tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 03 12:29:41 1999
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Re: Higher math (was Re: time)
Steven Boozer schrieb:
> This is literally "The ship weighs 375,000 {cheb'a'mey}" -- "375 {SaD}",
[...]
> Speaking of which... is Okrand's math right? One {cheb} = ca. 2.25 kg/5
> lbs, and according to charghwI's interview with Okrand one {cheb'a'} = 9
> {chebmey}. So the BoP weighs ca. 7,593,750 kg. Where did the 8.7 KT
> figure come from? Is a kiloton one million tons?
1 kiloton = 1,000 tons = 1,000 x 1,000 kg = 1,000,000 kg
About the difference 8.7/7.5:
- We don't know how much a cheb really is
- this ship cannot weigh *exactly* 375,000 cheb'a'mey
(although Klingons are sometimes inaccurate, they are never approximate)
muHwI'