Announcing Ωη;)XD
Bernhard Schmalhofer
Bernhard.Schmalhofer at gmx.de
Mon Feb 7 08:43:18 UTC 2011
Am 07.02.2011 01:41, schrieb George Magklaras:
> On 02/07/2011 01:30 AM, Jonathan Leto wrote:
>> Howdy,
>>
>>> Thanks , but Ω is pronounced 'omaega', not 'ohm'... You cant
>>> pronounce some
>>> greek letters properly (like η) and not others :-) ... The rest is
>>> perfect!
>> Well, I believe the Ω is the SI unit for resistance, Ohm, while η is
>> the Greek letter, of course ;)
>>
>> Duke
>>
> Who said that the physicists are right (?), they have just shortened
> it cause they are lazy...
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omega
Actually the SI-Unit Ohm is not short for Omega, but is named after the
Physicist Georg Ohm, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Ohm.
Regards,
Bernhard
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