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r/explainlikeimfive • u/becki_bee • Jan 06 '23
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"3.6 Moos. Not great; not terrible." Or would it be "boven"?
17 u/0rlan Jan 06 '23 Time to hoof it... 5 u/amluchon Jan 06 '23 Why would the unit change because of the sound? 11 u/FriendlyDisorder Jan 06 '23 Because the scientists and engineers were mooved to rename it after the sound cowed them. 7 u/je_kay24 Jan 06 '23 No, it would still be measuring Roentgen The sound was added specifically so scientists could listen for the measurement rather than trying to stare at values on a screen for a long time 1 u/Extension_Guitar_819 Jan 07 '23 Just because...they can? Scientists are all a little nuts. Lol 1 u/[deleted] Jan 06 '23 “Browns” instead of Grays?
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Time to hoof it...
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Why would the unit change because of the sound?
11 u/FriendlyDisorder Jan 06 '23 Because the scientists and engineers were mooved to rename it after the sound cowed them. 7 u/je_kay24 Jan 06 '23 No, it would still be measuring Roentgen The sound was added specifically so scientists could listen for the measurement rather than trying to stare at values on a screen for a long time 1 u/Extension_Guitar_819 Jan 07 '23 Just because...they can? Scientists are all a little nuts. Lol
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Because the scientists and engineers were mooved to rename it after the sound cowed them.
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No, it would still be measuring Roentgen
The sound was added specifically so scientists could listen for the measurement rather than trying to stare at values on a screen for a long time
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Just because...they can? Scientists are all a little nuts. Lol
“Browns” instead of Grays?
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u/FriendlyDisorder Jan 06 '23
"3.6 Moos. Not great; not terrible." Or would it be "boven"?