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[Al Potter]

> On Thu, Feb 14, 2002 at 11:31:50PM -0500, Eric Webb wrote:
> > 
> > BTW, how does one define "metric decibuttload"..?   :)
> 
> Why, that would be one tenth of a standard unprefixed metric buttload.
> 
> "What's that in imperial buttloads?"

>From the lessons I was required to memorize as a pledge, following standard practice, a metric buttload is ~10% more than your standard, or imperial buttload.  A fsckload is 10x a buttload, in case you were wondering.

All of these weights and measurements are, IIRC, derived from the RCH, the smallest unit of measurement.  One cubic RCH of unobtanium has the equivalent mass of one bogon, and the rest build from there.

I will leave it as an exercise for the student to derive the meaning of the acronym "RCH."





AL