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D.Oliver

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Today's Question:



What is the maximum subscription length for a vendor catalog?


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Are we including leap years? If so why? If not why not? Using these parameters the Maximum length is slight longer than the minimum. Send my prize to Doug.
 

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The subscription length would be when you've received 1024 pages from the vendor.

Also, if including leap years, then leap seconds should be factored in also.

Bob
 

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1.68x10^-5 M/sec

...wait, that's chemistry. Nevermind!

I told you 6.02214Ă—10^23 times that it's physics, not chemistry!

Next, you'll try to con us into thinking –2.303 RT log Keq is how many fewer pens a log of equilibrated Koa makes if Reverse Turned.
 

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Capital M is molarity, which is a concentration unit defined as moles per liter. The unit M/sec is the rate of a chemical reaction; concentration over time. Yes, I am serious about the moles, and yes, I do have a chemistry test this week. The only problem is once I start thinking about logs and natural logs my mind drifts to woodturning!
 

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pffft. . . you modern kids and your shorter abbreviations. I remember way back in the day when they didn't give us capital "m". We had to write it out as mol/L/s, AND we had to time our reactions with a sun dial!

Where's my metamucil? Bring me my prune danish! And another thing .zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. . . .

<--Drawer of the worst benzene rings in history; they looked like amoebas.
 
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Joe S.

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, AND we had to time our reactions with a sun dial!
You pretty much could with the reactions we did in lab today, we got to see just how slow a normally speedy reaction takes when its in ice water...

By the way, this the first time I have ever seen/heard a "you kids in school these days" speech that did not mention a slide rule, congratulations and thank you!
 

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, AND we had to time our reactions with a sun dial!
You pretty much could with the reactions we did in lab today, we got to see just how slow a normally speedy reaction takes when its in ice water...

By the way, this the first time I have ever seen/heard a "you kids in school these days" speech that did not mention a slide rule, congratulations and thank you!

I not only still have my 1960's slide rules, I also still have my 1950's vintage Remington-Rand typewriter.
 

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Capital M is molarity, which is a concentration unit defined as moles per liter. The unit M/sec is the rate of a chemical reaction; concentration over time. Yes, I am serious about the moles, and yes, I do have a chemistry test this week. The only problem is once I start thinking about logs and natural logs my mind drifts to woodturning!

pffft. . . you modern kids and your shorter abbreviations. I remember way back in the day when they didn't give us capital "m". We had to write it out as mol/L/s, AND we had to time our reactions with a sun dial!

Where's my metamucil? Bring me my prune danish! And another thing .zzzzzzzzzzzzzz. . . .

<--Drawer of the worst benzene rings in history; they looked like amoebas.

You know I think a dermatologist could take of those moles for you guys. You should check into it.
 
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