Re: late night thoughts: misunderstand what?

[Mike Taylor <mike@indexdata.com>]

Jura writes:
 > > What is the reference for the 140-tonne thick legs?  I've seen
 > > this alluded to a few times on list, but never read anything
 > > about it elsewhere.  Hokannen (1986) concludes that "The limit is
 > > suggested to lie between 105 and 106 kg. A possibility for a
 > > still higher mass, in case of new adaptations, is not excluded."
 > 
 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 > 
 > I think there are a couple of zeroes missing from that
 > statement. That, or I'm reading it funny.

!!  :-)

That _is_ funny.  Very funny.

What's missing is not zeroes but exponentiation operators.  Let me try
again:

        Hokannen (1986) concludes that "The limit is suggested
        to lie between 10^5 and 10^6 kg [i.e. 100-1000
        tonnes].  A possibility for a still higher mass, in
        case of new adaptations, is not excluded."

Thanks for spotting that.

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