1 posted on
08/20/2009 8:21:49 AM PDT by
BGHater
To: BGHater
Originally the meter was equal to the length of a piece of metal kept alongside the kilogram, but in 1983 it was redefined as the distance light travels in a vacuum over 299,792,458ths of a second.Now define a second.
2 posted on
08/20/2009 8:24:34 AM PDT by
dirtboy
To: BGHater
In 1889, the copies and the kilogram weighed the same, but by 1989, they had drifted apart. Based on the data, the kilogram appears to weigh slightly less than the copies.Then use the copies.
3 posted on
08/20/2009 8:27:40 AM PDT by
frogjerk
(Obama Administration: Security thru Absurdity)
To: BGHater
I like how they pretend that if the cylinder went away suddenly the scale in my bathroom would be wrong. Some times scientists get a little to addicted to linear thinking. How do you fix the kilogram? How’d you guys decide that was a kilogram, that’s the real definition.
6 posted on
08/20/2009 8:31:07 AM PDT by
discostu
(Somehow mister reliable was not where he was supposed to be)
To: BGHater
Robinson admits that when he started working on watt balances in the 1970s, he thought it would take just five or six years to redefine the kilogram. Today, after decades of work, scientists believe they are still five or six years away from setting a new standard.Sure they are. It will be done when their full retirement is vested.
14 posted on
08/20/2009 8:37:10 AM PDT by
randog
(Tap into America!)
To: BGHater
Aw, f'Petessake! Why not just get it right this time and make it an even two pounds? And while yer at it, could we please make a kilogram 1024 grams and a kilometer 1024 meters? And what was wrong with the furlong, anyhows?
Dang iggorant Yoorpeens. Sheesh.
To: BGHater
This didn't happen back in the old days when we defined weights and lengths based on barleycorns and kings' feet.
29 posted on
08/20/2009 8:56:32 AM PDT by
KarlInOhio
("I can run wild for six months ...after that, I have no expectation of success" - Admiral Obama-moto)
To: BGHater
The Kilogram: A unit of measure designed by committee.
32 posted on
08/20/2009 8:59:46 AM PDT by
CodeToad
(If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
To: BGHater
This entire problem could be solved by scraping the metric system.
50 posted on
08/20/2009 11:20:12 AM PDT by
Phantom Lord
(Fall on to your knees for the Phantom Lord)
To: BGHater; AdmSmith; bvw; callisto; ckilmer; dandelion; ganeshpuri89; gobucks; KevinDavis; ...
53 posted on
08/20/2009 5:06:00 PM PDT by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)
To: BGHater
...and then there is the island nation of Taiwan.
In their ankle-biting efforts to prove they are "independent" they have their own kilo...and it weighs...600 grams.
Makes shopping 'interesting' until one discovers this irritating fact.
58 posted on
08/20/2009 8:19:04 PM PDT by
Tainan
(Cogito, ergo conservatus)
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