Even the radical chic New Yorkers made fun of the metric system as a foot ball (as two words, to indicate how to measure length and ball like a bouncing ball). It's an exercise in radical chic, giving marginalized academics a frisson of pretend anti-colonialism, seasoned with a dose of edgy anti-Semitism.
RLD isn't filename extension, it is the abbreviated name of release group. RecLoad Definition. RLD file is a RecLoad Definition File for OSIsoft PI System Connectors. OSIsoft PI System is a real-time, event-driven enterprise infrastructure that uses an Office Business Application (OBA).
Exothermic welding. Thermite welding was a step forward for joining rails. A thermite weld in progress. Exothermic welding, also known as exothermic bonding, thermite welding (TW), and thermit welding, is a welding that employs molten metal to permanently join the conductors. The process employs an exothermic reaction of a thermite composition to heat the metal, and requires no external source of heat or current.