Re: Electric motorcycles aren't safe

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From: Timberwoof
Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 14:56

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In article <1189914447.301009.292550@o80g2000hse.googlegroups.com>,
 Gilchrist <black_anubis_scarecrow@yahoo.com> wrote:

> On Sep 15, 6:17 pm, Bruce Richmond <bsr3...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > On Sep 15, 7:47 pm, barb <xenub...@netscape.net> wrote:
> >
> > > Morrgaine wrote:
> > > > On Sep 15, 10:11?am, barb <xenub...@netscape.net> wrote:
> > > >> Gilchrist wrote:
> > > >>> What do we learn from this?
> > > >> That 'killacycle' is a great play on kilocycle?
> >
> > > > Not really. Killacycle is powered by batteries, which put out DC
> > > > current, not AC.
> > > > So there is no phase alternation to cycle at any frequency.
> >
> > > I still maintain that it's a pun gone horribly wrong. (not unlike that
> > > demo that left the inventor spreadeagled on the tarmac.)
> >
> > Like maybe derived from "kilowatt" which works for either AC or DC.
> 
> We should like it that along with each unit of measure we
> should have thresholds that tell us large and small
> quantities of these measures. For example, a mole is
> typically already a large amount as it is a quantifiable
> amount by the naked eye.
> 
> One watt is reportedly less than a jigawatt.

A jigawhat? 

Oh, a gigawatt. Yes, it is only several orders of magnitude less.  }: ) 
(Nine is several, yes? Or is it a few?)

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