Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!mintaka!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!ubc-cs!alberta!mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA!David_Halliwell From: userDHAL@mts.ucs.UAlberta.CA (David Halliwell) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Toshiba 1000SE/Megahertz modem power Message-ID: Date: 7 Jan 91 22:03:04 GMT References: <61850@bbn.BBN.COM> Organization: MTS Univ of Alberta Lines: 15 In article , faigin@aerospace.aero.org (Daniel P. Faigin) writes: > >1. There are two types of batteries: one is rated at 1700 mAh, the other at > 2000 mAh (I'm not sure which one I have). Estimated lifetime on these > . I know it's the manufacturer and not Daniel, but I can't resist making a comment about battery capacities. Why is it that we see numbers like two *thousand* *milli*Ah, instead of two Ah? Perhaps a case of overzealous marketing departments, where 2000 makes much better press than 2? I can see the point where we replace 0.002 with 2, but turning 2 into 2000??? Dave Halliwell Any similarity to opinions held by any employers, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.