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WCDT: 2593-2597 (09-13 December 2013) Weekly Comics Discussion Thread
Method of Madness:
I can say from experience that it isn't much better, but the distinction is still important.
snubnose:
--- Quote from: cesium133 on 10 Dec 2013, 11:13 ---So you're saying nerds are fermions, and that multiple nerds cannot be in the same state of nerdiness. Eh, sure, why not? Does put a damper on any plans to create a Bose-Einstein nerdensate, though.
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Okay, time to read up on particle physics again.
In the meantime, my physics nerdiness just got a -1 skill hit. :-(
ZoeB:
--- Quote from: draiden on 10 Dec 2013, 14:24 ---
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Dec 2013, 22:29 ---My favorite funny unit of measure is the "millihelen", an amount of beauty sufficient to launch one ship.
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A Janet is less than a millihelen. A janet is an account of beauty to launch a few canoes.
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Given a byzantine dromon bireme was 25 tons dwt, a plausible estimate of the average displacement of a mycenean ship is about 20 tons.
1 helen is therefore sufficient beauty to launch 20,000 tons of ship.
1 millihelen would launch 20 tons of ship, a decent sized yacht.
1 microhellen would launch a 20kg inflatable dinghy.
A janet is thus about 5 microhellens, enough for a couple of 40kg canoes.
A picohelen would launch a 20g small rubber duck, or half a dozen boats made of 115 gsm paper.
Method of Madness:
Who is Janet and why is she only 5 microhelens? Also wouldn't a nanohelen be required for that 20g rubber duck? A picohelen would launch 20mg, or a grain of rice.
Sidhekin:
--- Quote from: ZoeB on 11 Dec 2013, 06:13 ---A [nanohelen] would launch a 20g small rubber duck, or half a dozen boats made of 115 gsm paper.
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... assuming A5 paper?
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