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  1. Re:Units? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Next-Gen Nuclear Power Plant Breaks Ground In China

    "Jigawatts! Doc, What the Hell is a Jigawatt?"

    http://www.deloreanmotorcar.com/ec/jigawatts.htm

  2. Re:2 MEGAwatts?!?! by Aqualung812 · · Score: 1 · on Generator Delays May Slow Data Center Projects

    Why park a "small" 2 Megawatt locomotive there when you could park a 1985 Delorean there and get 1.21 Gigawatts!

  3. Re:So you're telling me... by Mr.+Slippery · · Score: 1 · on Mobile Phones and Lightning a Lethal Mix
    I've seen the film, and he definitely refers to Jigawatts, not Gigawatts...

    "Jigawatts" is actually the preferred pronunciation of "gigawatts".

  4. Re:Let's do the vapourware boogie by Ginger+Unicorn · · Score: 1 · on Microsoft To Construct iPod/DS/PSP Killer
    yeah but google's calculator thingy doesnt recognize "jigawatts". and besides gigawatts is pronounced with a soft G.

    http://www.deloreanmotorcar.com/ec/jigawatts.htm

  5. Re:4 gigawatts? by adnausium · · Score: 1 · on HAARP Amping It Up

    Since there was already too many 1.21 jigawatts jokes....i thought I'd post this little nugget: http://www.deloreanmotorcar.com/ec/jigawatts.htm

  6. Re:Power by rpdillon · · Score: 1 · on 6.8GHz 1TB RAM and 2TB HDD Laptop?
    Yes well, while it may seem logically that Wikipedia is filled with inaccurate information, it doesn't actually bear out in truth. While it may not be hard to "make stuff like that up", you can do research elsewhere and check the information.

    This is an age old Slashdot debate, but I have found through several hundred hours of browsing topics I know very well that Wikipedia very rarely has an error that lasts for any significant time. Too many people check the "recent changes" for significant errors to go unnoticed.

    If you care to do further research, you'll find that sites like Merriam Webster also list the perferred pronunciation of Giga- to be with a soft g.

  7. Re:I want my Mr. Fusion! by APDent · · Score: 1 · on Creating Hydrogen With (Very) Hot Water

    Although almost no-one does so, the first "g" in "giga" should actually be pronounced soft, like "j". Of course, hard "g" is also an accepted pronunciation. Here is a link that talks about it. Wikipedia lists it as a "disputed pronunciation", and claims that the prefix was originally chosen "because 10^9 can be described as a 'gigantic' number".