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- From: msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader)
- Subject: Re: mean failure time vs power-to-weight ratio (was: Re: Sig file)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.100745.14784@sq.sq.com>
- Organization: SoftQuad Inc., Toronto, Canada
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 10:07:45 GMT
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- > > > Right -- higher power-to-weight decreases mean time to failure.
- > > Oh dear; does this mean that we should start to worry about the sun?
- > Good point -- what's the power-to-mass ratio of the sun, anyway?
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- 4e26 W / 2e30 kg = .0002 W/kg. That should be good for a while or two.
- ("Oh, thank God, I thought you said five *million* years!")
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