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Posted by Tinros (Member # 8328) on :

This originated in my physics class, and I was curious to see what Hatrack could come up with.

The goal is this: create your own unit. Name it anything you wish. It doesn't even have to have any real purpose, just be ridiculously complicated and hard to learn. ANd then we make the physics students learn it anyway. [Evil Laugh]

Example: we came up with "the Korzan," in honor of our physics teacher. It reads: km(kg/s)JN. We have no idea what it does. But we'll make those kids learn it anyway, gosh darn it.

So have at it. This could be interesting...

Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :

Even better, define your own dimensionless number, like Reynolds. [Razz]

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

The Doofus is a variable for the varying number of senseless thoughts a person has at the same time. Lets see you figure out what your Doofus is!

Edit: You can figure out how to figure it out. I'm too lazy and not advanced enough in math or science to care.

Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :

n=(2pir)/z^2c, where r is the radius of the pinhead, z is the width of an angel (in angel dimension), c is the speed of light (in meters/second), and n, of course, is the number of angels that can do the hora on the head of a pin, at standard temperature and pressure and gravity.

Posted by ssywak (Member # 807) on :

Unit of mass: the "Sling"

It's like the Slug, but using inches/s^2 instead of ft/sec^2

Sorry for giving a real answer; I know that wasn't the intent...

Posted by Friday (Member # 8998) on :

R= Slings per Doofus

R is often used to aproximate one's likelyhood of being struck in the head by a stone projectile.

Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :

I like the new guy's answer! [ROFL]

Posted by enochville (Member # 8815) on :

"Spiritology" - The study of the physical properties of Spirit matter. Early experiments include encapsulating a living organism into a sealed glass container and measuring the loss of mass as the organism dies [Note: all respiration and water vapor stays in the container]. More advanced experiments involve two concentric sealed containers to calculate the velocity of a departing spirit my dividing the distance between the perimeter of the cocentric containers by the time between the drop in mass in the two cocentric containers.

This field rests on the assumption that there is no such thing as immaterial matter and that spirit is matter that is typically invisible to the naked eye.

Posted by smitty (Member # 8855) on :

The smitty - it's measured by beers per hour of hammock lazing. THAT, my friends, is the mark of a true scientist.

Seriously, I have a good physicist/engineer who desperately wants a unit named after him.

Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :

I already did this once, but it wasn't on hatrack, so:

quote:
I also propose "Monkeypower" as the official unit of measurement for creative energy, somewhat akin to horsepower. If you are operating at One Monkeypower you have the same net creative output as a single monkey banging on a single typewriter (for however long you remain at that Monkeypower level). The corresponding unit of creative work, such as you'd use to measure the total amount of creative effort used in finishing a given artistic project, is the Monkeypowerhour. Examples: "I was running at several billion monkeypower when I got the idea for the monkeypower unit of measurement." or "That movie only took about three monkeypowerhours, and they weren't very good monkeys."

--Enigmatic
(likes monkeys)

Posted by rCX (Member # 8503) on :

1 Bob = K/J/atm/L/s

One Bob equals the temperature rise per joule of heat given off per change in presure per liter of gas per second.

Posted by larisse (Member # 2221) on :

I thought a Bob would be more on the line of Bob=number of posts*quality of posts/(t2-t1) where (t2-t1) is the difference in time between any given posts in a day. A Tante=[number of posts*quality of posts/(t2-t1)]/(t2+t1).

A Bob would be used to measure the overall Hatrack post quotient of any given member. A Tante is the acceleration of that quotient.

(We will assume that quality of posts has given a quantatative value or values.)

Did any of you buy that? Yeah.... neither did I.

Posted by King of Men (Member # 6684) on :

The KoM - offensive antireligious posts per day.

Posted by JennaDean (Member # 8816) on :

I sure hope we never have to measure anyone ELSE by KoM's. [Razz]