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how about a flux capacitor? 1.21 gigawatts!
by jtoeman 13y ago
how about a flux capacitor? 1.21 gigawatts!
- samatman 13y agoI used to TA undergraduate science courses. I successfully convinced at least one generation of young minds that the SI prefix G is pronounced hard, except for power, where it is pronounced soft like J. I blamed the French for this historical oddity. They bought it.
- freehunter 13y agoGiga actually has an acceptable pronunciation with a soft g. The American National Bureau of Standards actually has this pronunciation formalized.
- finnh 13y agogigga what? gigga who? Switcha flow, getcha dough EDIT: apparently downvoters don't like Jay-Z.
- geuis 13y agoYou're being downvoted because your comment is inane, off topic, and adds nothing of value to the conversation. Even the grandparent quotation from Back to the Future suffers from the same problem and is being downvoted.
- jtoeman 13y agomessage clear - hacker news: NOT the place for idle joking
- leephillips 13y agoYou used your powers for evil.
- NickM 13y agoWith the right voltages, you can get 1.21 gigawatts out of a capacitor no problem! Just not for very long ;-)