eric.jacobsen@ieee.org wrote:
On Fri, 12 May 2017 13:56:50 -0500, Tim Wescott
<tim@seemywebsite.really> wrote:
On Fri, 12 May 2017 11:09:26 -0400, Randy Yates wrote:
Tim Wescott <seemywebsite@myfooter.really> writes:
[...]
I think that itty bitty brushed motors will be around for a while, at
least until people figure out how to make itty bitty controllers that
are cheaper than itty bitty brushes and commutators.
Too funny! Tim, was the term "itty bitty" used in your graduate
textbooks?
No. But it should have been.
I couple of decades ago I realized, thanks to a colleague with a PhD,
that "bazzilion", "ginormous", "teeny", etc., are all valid technical
terms (meaning, in order, roughly, and in most contexcts, "so many that
it's not cost effective to enumerate", "so big that it's not cost
effective to consider the size", and "so small that it's not cost
effective to consider the size").
There are measurement units that are commonly used to convey similar
meaning, .e.g., "buttloads", "shit-ton", etc. I've accepted these,
and many other, as legitimate technical terms or units of measurement
for a long time. They seem to be nearly universally accepted, so it
has been neither problematic nor controversial in my experience.
Remember Mars Climate Orbiter and the Gimli Glider. You have to specify
if it's a metric buttload or an avordupois buttload.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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Dr Philip C D Hobbs
Principal Consultant
ElectroOptical Innovations LLC / Hobbs ElectroOptics
Optics, Electro-optics, Photonics, Analog Electronics
Briarcliff Manor NY 10510
http://electrooptical.net
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