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Re: WSJ: Big tech firms seeking power


From: Chris Adams <cmadams () hiwaay net>
Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:43:22 -0500


Once upon a time, Alex Rubenstein <alex () nac net> said:
There is a direct correlation between watts and btu's, and that is:

      watts * 3.413 = btu

No, that's wrong.

$ units
2438 units, 71 prefixes, 32 nonlinear units

You have: watt
You want: btu
conformability error
        1 kg m^2 / s^3
        1055.0559 kg m^2 / s^2
You have: watt hour
You want: btu
        * 3.4121416
        / 0.29307107

-- 
Chris Adams <cmadams () hiwaay net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
I don't speak for anybody but myself - that's enough trouble.


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