[1000Mhz]

I posted that while the other one was being posted so I did not see that correction.

However, it is appropriate to talk in terms of megatons, not thousands of kilitons.

If you win the 10 million dollar lotttery, are you going to scream "I won ten thousand thousand dollars!"

I didn't think so.

[onedoug]

A megaire.

[CatOwner]

Yeah, except most people in this country can't relate a kiloton to a megaton. Most are too deficient in mathematics to understand kilo- and mega- anything. Having all of the pictures specified as kilotons does make it easier to understand the relative amounts. I say we start with 1 megaton bombs and go from there! ;)

[onedoug]

...or 1Ghz?

[Economist_MA]

Given your screenname, you gotta be kidding.

[Arthur McGowan]

You know what a millihelen is, don't you?

The amount of beauty sufficient to launch one ship.

[Cachelot]

However, it is appropriate to talk in terms of megatons, not thousands of kilitons.

Ummm.. May I be the first to tell you that your nick is not in order, Gigahertz? Straighten out, man ;).