("GeorgeB" wrote)
There is a guy (a lawyer, darnit) who has done some research in this;
I understand that he was involved in a complaint against the wild
numbers used in advertising ... take alook at
http://users.goldengate.net/~kbrady/motors.pdf for some interesting
info.


Very interesting. Good info. However, I must take exception with this
observation:

"Since most people find mathematics to be about as fascinating as watching a
guy making a weiner dog out of balloons, I'll keep the calculations simple."

I would like to go on record as being one person who loves watching balloons
get made into wiener dogs.


Paul-Mont