And not just the kilo. The ampere, the kelvin, and the mole have all been redefined as well.
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Is this why “it has been a minute since I saw you” now means something different than when I was a kid ?
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Self-definition, I can dig it.
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I hate it when the alchemical cogniscenti undermine everything I hold dear. Now, when someone says, “wait a minute” - just exactly how long is that gonna take?
“Yo dawg, I heard you liked bell jars.”
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I’d ask how much the weight has changed by, but what units would we measure that in? It weighed a kg before and it weighs a kg now.
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Not if you answer with a proportion.
You know, I’ve always wondered why it is pronounced hogs-head rather than hog-shed. Because 64 gallons is much more like the volume of a small shed for a pig than the volume of his head.
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Not quite.
This is a 55 gallon drum.
It’s reviewed here:
I’m a risk analyst for a major insurance firm, so when my wife and I were planning a birthday party for our seven-year-old, Crispin, my mind naturally turned to liabilities. We’d settled on the theme of a “backyard carnival”, complete with a swing set, a trampoline, merry-go-round, and a giant Slip `n Slide. So I carefully inspected the equipment for safety. It all seemed sound.
We have a home on a bluff overlooking the ocean. As it happened, on the day of the party our neighbors were trimming their fichus trees. We heard the sound of their wood chipper buzzing occasionally from the other side of our tall hedge. It was a little irritating, but not disruptive.
The party started off wonderfully. A clown we’d hired made balloon animals, Crispin eagerly opened his presents, and all the children enjoyed cake and fruit punch. The weather was mild, the skies clear. It seemed a perfect day.
Then we brought out the Slip ‘n’ Slide.
The problem with water slides is what we in the trade call “distributed water deficiency zones”, or in layman’s terms, dry spots. If a child hits one of these, it can put the brakes on the fun, and send them sliding down a path of medical claims–contusions, concussions, lacerations, abrasions, whiplash, back rash, and disc impaction. And that’s just for starters. From there, it’s a slippery slope toward major litigation.
To avoid even the remote possibility of such injuries, I invested in this 55 gallon drum of water soluble personal lubricant–the idea being that the children could enjoy the slide in complete safety, then wash off in the hose before their parents came to retrieve them. With that in mind, I dipped each child into the vat before allowing them to cue up for the slide. (continues at link)
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I always wondered what Les Nessman did after WKRP.
It looks like he went into character acting in the dubious internet anecdotes business.
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…Kripke scholars to the front!!!
The weight of a kilo and the “length” of a second have not changed, and will never change. What has changed is that we use to pick out the reference of “meter” and “second”.
To see this, consider the meter bar in Paris, as Kripke does in “Naming and Necessity”. If you heat up the meter bar and it expands, that does not mean that the length of a meter has changed. Similarly, changing the clock used to a more accurate one, does not change the “length” of a second.
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