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From: Uncle Al on 3 Feb 2010 12:30 Matt wrote: > > On Tue, 02 Feb 2010 18:03:32 -0800, Uncle Al wrote: > > >Andrew Usher wrote: > >> > >> On Feb 2, 7:06 pm, Uncle Al <Uncle...(a)hate.spam.net> wrote: > >> > >> > HEY STOOOPID - tell us how many fluid ounces and how many weight > >> > ounces there are in a cubic mile of water at 39.20 degrees Fahrenheit. > >> > >> Such a problem would never arise, > >[snip cap] > > > >idiot > > > >Lying coward. Ambulatory rectal bolus. YOU CAN'T DO IT. Go ahead > >STOOOIPD - show us your work. > > http://www.google.com/search?q=1+cubic+mile+in+fluid+ounces > 1 (cubic mile) = 1.40942995 � 10^14 US fluid ounces > > We have machines for tasks like this. What makes you think that is the correct number? An axiomatic system is no better than its weakest axiom. When the Pentium with a defective math look-up table was circculated, were its answers correct because they appeared on a screen? -- Uncle Al http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/ (Toxic URL! Unsafe for children and most mammals) http://www.mazepath.com/uncleal/qz4.htm
From: Heidi Graw on 3 Feb 2010 13:01 >"Bart Goddard" <goddardbe(a)netscape.net> wrote in message >news:Xns9D14516084083goddardbenetscapenet(a)74.209.136.90... > Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18(a)verizon.invalid> wrote in > news:hkbrpu$e0j$1(a)news- > int2.gatech.edu: > >> Woah. You're basically saying here "the U.S. uses Imperial units, so the >> rest of the world should too. > > Yet isn't that the argument the other side gives as well? > "We all use Metric, so the US should too, and by the way, > if they don't, then they're just stoopid." > > B. Actually, I don't care what sort of measuring system the US uses. I don't need to buy American if I want metric components for my European imported machinery and equipment. German engineers are also quite happy to travel to Canada to build and manufacture stuff for us. They've also built a reputation of being on time and on budget and they've proven that time and time again. The Americans can also choose not to enter into the metric global market. You can keep your US measures for your US manufactured goods and simply sell them to your fellow Americans. So, while the rest of the world marches on, Americans are certainly free to remain behind. It's your choice after all. Heidi
From: Bart Goddard on 3 Feb 2010 15:09 "Heidi Graw" <hgraw(a)telus.net> wrote in news:FRian.62309$Db2.57427(a)edtnps83: > Actually, I don't care what sort of measuring system the US uses. > I don't need to buy American if I want metric components for > my European imported machinery and equipment. I've spent many fine Summers in Canada, and one of the first things I've noticed is that concrete blocks are 8 x 16 inches, floor tiles are 1 sq. ft, building studs are 2 x 4 (minus 1/2 inch each way), etc. You may not care, but you're walking on it. > So, while the rest of the world marches on, Americans > are certainly free to remain behind. Right, people who use your preferred system are "ahead" while anyone else is "behind". This is an odd definition of "ahead" and "behind", and is, in fact, just a restatement of the original, unsupported thesis. B. -- Cheerfully resisting change since 1959.
From: Bart Goddard on 3 Feb 2010 15:15 Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeot18(a)verizon.invalid> wrote in news:hkc1pu$fks$1(a)news- int2.gatech.edu: > If one agrees that the systems of units should be standardized, Sure, skip over the main issue. Is there some compelling reason that we should all be the same? Should we demolish all those interesting European cities and rebuild them on the Nebraska-Cartesian model, with nice straight streets meeting at right angles? Surely language differences are a bigger barrier to trade than measuring systems. So under the same arguments, since English is the most spoken language in the world, shouldn't we insist that everyone dump their "old, outdated, insanely hard to learn languages" in preference for English? The first words out of a...uh...decimaphile's mouth is "Oh, the Metric system is so much easier." If so, what's the big deal. If it's easy, then there's no problem. Certainly it's way easier to learn metric than to learn French. B. -- Cheerfully resisting change since 1959.
From: Tronscend on 3 Feb 2010 16:02
Hi, excellent parody; a trifle long, though. T "Andrew Usher" <k_over_hbarc(a)yahoo.com> skrev i melding news:242d41ed-7890-4154-8f0d-146ce2675881(a)c29g2000yqd.googlegroups.com... > I. Introduction > > LEFTIST POLITICS is one of the great errors of our age. [ By leftism I ..... |