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Q.E.D I expect from the Urban Dictionary - first entry. In any case reminds me of JPL scientists failing a few years ago to convert correctly between metric and imperial measurements thereby losing a Mars probe.
They clearly meant the boiling point of pentane (C5H12). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentane which boils at 97F.Or perhaps they meant the boiling point of water at 1 psi of pressure? (102F)http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/boiling-point-water-d_926.html
Oops. I meant to write "res ipsa loquitur", not QED. Fixed.
Every time I see something from Forbes Magazine, I think of this article from The Onion.
Q.E.D I expect from the Urban Dictionary - first entry. In any case reminds me of JPL scientists failing a few years ago to convert correctly between metric and imperial measurements thereby losing a Mars probe.
ReplyDeleteThey clearly meant the boiling point of pentane (C5H12). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentane
ReplyDeletewhich boils at 97F.
Or perhaps they meant the boiling point of water at 1 psi of pressure? (102F)
http://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/boiling-point-water-d_926.html
Oops. I meant to write "res ipsa loquitur", not QED. Fixed.
ReplyDeleteEvery time I see something from Forbes Magazine, I think of this article from The Onion.
ReplyDelete