Re: How heavy is a chip?

[Ned Fleming <ned () kaw us>]

On Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:14:43 +1200, Nick FitzGerald
<nick () virus-l demon co uk> wrote:

> Ned Fleming wrote:
>
> > When they allowed smoking on airplanes, a Boeing 747 would weigh 300
> > pounds more after a year of service than it did when it rolled out of
> > the factory.
>
> Is that 300lb more _more_ than one weighs now after a year's service, 
> or does that 300lb include all the accumulated dirt, dust (mostly 
> sloughed-off human skin cells), hair, etc, etc that missed being 
> vacuumed up by the cleaners in both eras?

I don't know. The article was in relation to smoking and accumulated
tar.

I'm fairly sure that 300 pounds doesn't include the weight of people
who stowaway in the wheel wells and die in transit.

-- 

Ned


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