A liter isn't SI. How about that!
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Wayne Lundberg wrote:
"Nick Mueller" wrote in message
...
Wayne Lundberg wrote:

but massaged from prior art in HP, inch, pound... the
so called Newton is a joke in the real world. Try as I might, I can't
visualize applying a force to a one kilogram bowling ball to accelerate
it
to a speed of one meter per second par second. But I can see a horse
lift
550 lbs one ft. in one second. No problem there. I know I can do a 1/20
HP
for a second or two. Easy to see. Impossible to visualize that rolling
kilogram bowling ball... on what surface?
Man oh man! With your knowledge, it would be better for you to work as a
lumber jack!
Newton is force (lbf), not torque, torque is Nm (lbf x ft). Speed is
not "one meter per second par second" it's m/s (ft/s), ms^-2 is
acceleration(ft/s^2). HP is called kW in SI (and needs a factor to convert
to; about 0.745*) for HP). HP is not lbs x ft / s, but lbf x ft / s. Note
the difference?
And if you are so lame that you can make only 1/20 HP for a second or two,
you'd better not leave the bed.

*) But that would be too easy to multiply voltage by amperage to get the
input wattage of the motor. And maybe multiply it by its efficency. You
prefer converting it to HP first. *Much* easier. LOL!

And someone like you -who doesn't understand his own system- thinks he is
in
the intellectual position to say that SI is ****?


Nick
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Never said it was ****. I just ask the question why a world leader in
technology would even think of spending the fortunes in converting all their
experience into a system that is just another system. Good or bad.

Tell me how many times you can lift a 55 lb anvil one foot in one second and
then tell me to stay in bed. That's only a tenth of a HP...

And I agree that my brain is becoming mush and that is why I seek
enlightenment through your wisdom and others in the newsgroup. I'm humble
enough to recognize the need. Thanks for sharing your insight, I do
appreciate reading your notes, albeit a bit arrogant.

Wayne



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