Found this on the Wall Street Journal. Thought many would find it interesting.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704062604576106094010476886.html?KEYWORDS=kilo+losing+weight (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704062604576106094010476886.html?KEYWORDS=kilo+losing+weight)
Platinum spot price is over $1800, I' suprised there's any left.
I wish I was losing weight...
If I remember correctly. The Mass Standard and 6 references are loosing weight after washing but gaining weight after sitting.
Scheduled this year, 2011, the Kilo, Ampere, Kelvin and Mole are suppose to be redefined.
I wouldn't count on a redefinition of the Kelvin this year.
This has been an issue for some time now.
Topics regarding this (>3 yrs old...)
Official prototype of kilogram mysteriously losing weight (http://www.pmelforum.com/index.php?topic=842.0)
Possible Kilogram standard the roundest object in the world?
(http://www.pmelforum.com/index.php?topic=1076.0)
global warming?
:-) :-) Don't anyone get me started on this so called "global warming."
poetry slam, Al Gore style.
One thin September soon
A floating continent disappears
In midnight sun
Vapors rise as
Fever settles on an acid sea
Neptune's bones dissolve
Snow glides from the mountain
Ice fathers floods for a season
A hard rain comes quickly
Then dirt is parched
Kindling is placed in the forest
For the lightning's celebration
Unknown creatures
Take their leave, unmourned
Horsemen ready their stirrups
Passion seeks heroes and friends
The bell of the city
On the hill is rung
The shepherd cries
The hour of choosing has arrived
Here are your tools
I wish I'd hung on to the type R wire I had a number of years ago. I sold them a few years back when I needed some supplemental income. The amazing thing about the noble metal thermocouple material is the price per ounce for Rhodium. I haven't checked it in a while, but it was pretty darn high (compared with Platinum).