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NIST Wants An Electronic Kilogram

Posted by Hemos on from the standards-are-gud dept.

Dearing writes "According to the Global Engineering Journal, NIST, those not-so-standard standards people, want to give up the hunk of metal they've been calling a kilogram, even though it never weighs the same twice. In it's place, an electronic kilogram could act as the permanent standard."

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  1. Free Slobo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Free Slobodan Milosevic!

    1. Re:Free Slobo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      I'll donate the bullet or rope, or whichever method of death you choose for that sack of shit.

    2. Re:Free Slobo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      What a deal! I'll take two!

      On second thought, that's not such a great deal, I think I'll pass on it.

    3. Re:Free Slobo! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
      You can't deny he's been unfairly kidnapped to the "international" (=US) court.


      As much as I'd like to see the guy hanged, I don't want to make him a martyr either.

  2. whos paying by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I hope my tax dollars go to pay for this insted of something usefull.

  3. FIRST COMMENT! by jonnydigital · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    W00t!

    Okay, I'm done now.

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  4. FP~ by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP

    Eat it

    I like banans

    Computers are really fun.

  5. E-Kilo ! Well, after e-commerce, another fancy 8) by da5idnetlimit.com · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    This is sufficient for a 5yh post 8)

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  6. Problem with foreign scientists by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    That's actually a major problem with foreign scientists. They don't know how to write correct US English and consequently hinder the progress of science. I've lost the count of the times I've been unable to understand what a foreign research group is trying to say with their paper. Japanese and Italian scientists seem to be the worst.

  7. Re:Rephrase the question by Aaaaaargh! · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    I find the idea "electrical reference measure" a fascinating idea; I just hope the gov't is not wasting millions of dollars trying to implement it.

    Well, under our current administration, practically any research not directly related to making Dick & George and their corporate masters richer, is considered waste. Anything that threatens their interests are downright garbage: alternative energy (fusion, solar, etc...), Kyoto Protocol, Nuclear & Coal Energy accountability (Let's limit lawsuits on the next Three Mile Island incident and continue to grandfather filthy old coal plants), and, Treaties. Treaties? Treaties?!? We don't need no steenking Treaties!

    Is it necessary science? Probably not, but it is interesting!

    Disclaimer: Links provided may contain logic not suitable for cogent reasoning.

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