Simon is german so his people are used to insulting and doing much worse things to people. On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 4:33 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Today's Topic Summary > > Group: http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse/topics > > - Episode 404... <#13c64655053a8d6c_group_thread_0> [25 Updates] > > Episode 404...<http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse/t/5611d78e11f465b4> > > Casper Bang <[email protected]> Jan 22 01:27AM -0800 > > > > I spend almost £130 a month on combined electricity plus gas. > > Remember, in north America energy prices are roughly 3-6 times lower > than > those of northern Europe. Also take comfort in the fact that we don't > require air conditioning, as it typically cost 2 times as much energy > cooling down compared to heating up. > > > > > Rakesh <[email protected]> Jan 22 10:33AM > > even then he said he spends tens of dollars on heating when its 30 > below....how? > > > > > > > Thomas Matthijs <[email protected]> Jan 22 11:43AM +0100 > > > > even then he said he spends tens of dollars on heating when its 30 > > below....how? > > Tons of clean scala builds > > > > > > > > > Casper Bang <[email protected]> Jan 22 06:15AM -0800 > > On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 11:33:50 AM UTC+1, rakesh mailgroups > wrote: > > > even then he said he spends tens of dollars on heating when its 30 > > below....how? > > In the US they're still stuck with the legacy imperial system, so when > you > hear them say "down to 30" that would be plus degrees Fahrenheit, not > -30 > metric SI unit of Celsius (30F = -1c). > > > > > Rakesh <[email protected]> Jan 22 02:25PM > > God damn Dick!! You've gone native! > > > > > > > Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> Jan 22 11:25AM -0300 > > 30 below would mean 30 degrees lower than 0 (either -30F or -30C). You > could not use 30 below to mean 30F. Down to 30 would likely mean 30F > though unless you're somewhere where it's summer or equatorial. > > The American system is actually called the American system, and differs > from the imperial system. A US pint is 473ml and a UK pint is 568ml. > Other measurements vary too but that's the one that hits home. > > Fahrenheit is named after Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit and is not actually > imperial or American. He lived all his life in continental (i.e., not > the > UK) Europe. > > > > > > > Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> Jan 22 11:31AM -0300 > > Dick has possibly not exactly gone native, but recalled his younger > years. > While nowadays in the UK the weather forecasts are in Celsius only, in > the > 1980s and early 1990s they were in Fahrenheit or both, and the older > generation continue to think in Fahrenheit. > > > > > > > "Fabrizio Giudici" <[email protected]> Jan 22 03:36PM > +0100 > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:25:12 +0100, Rakesh <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > God damn Dick!! You've gone native! > > JNI? > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect @ Tidalwave s.a.s. > "We make Java work. Everywhere." > http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/blog - [email protected] > > > > > Robert Casto <[email protected]> Jan 22 09:37AM -0500 > > Probably going to take forever to get everyone to use > Kelvin's<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin> > . > > > > -- > Robert Casto > www.robertcasto.com > www.sellerstoolbox.com > www.lakotaeastbands.org > > > > > Casper Bang <[email protected]> Jan 22 06:41AM -0800 > > On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 3:31:48 PM UTC+1, Ricky Clarkson wrote: > > > Dick has possibly not exactly gone native, but recalled his younger > years. > > It was Chet though who said "...down to 30 degrees outside...", nobody > said > "30 below". That's a pretty large energy margin right there. > > > > > While nowadays in the UK the weather forecasts are in Celsius only, > in the > > 1980s and early 1990s they were in Fahrenheit or both, and the older > > generation continue to think in Fahrenheit. > > Yeah I realize some countries are slow to adopt the SI units. In > Canada > it's a weird mix, you buy gas by the liter but coke by ½ gallon; > measure > air temperature in Celsius but water temperature in Fahrenheit etc. > > > > > Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> Jan 22 01:50PM -0300 > > And in France, you measure people in metres, and monitors in inches, > if I'm > not mistaken. > > > > > > > "Fabrizio Giudici" <[email protected]> Jan 22 06:04PM > +0100 > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:50:34 +0100, Ricky Clarkson > > > And in France, you measure people in metres, and monitors in inches, > if > > I'm > > not mistaken. > > I think monitors are measured in inches in the whole Europe, or at > least > great part of. Also many screw threads are measures in inches. > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect @ Tidalwave s.a.s. > "We make Java work. Everywhere." > http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/blog - [email protected] > > > > > Kevin Wright <[email protected]> Jan 22 05:27PM > > There's hope.. At least one place in the US is most definitely metric. > > Not once have I seen an episode of E.R. where the doctor cries: > "one third of a fluid ounce of epinephrine, stat!" > > > > > > > > "Cédric Beust ♔" <[email protected]> Jan 22 09:33AM -0800 > > > > There's hope.. At least one place in the US is most definitely > metric. > > > Not once have I seen an episode of E.R. where the doctor cries: > > "one third of a fluid ounce of epinephrine, stat!" > > Probably because the imperial/American system fails at both small and > large > scales. It fails in a lot of other places too, obviously :-) > > -- > Cédric > > > > > Simon Ochsenreither <[email protected]> Jan 22 11:27AM > -0800 > > I adopted the term “hillbilly units” as an umbrella term for all these > different kinds of measurement units which are normally used by a > combination of the US and another random third-world country, and it > has > made it considerably easier in those situations where one wants to > refer to > all those measurements not directly derived from the SI units, but > where > one doesn't actually care about which non-standard system it is > exactly. > > > > > Robert Casto <[email protected]> Jan 22 02:33PM -0500 > > Hopefully you understand that the word "hillbilly" can be offensive to > people? > > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Simon Ochsenreither < > > -- > Robert Casto > www.robertcasto.com > www.sellerstoolbox.com > www.lakotaeastbands.org > > > > > Jess Holle <[email protected]> Jan 22 01:45PM -0600 > > The politically correct term might be "legacy" units, though > antiquated, > medieval, pre-industrial, and byzantine all seem more accurate. > > I live in the US and am thus stuck with such units -- whatever one > calls > them. When in engineering school I found that a decent HP calculator > made crazy units pretty much immaterial, though. Unfortunately it's my > understanding that HP pretty much lost the high-end calculator market > since I moved on into software -- or have I heard wrong? [My HP 48SX > still works pretty nicely over 20 years later :-)] > > On 1/22/2013 1:33 PM, Robert Casto wrote: > > > > > Simon Ochsenreither <[email protected]> Jan 22 11:53AM > -0800 > > > Hopefully you understand that the word "hillbilly" can be offensive > to > > people? > > Yes, that's intentional. > > > > > Robert Casto <[email protected]> Jan 22 03:12PM -0500 > > Good luck getting anyone to see things your way then. > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 2:53 PM, Simon Ochsenreither < > > -- > Robert Casto > www.robertcasto.com > www.sellerstoolbox.com > www.lakotaeastbands.org > > > > > Ricky Clarkson <[email protected]> Jan 22 05:24PM -0300 > > IncompatibleHumourException. Simon isn't actually trying to offend > hillbillies, rednecks, trailer trash or that man stood outside your > house > drinking Bud out of a can, but instead trying to categorise these > units in > such a way that he can dismiss them in one fell swoop without having to > think too much about the origin of each. I'd say "non-SI units" but > then > I'm not looking for a soundbite. > > When my colleagues say "es un plan chino" (it's a Chinese plan) they > mean > the plan is ill thought out and aren't really thinking about how bad or > good Chinese people may be at planning. Over time it'd probably be > better > if they stopped using the term, but it's hardly going to actually > offend > anybody unless they use it constantly whenever a Chinese person makes > plans. > > Similarly, virtually every joke that starts with an Englishman, an > Irishman > and a Scotsman ends up insulting at least one of those great nations, > or > the Irish, but nobody really gets offended. > > > > > > > Josh Berry <[email protected]> Jan 22 03:24PM -0500 > > I am highly amused to see that this includes computer science at > large, as > well. A quick googling shows we evidently should all switch to > kibibytes/etc. > > > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 2:27 PM, Simon Ochsenreither < > > > > > "Fabrizio Giudici" <[email protected]> Jan 22 09:29PM > +0100 > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:12:32 +0100, Robert Casto < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Good luck getting anyone to see things your way then. > > Boys, I've understood just now the title of the old sitcom "The > Beverly > Hillbillies" - it was broadcast here when I was a boy and there were > no > such terms on my english vocabulary (and no internet, of course, and > no > american friends to ask to). > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect @ Tidalwave s.a.s. > "We make Java work. Everywhere." > http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/blog - [email protected] > > > > > "[email protected]" <[email protected]> Jan 22 03:36PM -0500 > > > Isn't it marvelous that they were able to make so much humor from a > family that uses the wrong system of measurements? > > Sent from my mobile. > (Typos courtesy of swype) > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Fabrizio Giudici" <[email protected]> > Date: Tue, Jan 22, 2013 3:29 pm > Subject: [The Java Posse] Episode 404... > To: "javaposse" <[email protected]>, "Robert Casto" < > [email protected]> > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:12:32 +0100, Robert Casto < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > Good luck getting anyone to see things your way then. > > Boys, I've understood just now the title of the old sitcom "The > Beverly > Hillbillies" - it was broadcast here when I was a boy and there were > no > such terms on my english vocabulary (and no internet, of course, and > no > american friends to ask to). > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect @ Tidalwave s.a.s. > "We make Java work. Everywhere." > http://tidalwave.it/fabrizio/blog - [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > > Simon Ochsenreither <[email protected]> Jan 22 01:56PM > -0800 > > > Good luck getting anyone to see things your way then. > > Anyone == 6,621¹ billion people? > Looks good to me. :-) > > ¹ World - (US + Burma + Liberia) > > > > > "Cédric Beust ♔" <[email protected]> Jan 22 02:02PM -0800 > > Insulting a minority is still insulting. > > > -- > Cédric > > > > On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:56 PM, Simon Ochsenreither < > > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Group > javaposse. > You can post via email <[email protected]>. > To unsubscribe from this group, > send<[email protected]>an empty message. > For more options, visit <http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse/topics>this > group. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Java Posse" group. 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