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Re: Higher math (was Re: time)



Voragh:
: > 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?

muHwI':
: 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)

'ach tlhIngan toQDuj wa'DIch lu'oghta' romuluSnganpu' net Sov!  


-- 
Voragh                       
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons



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