# VERY strange site Q and mu (measurement) Q

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-site-q-and-mu-measurement-q/100151>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 26, 2002, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-site-q-and-mu-measurement-q/100151 "2002-03-26T06:42:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-site-q-and-mu-measurement-q/100151/1 "2002-03-26T06:42:44Z")

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Warning: this link contains vulgar words…

This site…

> **[Molecular Devices](https://www.moleculardevices.com/)**
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> We are one of the leading providers of high-performance bioanalytical measurement solutions for life science research, pharmaceutical and biotherapeutic development. Our products enable scientists to improve productivity and efficiency in scientific...

…contains (aparently) this link:  
[http://www.genetix.com.mt/intro/sam.swf](http://www.genetix.com.mt/intro/sam.swf)

with no obvious ties or hyper-links or buttons. WTF?  
Is there a whole sub-culture buried in the ‘Genetix’ website?

Also, when you click on Gel-pix, they claim a “picking accuracy” of 10 (what appears to be a backwards lowercase ‘y’ and ‘m’) ym. Mu? How far is 10 ym?

Thanks in advance.  
Steven

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**Author:** ![Mikahw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Mikahw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikahw)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 6:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-site-q-and-mu-measurement-q/100151/2 "2002-03-26T06:50:34Z")

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µm stands for micrometer, which is 1 one millionth of a meter. 10 µm would be 1 hundred-thousanth of a meter, or 0.00001 m. Pretty small, if you ask me.

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**Author:** ![KevinL](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@KevinL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KevinL)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2002, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/very-strange-site-q-and-mu-measurement-q/100151/3 "2002-03-26T11:45:21Z")

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That second link is from an entirely different site - note the .mt at the end of [www.genetix.com](http://www.genetix.com):

The first site: [http://www.genetix.com](http://www.genetix.com)  
The second site: [http://www.genetix.com.mt](http://www.genetix.com.mt)