tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Dec 09 07:57:13 1998
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Re: Decimal numbers on the BoP poster (KBP)
- From: "William H. Martin" <[email protected]>
- Subject: Re: Decimal numbers on the BoP poster (KBP)
- Date: Wed, 9 Dec 1998 10:57:09 -0500 (Eastern Standard Time)
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On Tue, 8 Dec 1998 22:17:20 -0800 (PST) TPO <[email protected]>
wrote:
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> (from another, related post)
> >wejvatlh SochmaH vagh SaD cheb'a'mey ngI' Duj
> >Mass: 8.7 KT
Yuck! So, what is a KT? I would have thought it was a Kiloton,
or 1,000 tons. Meanwhile, if I use a 2000 lb ton (short ton), I
get 389,686.73889309 cheb'a' (with a 2.25 kg cheb) or 386,666
and 2/3 cheb'a' (with a 5 lb cheb). Both of these numbers are
too high. If I use a long ton (2,240 lb), I get even bigger
numbers (over 400,000).
I just found a converter for Metric Tons and find that they are
bigger than short tons, but smaller than long tons, so that
doesn't help EITHER.
So, I tried ANOTHER approach. With Excel, I churned on the idea
that 8.7 KT=375,000 cheb'a' and one cheb'a' = 9 cheb. It says
there are 2.5777777778 kg per cheb, which is a bit higher than
the approximately 2.25 Okrand told us it would be.
Also, why didn't Okrand say it as {wejbIp Sochnetlh vaghSaD}?
Either he forgot, or Klingons definitely express their numbers
different ways at different times.
> cheb'a' ?
> We have 1 cheb about 2.25 kg
> I wasn't able to find a clean connection between cheb and cheb'a' using
> these numbers. 1 cheb'a' is about 10 cheb.
> For us (in the USA) 1 ton is a nice even 2000 lbs.
> (But it is late. Maybe I'll try tomorrow)
>
>
> DloraH
charghwI' 'utlh