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Re: Tags

Buchholz, Steven wrote:
> > .... and my favorite is on a red third generation Rx-7 in Annapolis which
> > reads... "dvdt".    The derivative of velocity with respect to time or...
> > acceleration.
> >
> ... I think that was Frank's intention as well ... BTW Frank, I checked DMV
> and that plate is still available!

The proper "d2xdt2" or d^2x/dt^2, is not available in CA, nor is dxdt or
dvdt. But d3xdt3 (derivative of acceleration) _is_ available. Probably
not appropriate for a turbo car, though--and the people who actually
understood it as the third derivative might also know it's other name:
jerk.

- Wallace
  '87 5kcstq 150k, standard issue plate