Guaranteed minimum 500 microgram weight loss per day per sandwich (400 if you eat with pinkies raised.)
Gary
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Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing its weight [^] :omg: (50 micrograms compared with the average of dozens of copies...so far) Steve
Basing the standard kilogram on a physical object seems unreliable to me. Why not base it on something objective and timeless, like the mass of a specific number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element?
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Basing the standard kilogram on a physical object seems unreliable to me. Why not base it on something objective and timeless, like the mass of a specific number of atoms of a specific isotope of an element?
probably the difficulty of counting the number of atoms precisely enough in a usefully large sample. 1g of atomic Hydrogen contains ~6*10^23 atoms. All the other periodic redefines have been done when problems begin to surface with the old definition, until it breaks there's no point in spending money to fix it afterall. This issue probably will result in a new definition at some point in the medium near future.
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