Mantas 3 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 The whole imperial system. inches, feet, yards, chains, miles, pounds, aaggh ! Why do we need 2 systems? Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 18, 2006 Author Share Posted October 18, 2006 Damn right, good one. I think in feet up to 7 feet tall (a surfboard thing, I suppose). After that, feet mean nothing, miles means nothing, fahrenheit means absolutely nothing at all. Pounds also mean nothing. I believe most scientists in America talk in metric and scorn the American measurment? Can anyone confirm this? I think the UK is moving away from it. 1 litre of water at sea level weighs 1kg and boils at 100 degrees centigrade and freezes at zero. Metric wins. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Science uses the SI (metric) system, unless you have a specific reason for using other metric units. I've had papers accepted by US journals describing centimetre- or decimetre-scale structures because of their relevance. Using 10's or 100's of mm is painful to write, and to read. Inches would not be accepted. In the US most engineering is mostly still done in Imperial units. The oil industry is a bstard for that. This leads to laughable outcomes, such as the loss of a NASA space probe about 5 years ago. NASA is metric, and the contractor (possibly Lockheed Martin) was Imperial. Because they were using different units, the burn times were hopelessly out, and the satellite ended up in the wrong part of the solar system. Oops. Industry in the UK has been metric since the 1970's. The only survivors are miles and pints. I can live without the former, but I'm very attached to the latter. I grew up in pre-metric pre-decimal currency UK, but I'm fully metricated. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted October 18, 2006 Share Posted October 18, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by db le spud: 1 litre of water at sea level weighs 1kg and boils at 100 degrees centigrade and freezes at zero. Metric wins. Exactly. As a trademen I work with Copper pipe( in inches ) PVC pipe ( in mm ) Air flows (feet/min ) and ( litres/sec) depending on the manuals. Brass fittings (both inches and mm ) depending on the brand. Temperature ( fahrenheit and celcius ) deending on the type of controls used Water flows. We seemed to have escaped the imperial curse on that one. The Australian government jumped straight onto the metric bandwagon in the 70's thinking the US and UK were sure to follow. Thirty years on and we are stilll waiting. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 WTF are you making? Bongs? Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by db le spud: WTF are you making? Bongs? Yer . High tech Bongs Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I'm still laughing Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 Double chamber models with a little 9 volt motor. Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 the "official" system in the U.S. is metric but the defacto/working system is imperial. the longer i live away from the states, the more i get used to using metric, the more frustrating it gets to convert back to imperial to tell friends back home i hiked 22 kms. or went rock climbing on a 8 meter wall. grr!! yes the US should dump the imperial system but them the masses there may revolt Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 The conceptual problem for Bubba is that you can divide by 10 by moving the point by one place. This seems to be an unsurmountable diffculty. Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Website addresses that are like this www.ocn4.ne.jp/3455/-ftktkew/oglt ......where "-" is actually that strange squiggle that is hard to find on an English keyboard. Well it sure is for me anyway. Link to post Share on other sites
dizzy 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 another irritation which is not trival is people's user's name that can easily be misinterpreted or interepreted in a racial way. kkk where are you from and what does your handle name mean? Link to post Share on other sites
kkk 7 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 kkk are the initials of my name. Sorry if you misinterpret that. But it's my name. Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Author Share Posted October 19, 2006 g'day Kev. Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 ~ = piece of cake kkk, where are you looking??? on my keyboard its next to the 1 button on the shift line. Link to post Share on other sites
Mantas 3 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 For the parents. When one of your kids has a big green snot slug hanging out his nose. They slide off the lounge on their tummys, turn around to face you and Hey. Face all clean now. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 I don't have kids, but that's great! Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 my son likes to pick them and then comes and proudly presents them to me finger outstretched - "here you are" - lovely. At least he doesnt surreptitiously plant them elsewhere Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Said it maybe 4xs on here before - but all those danm stoopid people who carry their dogs everywhere Many of the stuck up women here take em into stores, banks, and cafes one more for good measure: Link to post Share on other sites
AK 77 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 oh jeez h chr! that is a good one CB: the rat-carriers. why? Those people should be put on leads and made to wait outside in dog-pens, along with their rats. ps. I like real dogs. The ones with dignity and dog-ness. I also like rats - ratus domesticus anyway, which make great intelligent pets. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 yeah those things make me wanna drop-punt them for a goal! (although I think it's the owners that actually deserve it!) Link to post Share on other sites
nzlegend 1 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by Bushpig: yeah those things make me wanna drop-punt them for a goal! coming from a bloke from Western Australia, sounds like you have possibly endulged in a bit of "Quokka soccer" on Rottnest Is. in your youth. tisk tisk, you Neanderthal knuckle dragger.. Link to post Share on other sites
bushpig 0 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 no mate, I'm actually quite hippy when it comes to animals. I hate the idea of hurting one. I respect nature a bit too much to even entertain the idea. But those damn little dogs... Don't get me wrong, I have no qualms eating them! (animals, not the dogs) Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted October 20, 2006 Share Posted October 20, 2006 I was on the train last night and looked around me. There were 20 other people in the same carriage as me. 18 of them were engrossed in using their keitai. Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted October 21, 2006 Share Posted October 21, 2006 Tarako The food. The song. Link to post Share on other sites
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