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Uncle Sparky

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Winnipeg
Jan 1970
time: 23:21

21-05-2005 22:39

Fed Ex to Oblivion

Tired of ads?

A research scientist friend of mine, who developed and patented an inert sleeve for holding cells, uses Fed Ex to ship his product to labs & universities around the world. He was reading over the form they had for shipping scientific equipment and sent me the following e-mail:

quote:
My company ships stuff by Fedex. For international shipments, you're asked to enter the units of each item you ship, which you select from a pull-down menu. Here are some of the units you have to choose from:

ozone depletion equivalent

square kilometer

centimeter per second

number of kilobits / megabits

gigabecquerel

gigawatt-hour

terajoule

one thousand sticks

I wonder what the items are that have these units, and where they're being shipped?

(For example, the energy released in the Hiroshima explosion was 54 terajoules. . . Maybe Fedex is gearing up the global trade in weapons of mass destruction? )

Anyone know what these other measurements are ? What would you ship by the "square kilometer" ? Has anyone checked O. bin Laden's Fed Ex account lately ? Maybe a large number of Fed Ex's left Iraq just before the US invaded.... Those packages should be tracked ....

Last edited by Uncle Sparky on 21-05-2005 at 22:53

Urban Ranger

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May 1999
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21-05-2005 22:43

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These are interesting units for sure.

Odin

Prince

Biology Nerd at Minnesota State University Moorhead
Sep 2000
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21-05-2005 22:45

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What the Hell?

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AUERSTADT
Jun 2002
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21-05-2005 23:35

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A square kilometer is 1 million square meters.
There are16 sheets of paper A4 (21 x 29.7cm) in a sheet of 1 square meter.
Therefore there are 16 millions sheets of paper A4 in a square kilometer. That represents 32000 reams of 500 sheets, which are packed in 128 loads of 250 reams, which are shipped in about 4 containers.

Urban Ranger

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The City State of Noosphere, CPA special envoy
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22-05-2005 09:22

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Interesting factoid, Davout.

pchang

King

Cupertino?
Aug 1999
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22-05-2005 09:43

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kilobits / megabits is a constant, not a unit of measurement.

Vince278

King

Dec 2002
time: 05:21

22-05-2005 09:45

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How do you ship a terajoule?

Odin

Prince

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Sep 2000
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22-05-2005 09:51

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quote:
Originally posted by Vince278
How do you ship a terajoule?

Batteries?

Straybow

Emperor

SG(2)… gone but not forgotten
Jan 1970
time: 23:21

22-05-2005 09:59

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A gigabecquerel would probably be enough fissionable material to make a bomb.

Odin

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Sep 2000
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22-05-2005 10:01

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quote:
Originally posted by Straybow
A gigabecquerel would probably be enough fissionable material to make a bomb.

Vince278

King

Dec 2002
time: 05:21

22-05-2005 11:07

#11

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Why use Fedex? It would be easier to deliver it on a missile.

Hueij

Emperor

Kokonino Kounty
May 1999
time: 06:21

22-05-2005 12:49

#12

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quote:
Originally posted by Vince278
Why use Fedex? It would be easier to deliver it on a missile.

Because FedEx has one of the coolest logo's ever?

DAVOUT

King

AUERSTADT
Jun 2002
time: 05:21

22-05-2005 13:27

#13

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quote:
Originally posted by Vince278
How do you ship a terajoule?

Easy. You send one Hiroshima bomb and ask in return a 53 terajoules bomb as change.

Vince278

King

Dec 2002
time: 05:21

22-05-2005 14:00

#14

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It would be cheaper to mail the bomb (postage due ) than to launch it with a missile.

Starchild

Emperor

a raving alcoholic drama queen with a penchant for the biosciences
Jan 1970
time: 00:21

22-05-2005 15:05

#15

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quote:
Originally posted by Vince278
Why use Fedex? It would be easier to deliver it on a missile.

Because I don't know about you, but I like my weapons of mass distruction to be clad in form fitting brown uniforms.

Vince278

King

Dec 2002
time: 05:21

22-05-2005 15:23

#16

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Revenge is a dish best served cold and I don't believe Fedex can deliver refrigerated products.

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