From: mneideng@thidwick.acs.calpoly.edu (Mark Neidengard)
Subject: Re: What is Zero dB????
Article-I.D.: zeus.1993Apr06.232039.106816
Organization: Academic Computing Services, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
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>>: The Ohmite company was the first to characterize resistances by numbers, thus
>: our use of the Ohms...
>
>I don't know about this one, but it doesn't sound right.

DAMN RIGHT it doesn't!  Ohm's come from the greek letter omega, which
is used for resistance/impedance.

Of course, the original poster MAY have been being facetious (let's hope
so).

Mark Neidengard
mneideng@cosmos.acs.calpoly.edu
