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Article #956Re: mean failure time vs power-to-weight ratio (was: Re: Sig file)
From: Mark Brader
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 10:07
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 10:07
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> > > Right -- higher power-to-weight decreases mean time to failure.
> > Oh dear; does this mean that we should start to worry about the sun?
> Good point -- what's the power-to-mass ratio of the sun, anyway?
4e26 W / 2e30 kg = .0002 W/kg. That should be good for a while or two.
("Oh, thank God, I thought you said five *million* years!")
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Mark Brader, SoftQuad Inc., Toronto "As long as that blue light is on, the
utzoo!sq!msb, msb@sq.com computer is safe." -- Hot Millions
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Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!uunet.ca!wildcan!sq!msb From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader) Subject: Re: mean failure time vs power-to-weight ratio (was: Re: Sig file) Message-ID: <1992Dec22.100745.14784@sq.sq.com> Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada References: <1gtj8aINN1s5@news.aero.org> <pete.724946089@extro.ucc.su.OZ.AU> <1h4vroINNeeb@news.aero.org> Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 10:07:45 GMT Lines: 11