Ways in which geeks measure the world. An “emmett” – as in Dr Emmett Brown from Back to the Future – is a measure of exactly 1.21 gigawatts of power.
Emmett (power) : 1 emmet = 1.21 gigawatts, or the amount of power required to operated the flux capacitor in a modified DeLorean DMC-12. GeekDad [...]
1.21 gigawatts of fame? How are we meant to find power like that?
Posted by John Lampard on Monday, 30 November, 2009 to the trends subset
