Talk:Cochrane (unit)

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Is the figure for teracochrane correct? I thought that the prefix tera- meant one trillion (1,000,000,000,000). Isn't one quadrillion equal to 1,000,000,000,000,000?--Scimitar 21:14, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

So it seems. Actually I was thinking 20 quadrillion cochranes regarding the voyager reference.--Gvsualan 21:37, 24 Jun 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Symbol for the cochrane unit of measurement

Do we know for a fact that the symbol for the cochrane is a small c? If so, it would conflict with that of the speed of light constant. Also, symbols for units of measurements named after people are traditionally capital letters. Was the symbol ever shown on screen, or even in a reference book somewhere? -- Renegade54 11:22, 1 May 2007 (UTC)

My theory is that someone must have read the STTNGTM section on cochranes, and just misinterpreted the idea that if warp field cochranes approximately equal the times a craft moves of the speed of light, abbreviated as c, to mean that cochranes are then also abbreviated as c. I removed the statement. If someone finds an actual reference, please put it back. --Pseudohuman 17:08, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

My somewhat educated (and perhaps painfully obvious) guess is that it is a misinterpretation of 'c', the symbol for the speed of light. --Alan 17:24, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

The graphic seen in "Inside Man" features the text "verteron energy: 408 mC". --Jörg 17:34, 19 July 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Remember Me?

One cochrane is equal to the force required to establish a field for warp 1. Does anyone know how this was established in the "Remember Me"? --Pseudohuman 12:24, 18 July 2008 (UTC)