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And 42% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Now, why am I suspicious of that number - 42?
The idiot also known as Capfka ...
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And 42% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
Now, why am I suspicious of that number - 42?
Sorry, typo. It was rather brillig when I typed that, and I was distracted by trying to make my borogroves slightly less mimsy.
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Now, why am I suspicious of that number - 42?
Sorry, typo. It was rather brillig when I typed that, and I was distracted by trying to make my borogroves slightly less mimsy.
Then shouldn't the number have been, "one two one two" ?
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As you note, "minute" may be an elastic term. My father once remarked that the shortest possible interval of time was that between the point where the traffic light turns green and when the s.o.b. behind you blows his horn.
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Speaking of category errors, a minute is, of course, not a unit of length. A minute is sixty ohm-farads.
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My dictionary says a minute is:
1 the sixtieth part of any of certain units
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It is most certainly the sixtieth part of a 3.6 kilohm-farad. Perhaps we can define the DrBill (pronunced derble) as equaling 3.6 kilohm-farads.
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Perhaps we can define the DrBill (pronunced derble) as equaling 3.6 kilohm-farads.In that case, Faldage, may I have a DrBill of your time? 
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"a 3.6 kilohm-farad"
I used to know a bit of electronics, but have no recollection of this unit. I know what an ohm is, and what a farad is, but can't figure out what an kilohm-farad is.
And I think it improbable that even a few board members can.
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Since the unit "farad" is not the complete name of the scientist, is it truly an eponym? or a "de-tailed" word?
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Could it be a relative of faradiddle? Or a farant?
Or is someone zinging us with an alternate current?
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