Reporters don’t typically get that the kilogram unit of measure is one of mass and not of weight (which is a force measurement); a kilogram is still a kilogram in a weightless environment. The newton is the force measurement, and a kilo is 9.8 newtons on the surface of the earth.
1 posted on
03/28/2015 1:24:26 AM PDT by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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Reporters don’t typically get that the kilogram unit of measure is one of mass and not of weight ... They also manage to conflate speed (a scalar) and velocity (a vector), energy and power, and on and on....
I wish the scientists all the best luck in their quest for the unchanging kilo. An esoteric problem if ever there was one.
2 posted on
03/28/2015 1:33:06 AM PDT by
dayglored
(Listen, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is...sounding pretty good about now.)
To: Olog-hai
They tried a kilo of coke....but it lost weight even faster....
*rimshot*
3 posted on
03/28/2015 1:35:23 AM PDT by
Crim
(Palin / West '16)
To: Olog-hai
Using the metric system, one hundred kilograms should equal the largest unit of measurement we have, the Rosie O’Donnell. Just use that as the standard.
4 posted on
03/28/2015 1:38:16 AM PDT by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: Olog-hai
"Developing the perfectly round and flat sphere"?
I can see how that will be a difficult task!
5 posted on
03/28/2015 2:24:54 AM PDT by
SWAMPSNIPER
(The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
To: Olog-hai
Equator or one of the poles? Mountain or sea level?
11 posted on
03/28/2015 2:49:04 AM PDT by
monocle
To: Olog-hai
It’s been many years since school but I thought a gram was the weight of 1 cc of H2O at 72°F.
13 posted on
03/28/2015 3:23:31 AM PDT by
DocRock
(All they that TAKE the sword shall perish with the sword. Matthew 26:52 Gun grabbers beware.)
To: SunkenCiv
International Prototype Kilogram
Of possible interest to your list, ping.
17 posted on
03/28/2015 3:34:18 AM PDT by
NYer
(Without justice - what else is the State but a great band of robbers? - St. Augustine)
To: Olog-hai
I’ve often wondered that if the space inside atoms was expanding, how would we ever know, since everything would be expanding at the same rate.
19 posted on
03/28/2015 4:10:59 AM PDT by
P.O.E.
(Pray for America)
To: Olog-hai
It’s to early for physics.
29 posted on
03/28/2015 4:38:21 AM PDT by
maddog55
(America Rising a new Civil War needs to happen.)
To: Olog-hai
There is no absolute standard of measure. Every standard depends on some other. Pick something, and say it’s a kilo, and be done with it.
30 posted on
03/28/2015 5:17:25 AM PDT by
I want the USA back
(Media: completely irresponsible. Complicit in the destruction of this country.)
To: Olog-hai
34 posted on
03/28/2015 6:02:10 AM PDT by
babygene
To: Olog-hai
But why is the IPK losing weight?
35 posted on
03/28/2015 6:17:07 AM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Olog-hai
precious object is—very gradually—losing weight This isn't necessarily a bad thing; I've always wanted to weigh less.
By the way, how is the meter holding up? I've also always wanted to be taller.
36 posted on
03/28/2015 6:22:27 AM PDT by
MosesKnows
(Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
To: Olog-hai
That is true, but in usage it is a standard for weight and mass.
38 posted on
03/28/2015 6:25:37 AM PDT by
odawg
To: Olog-hai
39 posted on
03/28/2015 6:44:49 AM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: Olog-hai
The "Metric System" is one of the most destructive things that has ever happened to the United States.
It's not about "ease of measurement".
It's about power.
Do away with it here in the Unted States.
Refuse to accept it, and use ONLY SAE.
Then jobs might return to the United States.
42 posted on
03/28/2015 6:51:34 AM PDT by
Yosemitest
(It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
To: Olog-hai
Just go to London and use the official pound weight and multiply by .45. Then sell your platinum kilo stick on ebay.
48 posted on
03/28/2015 7:48:48 AM PDT by
azcap
(Who is John Galt ? www.conservativeshirts.com)
To: Olog-hai
The most efficient way to accomplish redefining the kilogram or any other scientific venture is to employ Common Core Math, it will do whatever you want it to do.
50 posted on
03/28/2015 7:54:05 AM PDT by
PoloSec
( Believe the Gospel: how that Christ died for our sins, was buried and rose again)
To: Olog-hai
This has been around a while. A kilo is a certain number of silicon atoms. I lost count after the first billion or so.
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