On Tue, 31 Jul 2007 15:24:31 -0500, bud--
wrote:

jmagerl wrote:


One of the great pieces of scientific humor was the units for
conductance as mho, with a symbol of an upside down omega [ohms symbol].

It has been ruined. I believe conductance is now Siemens. Who the hell
ever heard of Siemens. I was depressed for weeks.

Are they still using the same units (name change only)?

One time I heard of a unit of closeness, called a retem.
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