Hello, On Thu, 27 Jan 2011, James Knott wrote:
David Haller wrote:
How much do a couple dozen bytes weigh? Well, a byte is 8 bits or 4 x 2 bits = $1.00. So how much does a quarter weigh? ;-)
Ahhh, yes, nice way of conversion! You know, there are Dollar coins minted weighing 8.100 g (0.260 troy oz). I'll use Quarters (5.670g / 0.1823 troy oz) though (both weights from en.wikipedia.org). So at current rates for gold[1]: 1 Byte = 8 Bits = 4 Quarters ~= 0.73 troy oz in gold ~= 954 US$ dcr, that could get expensive for you ("couple dozen" >= ~22 kUSD), even using dollar coins would be ~340 USD/Byte ;P -dn'*SCNR*'h, having calculated his weight to be about 3.6e+37 eV (or 3.6e+13 YeV), according to E=mc² :) Inconvenient, that 'units' doesn't do the kg <=> J conversion. I've noted the way of the conversion though. I suggest EOT/fup2poster ;) [1] I updated units.dat with todays rate from xe.com, and then used 'units "0.7292 goldounces"' for the conversion. The "shipped" rate of the units.dat in oS 11.2 of ~728 USD/troy oz seemed a bit way off the current rate. So I'm still On-Topic :) -- [..] alas, reminded me of the old definition of mixed emotions: "Watching your mother-in-law drive off a cliff in your new truck." -- Kevin Martin -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org