On Monday 25 February 2019 13:35:41 Bruce Layne wrote:
> On 2/25/19 5:10 AM, andy pugh wrote:
> > My favourite wierd unit is the megaparsec.barn. It's a about a
> > teaspoon, but very long and thin.
>
> There's a Wikipedia article for people like you.
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humo
On 2/25/19 5:10 AM, andy pugh wrote:
> My favourite wierd unit is the megaparsec.barn. It's a about a
> teaspoon, but very long and thin.
There's a Wikipedia article for people like you.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_humorous_units_of_measurement
When I first heard that Google would do
On Mon, 25 Feb 2019 at 07:47, Bruce Layne wrote:
> Forget measuring cutting speed in mm per second. What is it in furlongs
> per fortnight?
Annoyingly, though, metric cutting speeds are quoted in m/min which
introduces a pointless sexagesimal unit into all calculations.
Though given that we quo
And here I thought I was the only person left on the planet that used this
measurement...
John
>
> Forget measuring cutting speed in mm per second.� What is it in furlongs
> per fortnight?
>
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As an American engineer, I almost invariably convert my "real world"
units into the metric system, solve the problem, and then translate the
solution back into the units that are used in my country. Cumulatively,
it's a significant competitive disadvantage for a nation, but it's
easier than trying
> On 24 Feb 2019, at 14:29, Gene Heskett wrote:
>
> Old measures die hard was the takeaway. So
> we still buy milk etc by the gallon or meats by the pound
In the UK we buy milk by the litre. Either 0.568litres, 1.13 litres or 3.408
litres.
The Student Union Bar At Imperial College is calle
Yes, people who complain about the metric system apparently don't realize
that they are using it without even knowing it. The United States adopted
the metric standard for the inch in 1959.
All of our customary units are now defined in terms of the metric system.
The call is coming from inside th
On Sunday 24 February 2019 06:15:26 Peter Blodow wrote:
> P.S: People who are used to sixteenths of the width of a medieval
> thumb, the weight of rocks used in throwing competitions and the
> volume of barrels way too heavy for carrying as measures should not
> argue earnestly in public about met
And by the way, (maybe already mentioned?), the inch used to vary in length
until it was defined as a function of the metre.
So the Americans are working in metric, but converted by 2.54 ...
On Sun, 24 Feb 2019 at 13:17, Peter Blodow wrote:
> P.S: People who are used to sixteenths of the width
P.S: People who are used to sixteenths of the width of a medieval thumb,
the weight of rocks used in throwing competitions and the volume of
barrels way too heavy for carrying as measures should not argue
earnestly in public about metric decimal units...
No offence! Peter Blodow
Am 24.02.2019
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