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From: Mike Dworetsky on 7 Feb 2010 12:26 Ken S. Tucker wrote: > On Feb 7, 2:27 am, Michael Press <rub...(a)pacbell.net> wrote: >> In article >> <cb00defa-3550-47a8-8d3a-82fb8f1ac...(a)j31g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, >> "Ken S. Tucker" <dynam...(a)vianet.on.ca> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>> On Feb 4, 7:22 pm, Michael Press <rub...(a)pacbell.net> wrote: >>>> In article >>>> <69011e79-866e-43f3-b01f-bca8a8428...(a)19g2000yql.googlegroups.com>, >>>> "Ken S. Tucker" <dynam...(a)vianet.on.ca> wrote: >> >>>>> Yeah, 0F is cold and 100F is hot. >>>>> (there are 180 degrees between 32F and 212F, that's how >>>>> temperature was unitized, later Celius plagurized the degree, >>>>> and screwed it all up. >> >>>> 100 deg F was supposed to be human body temperature. >> >>>> Wait until the clock goes metric. >> >>>> The USA gallon aka Queen Anne gallon aka wine gallon >>>> started life as a cylinder 7 inch in diameter by 6 inch high. >>>> So why is it exactly 231 inch^3? >> >>>> A mile is a thousand double paces. >> >>>> Canoe voyagers measure portages in rods. >> >>> When we were kids we'd measure time in smokes, like >>> how long does it take to walk from here to there, oh maybe >>> 2 or 3 smokes. Smokes being the number of cig's consumed >>> in the hike. Some of the kids smoked cigars that burned >>> longer, so we went to the standard cigarette. >>> Strange, we'd convey the length by how many smokes you'll >>> need to walk that distance. >> >> Kool. >> >> I should mention that a rod is a trifle longer than a >> canoe, offering a ready to hand measuring rod for the >> length of a portage. > > Had a friend visit, who argued Imperial was retarded, so > I dropped the subject, because he was a guest, only MeTric > for him. > About 15 minutes later I admired how tall he was and asked > him how tall he was and without hesitation he says 6 foot 4. > Wife and I look at each other, smiled, the dope didn't know > he just lost the argument, he's a nice guy but works for the > govmonks so he's a bit fucked up, mentally. > What's 6 foot 4 in mm's? > Ken 2m 10cm. I'll leave you to work out the mm. -- Mike Dworetsky (Remove pants sp*mbl*ck to reply)
From: Mark Borgerson on 7 Feb 2010 15:38 In article <Ct6dncPv1rQqavPWnZ2dnUVZ7oCdnZ2d(a)bt.com>, platinum198 @pants.btinternet.com says... > Ken S. Tucker wrote: > > On Feb 7, 2:27 am, Michael Press <rub...(a)pacbell.net> wrote: > >> In article > >> <cb00defa-3550-47a8-8d3a-82fb8f1ac...(a)j31g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, > >> "Ken S. Tucker" <dynam...(a)vianet.on.ca> wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> On Feb 4, 7:22 pm, Michael Press <rub...(a)pacbell.net> wrote: > >>>> In article > >>>> <69011e79-866e-43f3-b01f-bca8a8428...(a)19g2000yql.googlegroups.com>, > >>>> "Ken S. Tucker" <dynam...(a)vianet.on.ca> wrote: > >> > >>>>> Yeah, 0F is cold and 100F is hot. > >>>>> (there are 180 degrees between 32F and 212F, that's how > >>>>> temperature was unitized, later Celius plagurized the degree, > >>>>> and screwed it all up. > >> > >>>> 100 deg F was supposed to be human body temperature. > >> > >>>> Wait until the clock goes metric. > >> > >>>> The USA gallon aka Queen Anne gallon aka wine gallon > >>>> started life as a cylinder 7 inch in diameter by 6 inch high. > >>>> So why is it exactly 231 inch^3? > >> > >>>> A mile is a thousand double paces. > >> > >>>> Canoe voyagers measure portages in rods. > >> > >>> When we were kids we'd measure time in smokes, like > >>> how long does it take to walk from here to there, oh maybe > >>> 2 or 3 smokes. Smokes being the number of cig's consumed > >>> in the hike. Some of the kids smoked cigars that burned > >>> longer, so we went to the standard cigarette. > >>> Strange, we'd convey the length by how many smokes you'll > >>> need to walk that distance. > >> > >> Kool. > >> > >> I should mention that a rod is a trifle longer than a > >> canoe, offering a ready to hand measuring rod for the > >> length of a portage. > > > > Had a friend visit, who argued Imperial was retarded, so > > I dropped the subject, because he was a guest, only MeTric > > for him. > > About 15 minutes later I admired how tall he was and asked > > him how tall he was and without hesitation he says 6 foot 4. > > Wife and I look at each other, smiled, the dope didn't know > > he just lost the argument, he's a nice guy but works for the > > govmonks so he's a bit fucked up, mentally. > > What's 6 foot 4 in mm's? > > Ken > > 2m 10cm. I'll leave you to work out the mm. > back to the calculator for you! 6'4" = 76 inches 76 x 2.54 cm/in = 193cm. Mark Borgerson
From: Michael Press on 7 Feb 2010 15:45 In article <86c703bd-3be2-4e78-93a1-af38b755b19f(a)b10g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, "Ken S. Tucker" <dynamics(a)vianet.on.ca> wrote: > On Feb 7, 2:27 am, Michael Press <rub...(a)pacbell.net> wrote: > > In article > > <cb00defa-3550-47a8-8d3a-82fb8f1ac...(a)j31g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, > > "Ken S. Tucker" <dynam...(a)vianet.on.ca> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Feb 4, 7:22 pm, Michael Press <rub...(a)pacbell.net> wrote: > > > > In article > > > > <69011e79-866e-43f3-b01f-bca8a8428...(a)19g2000yql.googlegroups.com>, > > > > "Ken S. Tucker" <dynam...(a)vianet.on.ca> wrote: > > > > > > > Yeah, 0F is cold and 100F is hot. > > > > > (there are 180 degrees between 32F and 212F, that's how > > > > > temperature was unitized, later Celius plagurized the degree, > > > > > and screwed it all up. > > > > > > 100 deg F was supposed to be human body temperature. > > > > > > Wait until the clock goes metric. > > > > > > The USA gallon aka Queen Anne gallon aka wine gallon > > > > started life as a cylinder 7 inch in diameter by 6 inch high. > > > > So why is it exactly 231 inch^3? > > > > > > A mile is a thousand double paces. > > > > > > Canoe voyagers measure portages in rods. > > > > > When we were kids we'd measure time in smokes, like > > > how long does it take to walk from here to there, oh maybe > > > 2 or 3 smokes. Smokes being the number of cig's consumed > > > in the hike. Some of the kids smoked cigars that burned > > > longer, so we went to the standard cigarette. > > > Strange, we'd convey the length by how many smokes you'll > > > need to walk that distance. > > > > Kool. > > > > I should mention that a rod is a trifle longer than a > > canoe, offering a ready to hand measuring rod for the > > length of a portage. > > Had a friend visit, who argued Imperial was retarded, so > I dropped the subject, because he was a guest, only MeTric > for him. > About 15 minutes later I admired how tall he was and asked > him how tall he was and without hesitation he says 6 foot 4. > Wife and I look at each other, smiled, the dope didn't know > he just lost the argument, he's a nice guy but works for the > govmonks so he's a bit fucked up, mentally. > What's 6 foot 4 in mm's? About 76/4, give or take a couple orders of magnitude. -- Michael Press
From: Mike Dworetsky on 7 Feb 2010 17:21 Mark Borgerson wrote: > In article <Ct6dncPv1rQqavPWnZ2dnUVZ7oCdnZ2d(a)bt.com>, platinum198 > @pants.btinternet.com says... >> Ken S. Tucker wrote: >>> On Feb 7, 2:27 am, Michael Press <rub...(a)pacbell.net> wrote: >>>> In article >>>> <cb00defa-3550-47a8-8d3a-82fb8f1ac...(a)j31g2000yqa.googlegroups.com>, >>>> "Ken S. Tucker" <dynam...(a)vianet.on.ca> wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On Feb 4, 7:22 pm, Michael Press <rub...(a)pacbell.net> wrote: >>>>>> In article >>>>>> <69011e79-866e-43f3-b01f-bca8a8428...(a)19g2000yql.googlegroups.com>, >>>>>> "Ken S. Tucker" <dynam...(a)vianet.on.ca> wrote: >>>> >>>>>>> Yeah, 0F is cold and 100F is hot. >>>>>>> (there are 180 degrees between 32F and 212F, that's how >>>>>>> temperature was unitized, later Celius plagurized the degree, >>>>>>> and screwed it all up. >>>> >>>>>> 100 deg F was supposed to be human body temperature. >>>> >>>>>> Wait until the clock goes metric. >>>> >>>>>> The USA gallon aka Queen Anne gallon aka wine gallon >>>>>> started life as a cylinder 7 inch in diameter by 6 inch high. >>>>>> So why is it exactly 231 inch^3? >>>> >>>>>> A mile is a thousand double paces. >>>> >>>>>> Canoe voyagers measure portages in rods. >>>> >>>>> When we were kids we'd measure time in smokes, like >>>>> how long does it take to walk from here to there, oh maybe >>>>> 2 or 3 smokes. Smokes being the number of cig's consumed >>>>> in the hike. Some of the kids smoked cigars that burned >>>>> longer, so we went to the standard cigarette. >>>>> Strange, we'd convey the length by how many smokes you'll >>>>> need to walk that distance. >>>> >>>> Kool. >>>> >>>> I should mention that a rod is a trifle longer than a >>>> canoe, offering a ready to hand measuring rod for the >>>> length of a portage. >>> >>> Had a friend visit, who argued Imperial was retarded, so >>> I dropped the subject, because he was a guest, only MeTric >>> for him. >>> About 15 minutes later I admired how tall he was and asked >>> him how tall he was and without hesitation he says 6 foot 4. >>> Wife and I look at each other, smiled, the dope didn't know >>> he just lost the argument, he's a nice guy but works for the >>> govmonks so he's a bit fucked up, mentally. >>> What's 6 foot 4 in mm's? >>> Ken >> >> 2m 10cm. I'll leave you to work out the mm. >> > back to the calculator for you! > > 6'4" = 76 inches 76 x 2.54 cm/in = 193cm. Erm, yeah...what did I do? It's 16 inches to a foot or something, yes? 14? Who can remember anymore. :-) -- Mike Dworetsky (Remove pants sp*mbl*ck to reply)
From: Mahipal7638 on 7 Feb 2010 23:18
On Feb 7, 9:32 am, nos...(a)nospam.com (Paul Ciszek) wrote: > In article <307d9f52-e674-403a-ad41-29b831fa1...(a)r19g2000yqb.googlegroups..com>, > Andrew Usher <k_over_hb...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: > > >On Feb 6, 9:46 am, nos...(a)nospam.com (Paul Ciszek) wrote: > > >> Sure do. A resistance measured in ohms multiplied by a capacitance > >> measured in Farads gives you an RC time constant in seconds. For > >> the rail gun afficianados, the energy stored in a capacitor measured > >> in Joules is one half the capacitance in Farads times the square of > >> the voltage measured in Volts. Yes, the rail-gun fans I know do > >> talk about energy in Joules. I have even used spot-welders where > >> the intensity of the pulse was given in Joules. > > >Well, I guess you can. But just because you can calculate with > >barbarous units doesn't make them superior - after all, you'd never > >allow that for English units, would you? > > So, how would *you* choose a resistor and a capacitor to produce > a desired time constant, without using ohms and Farads? After a certain set of "fundamental units," there's neither arguing nor disagreement over applicable set of units. Good point. Obviously, the English Units are of interest to an isolated group. This group also dials their bank service or their phone service and has to respond to: "Enter dos por English." Dos or ocho or thereabouts, I forget which. Most USA merchandise is Spanish/Metric first, and I can't recall what's second. Just because the Metric System is Earth-wide accepted, doesn't mean that it's restricted to advanced engineering and sciences. Those who are competent with the Metric System are also more likely capable with English Units and other imaginable/conceivable systems of units. Those who are challenged by their own English Units cannot, you know, translate well either. It's a Language thing. > -- > Please reply to: | "Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is > pciszek at panix dot com | indistinguishable from malice." > Autoreply is disabled | That's a useful quote. Enjo(y)... -- Mahipal |