http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/03/24/the-phone-book-myth/ The Unpredictable Union of Pragmatism, Idealism, and Cynicism Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:27:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/03/24/the-phone-book-myth/#comment-32420 Jesse Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:49:41 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/03/24/the-phone-book-myth/#comment-32420 Josh, I hope you realize that pounds are force. psi is pressure. kilograms are not force, but I think it's easier for people to understand what sort of stress the phonebooks could handle when you express in something they weigh their own bodies with. Josh, I hope you realize that pounds are force.
psi is pressure.
kilograms are not force, but I think it’s easier for people to understand what sort of stress the phonebooks could handle when you express in something they weigh their own bodies with.

]]> http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/03/24/the-phone-book-myth/#comment-23464 Josh Sat, 12 Apr 2008 21:11:10 +0000 http://www.flashpointblog.com/2008/03/24/the-phone-book-myth/#comment-23464 I'm sure they were using the term "Kilograms" as short hand for "kg/m" (or whatever the equivalent of psi is). In America we DO say "pounds of force" when we really mean psi or foot pounds. I’m sure they were using the term “Kilograms” as short hand for “kg/m” (or whatever the equivalent of psi is). In America we DO say “pounds of force” when we really mean psi or foot pounds.

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