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 Apr 19 2005, 10:32 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon...  Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698  |
:rotfl: Abe, right? Love that guy :) |
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Apr 19 2005, 01:51 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
Just a quick nerd note.
40 rods to the Hogshead would equate to roughly 0.001984127 MPG (Rod is 16.5 feet, Hogshead is 63 gallons) My car, at roughly 29 MPG gets around 584640 RPH (Rods per Hogshead) |
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Apr 22 2005, 12:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,528 |
Yea, there was a guy who claime that. But his girlfriend disagreed :-) Now back to the MKS-System. It is actually very simple. Basics are Meters, Kilograms and seconds. Kilo = x 1000 so a Kilo Meter is 1000x1 Meter Dezi = / 10 so a Dezi Meter is 1Meter / 10 Centi = / 100 so a Centi Meter is 1Meter / 100 1 Liter is 1000cm^3 (1000 Quibic-Centimenter) and 1 Liter of Water = 1 Kilo Gramm (1000 gram) 1 metric ton = 1000kg The system is actually quite nice and straight forward. Makes scientific stuff easy since everything is based on MKS be it electrical resistance, be it burn values of food. Now lets confuse the stuff: + The public still uses old measurements like the pound (1/2 kg = 500grams) + The public still works with kilokalories instead of kilojoule (and drops the kilo) + In-House Pipes still have an inch measurement but are right-fastening. Outdoor pipes are metric Birdy |
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Apr 27 2005, 02:52 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 27-April 05 From: Summoning a spirit of the land Member No.: 7,362 |
Inches are divided up into Sixteenths of an Inch rather than 'milliinches' or whatever they would be called :nuyen: |
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Apr 27 2005, 03:01 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,548 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Really, that's a little clunky there. I'd go with 36 HKRPH, where HK is Hexakilowhatever (16,000). Sure, the math is a little ungainly, but a lot fewer decimal places and none of that damn liberal metric trash. |
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Apr 27 2005, 04:19 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I never said anything about milli-inches. I do contend that inches can be stated as a decimal though, and not just as a fraction. 1.5 inches is as valid a way of describing a specific measurement as 1 1/2 inches. |
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Apr 27 2005, 10:02 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 27-April 05 From: Summoning a spirit of the land Member No.: 7,362 |
I didn't try to imply that you did :) It was a vague guess at what we could call the unit which makes up an inch. and of course, 1.5 inches is correct, but check out most rulers; the inch is divided by fractions, the hint is in the fact that you used a decimal point, what with it not being decimal and all. :) |
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Apr 27 2005, 10:12 PM
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I don't think the brush you're using to paint an entire country with is big enough. |
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Apr 28 2005, 12:18 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
you sound suspiciously like you're not bashing the US, crimson.
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Apr 28 2005, 03:08 AM
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Yeah, I'm stupid like that.
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May 5 2005, 03:03 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 7-April 05 From: Charlottesville, VA, CAS Member No.: 7,303 |
Actually, I'm sure that you will see the US switching to metric. It's just going to take a few people of vision...
i.e: A couple of corporate CEOs who realize that they can make a bundle on a) replacing all of our road signs at taxpayer expense b) creating all of the "Your New Metric System" Propaganda/Teaching material (at taxpayer expense of course) c) fleecing consumers by charging the same $1.00 for a 500ml drink (the current 20 fl. oz drink is something like 540ml I think ) Once these visionary people understand this concept they will get some brilliant corrupt, err... crusading politicians to point out that the lack of the metric system has in fact been the reason that all of the US jobs being outsourced to India and other places. Once Americans truly understand that learning the metric system is our patriotic duty so that we can show up all of those darned furriners, we will rise up and go the extra mile.... er... kilometer. And if that doesn't work they'll just announce that the French really don't want us to use the metric system.... So, uhm, was that cynical enough for everyone? The Other DSE |
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May 5 2005, 03:06 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
Sad thing is, they tried most of that the first go around. You still see a few road signs in both Km and M, at least here in Georgia. There used to be a lot of propaganda in the 70's about the Metric system, it just never caught on.
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May 5 2005, 03:47 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 619 Joined: 27-May 03 From: Detroit Member No.: 4,642 |
I heard (from my father-in-law, so it is probably suspect) that one reason the U.S. was resistant to the metric system in the 60's and 70's was the Cold War. Some in the government thought that if the Soviet Union invaded, it would confuse the foot soldiers if our road signs and directions were in Standard Units instead of Metric.
-Russian paratroopers in an Illinois corn field- "Where is Chicago?" "200 km North-East." "Wait, that sign says 200 em - eye, not kilometers." "What's an em-eye?" "Hell if I know" "We'll just wait for our Lieutenant to tell us where to go." "Hey, why are those peasants pointing guns at us?" "What are you talking about? Those aren't guns. Civilians can't own..." BLAM "Ivan?" BLAM Thus the US wins the Cold War. |
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May 6 2005, 09:05 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,889 Joined: 3-August 03 From: A CPI rank 1 country Member No.: 5,222 |
That's without doubt the best war strategy I've ever seen. |
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May 6 2005, 03:55 PM
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Running, running, running Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,220 Joined: 18-October 04 From: North Carolina Member No.: 6,769 |
haha i'm still laughing at that
What the hell's an M-I?! |
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May 6 2005, 08:00 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 7-April 05 From: Charlottesville, VA, CAS Member No.: 7,303 |
I'm not positive, but I believe that the signs in Georgia that are in both miles and kilometers are left over from the Olympics in Atlanta.
There's actually one as far north as Tennessee since there were some events held up in Bristol. |
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May 6 2005, 08:49 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
Oh yeah. Problem is, they weren't very complete on the task. A lot of stuff is still in SAE.
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May 6 2005, 10:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 619 Joined: 27-May 03 From: Detroit Member No.: 4,642 |
Really, I'm ambivilant on the issue. I grok Standard and Metric so I can live with both. I think the schools around here (Detroit) might stress Metrics alittle more because of all the back and forth with Windsor. We have the busyiest border crossing with Canada.
With the US and Canada forming the UCAS, I find it totally believable that the new country would go over to Metric. |
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May 6 2005, 11:11 PM
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Yes, we should acquiesce to the unit of measurement used by a country with 10% of our population. Riiight.
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May 6 2005, 11:30 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 619 Joined: 27-May 03 From: Detroit Member No.: 4,642 |
I'm coming from the point of view that most Americans recieve education in Metrics in the 4th-10th grades, more if they do college prep science. How much instruction do Canadians get in Standard Measurment Units? Probably not that much. I could be wrong, as I said, I think we may have got more Metrics in the Detroit area.
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May 7 2005, 04:06 AM
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I'm not denying that we had to learn metrics, specifically for HS chemistry and physics, but hubris outweighs all logic and common sense.
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May 7 2005, 04:12 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
you dare belittle the sacrifices made by such heroes as Jennifer Grey and Charlie Sheen? blasphemer !! |
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May 7 2005, 04:20 AM
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That movie never existed. You're hallucinating.
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May 7 2005, 01:24 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 619 Joined: 27-May 03 From: Detroit Member No.: 4,642 |
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May 8 2005, 10:02 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 114 Joined: 27-April 05 From: Summoning a spirit of the land Member No.: 7,362 |
Nooo!!! at least use a SHADOWRUN swearword! frell.......... :S |
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