EPTOn October 15 2012 23:04 turdburgler wrote:
you are most worried about the cost of phone calls to E.T. ?
you are most worried about the cost of phone calls to E.T. ?
Mofucka needs to phone home. I'd be concerned too.
Do you use Imperial or Metric? - Page 79
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brian
United States9639 Posts
Mofucka needs to phone home. I'd be concerned too. | ||
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S:klogW
Austria657 Posts
On October 15 2012 23:18 Asshat wrote: Just remove the 5 I think he meant that as a joke. | ||
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Cirqueenflex
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Mataza
Germany5364 Posts
On October 15 2012 15:45 jdseemoreglass wrote: Compiled reasons why the Metric system (*cough gay*) sucks and why Imperial is better. 1) When I measure, I measure like a man. Not like some girly European socialist. "Ooh, let's have some crumpets and walk a kilometer holding hands!" Pfff. 2) Kids love Fruit By The Foot. You want to give kids Fruit By The Meter? We already have an obesity epidemic you insensitive pricks. 3) Would you rather have your circumcised dick measured in manly inches or centimeters? That's what I thought. 4) Would you rather say you drank a fucking GALLON of Red Bull or 3.78 liters of English tea? Pfff again Europeans... 5) One meter is equal to the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. WHAT IN THE ROYAL FUCK? An inch is about the length of your thumb, and a foot is about, you guessed it, your foot. You can put away your particle accelerator now. 6) One degree Celsius is equal to the fraction of 1/273.16 “of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.” .... I... just... No. Fuck you celsius. Fuck you. 7) "Cause I would walk 500 kilometers and I would walk 500 more, just to be the man who walked 1000 kilometers to end up at your door." Hey, that's catchy! 8) I know what pounds per inch means. It makes sense. Who knows what the fuck a "Pascal" or a "Newton per meter" is? Enjoy having your tires blow out while you try to figure it out. That's tyres for people with small dicks. 9) Hey, Metric lovers. When are you gonna switch to a base-10 clock to measure time? Hypocrits. 10) Edit: Actually, no. Fuck number ten. 11) How many apostles did Jesus have again? 10? Even God uses Imperial. 12) "OMG it's SO hot, it's 38.4 degrees outside!" Again, fuck you celsius. USA, Liberia, Myanmar 1-0 Rest of the world. Hur dur fuck yeah? Derp derderp fuck yeah? Let me address this: 1) When i drink redbull, I drink a dozen cans. What´s a gallon anyway? Do they sell gallon cans in america? Or did you drink 32 gill cans? Didn´t know they make so tiny cans in america. 2) Would you rather slap 7 on your dick or 20? 7 is such a small number. 20 is much bigger. I prefer 20 cm over 7 inches anyday. 3) 1 meter is the length of the fucking stick in paris that started the metric system. The stick is always the same length. When you measure in foot, do you realise that people have feet of different sizes or thumbs of different sizes? The first thing you have to teach your kids is that a foot is not always a foot long. Seriously, dafuq. 4) 0 degree celsius is the temperature water freezes. At 100°c water boils. Let´s see 100 degree Fahrenheit is the human body temperatur. Sometimes at least since body temperature is not static. 0°F is the lowest temperature Mr. Fahrenheit(A european btw) experienced in a cold winter in Danzig(again, welcome to europe). Is Fahrenheit imperial just because it uses random points for 0 and 100? 5)1 Mile is 1760 yards. Oh yeah, that´s catchy. Or 5280 feet. Oh, did you know, 1760 is a very intuitive 16 times 11 times 10. But you can´t have even numbers in imperial, so I suggest changing a mile to 1776 yards. See, then its 16 times 111. 6) What´s pound per inch? Sound like torque.... oh wait, it´s pressure. Hey, ever heard of 1 bar? 1 bar is the atmospheric pressure. So for you normal atmospheric pressure is ~14.5 pound per square inch? Guess what´s easier to me. 1 bar all the way. 7) God uses imperial? Since when do we have 12 commandments? Oh wait, WE DON´T. We have 10 commandments. Seems like Moses was a metric lover. 8) Half your arguments are FUCK YEAH and FUCK YOU. Is that necessary to argue for imperial, being vulgar? 9) You arguments are 1 short of 12. Why go the extra mile to skip 10 because of metric, but then not go for 12? 10) You do realize that the brits gave you imperial measurements. Why celebrate independance of the brits and then keep on using their system? Tradition? Shortsightedness? Not actually independent? | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45456 Posts
On October 15 2012 23:37 Cirqueenflex wrote: while we're at it, why would anyone put the date as MM:DD:YY(YY)? It does not make the slightest sense to me. DD:MM:YY(YY) is way more convenient, as it orders the numbers in frequency of change. Even YY(YY):MM:DD would make more sense to me compared to what a lot of people use -.- People generally prefer to write things down (read as: dates, in this case) in the same order in which they're spoken. Some people say: "The 15th of October, 2012", and that's fine, but a little wordy for my (and many others') taste. I prefer to say: October 15th, 2012. So since I say month then day then year, it's easier to write month then day then year. Personal preference. That's pretty much the most simple reason why. (I'm well aware that YMD or DMY would go in a better-fitting sized order, but that doesn't necessarily trump everything from a practical perspective.) | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45456 Posts
On October 15 2012 23:38 Mataza wrote: Hur dur fuck yeah? Derp derderp fuck yeah? Let me address this: 1) When i drink redbull, I drink a dozen cans. What´s a gallon anyway? Do they sell gallon cans in america? Or did you drink 32 gill cans? Didn´t know they make so tiny cans in america. 2) Would you rather slap 7 on your dick or 20? 7 is such a small number. 20 is much bigger. I prefer 20 cm over 7 inches anyday. Okay I'm gonna stop you right there. First of all, I don't think you realize that everyone drinks cans of Red Bull, and that you can get different sizes in metric or imperial. A can is not a measurement, and I have no idea what the fuck a gill is. I think it's part of a fish. Second, the fact that you're arguing that you need a bigger number for your dick is classic overcompensation. Quite clearly, we could even convert our length to inches and still be larger than you in cm. (Also, you took his list wayyy too seriously.) | ||
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babbaj
20 Posts
Sorry if i'm rude, but i have to. User was warned for this post | ||
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lem0ncake
England85 Posts
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Ender985
Spain910 Posts
On October 15 2012 22:21 Rannasha wrote: I guess the imperial equivalent of kilobyte, megabyte, etc... is to just measure everything in terms of floppy, cdrom and dvd. "To install this game, you need at least 2 dvds, 6 cdroms and 23 floppies of storage space" (Conversion factors: 451 floppies to the cdrom, 7.2 cdroms to the dvd) Genious. I'l use it, thanks! | ||
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
On October 15 2012 23:37 Cirqueenflex wrote: while we're at it, why would anyone put the date as MM:DD:YY(YY)? It does not make the slightest sense to me. DD:MM:YY(YY) is way more convenient, as it orders the numbers in frequency of change. Even YY(YY):MM:DD would make more sense to me compared to what a lot of people use -.- I always found YYYY-MM-DD the be the only logical way, otherway around when shortening it. It just seems logical to specify as you go, so depending on how exact you want to be, the longer it gets. Just want to know year? YYYY, done. Want month as well? YYYY-MM. Hell, the day matters, so we add it. YYYY-MM-DD. How about time you say? YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS. Logical and consistant. Writing the whole MM-DD-YYYY is ridiculous, it would be like writing time HH-SS-MM. "He finished the race in 1 hour, 20 seconds and 35 minutes." WTF, that's beyond dumb. | ||
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Boblion
France8043 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45456 Posts
On October 16 2012 00:02 Tobberoth wrote: I always found YYYY-MM-DD the be the only logical way, otherway around when shortening it. It just seems logical to specify as you go, so depending on how exact you want to be, the longer it gets. Just want to know year? YYYY, done. Want month as well? YYYY-MM. Hell, the day matters, so we add it. YYYY-MM-DD. How about time you say? YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS. Logical and consistant. Writing the whole MM-DD-YYYY is ridiculous, it would be like writing time HH-SS-MM. "He finished the race in 1 hour, 20 seconds and 35 minutes." WTF, that's beyond dumb. So it would be ridiculous to say that today's date is October 15th, 2012, despite it being more efficient and quicker to say that than "It is the 15th of October, 2012"? You really think that most laymen believe that mathematical consistency overrides practicality? Note that you switching minutes and seconds to make your comparison doesn't actually make saying the whole length of time any faster, so no one has a justifiable reason to do that. So it's a false analogy between that and the date switch. | ||
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S:klogW
Austria657 Posts
On October 15 2012 23:38 Mataza wrote: Hur dur fuck yeah? Derp derderp fuck yeah? Let me address this: 1) When i drink redbull, I drink a dozen cans. What´s a gallon anyway? Do they sell gallon cans in america? Or did you drink 32 gill cans? Didn´t know they make so tiny cans in america. 2) Would you rather slap 7 on your dick or 20? 7 is such a small number. 20 is much bigger. I prefer 20 cm over 7 inches anyday. 3) 1 meter is the length of the fucking stick in paris that started the metric system. The stick is always the same length. When you measure in foot, do you realise that people have feet of different sizes or thumbs of different sizes? The first thing you have to teach your kids is that a foot is not always a foot long. Seriously, dafuq. 4) 0 degree celsius is the temperature water freezes. At 100°c water boils. Let´s see 100 degree Fahrenheit is the human body temperatur. Sometimes at least since body temperature is not static. 0°F is the lowest temperature Mr. Fahrenheit(A european btw) experienced in a cold winter in Danzig(again, welcome to europe). Is Fahrenheit imperial just because it uses random points for 0 and 100? 5)1 Mile is 1760 yards. Oh yeah, that´s catchy. Or 5280 feet. Oh, did you know, 1760 is a very intuitive 16 times 11 times 10. But you can´t have even numbers in imperial, so I suggest changing a mile to 1776 yards. See, then its 16 times 111. 6) What´s pound per inch? Sound like torque.... oh wait, it´s pressure. Hey, ever heard of 1 bar? 1 bar is the atmospheric pressure. So for you normal atmospheric pressure is ~14.5 pound per square inch? Guess what´s easier to me. 1 bar all the way. 7) God uses imperial? Since when do we have 12 commandments? Oh wait, WE DON´T. We have 10 commandments. Seems like Moses was a metric lover. 8) Half your arguments are FUCK YEAH and FUCK YOU. Is that necessary to argue for imperial, being vulgar? 9) You arguments are 1 short of 12. Why go the extra mile to skip 10 because of metric, but then not go for 12? 10) You do realize that the brits gave you imperial measurements. Why celebrate independance of the brits and then keep on using their system? Tradition? Shortsightedness? Not actually independent? Not as funny as jdseemoreglass, but ok. To add to your reasons 7. Jesus was imperial, but corrected his erroneous ways and became metric. How? He dropped Judas and James the Lesser was never really considered an apostle but a group chronicler, making the final number to 10. I hope I remember my grade school religion class right lol. | ||
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Tobberoth
Sweden6375 Posts
On October 16 2012 00:08 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: So it would be ridiculous to say that today's date is October 15th, 2012, despite it being more efficient and quicker to say that than "It is the 15th of October, 2012"? You really think that most laymen believe that mathematical consistency overrides practicality? Note that you switching minutes and seconds to make your comparison doesn't actually make saying the whole length of time any faster, so no one has a justifiable reason to do that. So it's a false analogy between that and the date switch. Saying =/= writing. Say the dates and times anyway you want, just write them in a way which is consistant and makes sense. Should also be noted that this is a language issue. In English, saying october 15th may be easier than 15th october, but this isn't true for many other languages, which is of course a nice bonus in those languages. Doesn't make an impact on writing though. | ||
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Toadesstern
Germany16350 Posts
On October 16 2012 00:08 DarkPlasmaBall wrote: So it would be ridiculous to say that today's date is October 15th, 2012, despite it being more efficient and quicker to say that than "It is the 15th of October, 2012"? You really think that most laymen believe that mathematical consistency overrides practicality? Note that you switching minutes and seconds to make your comparison doesn't actually make saying the whole length of time any faster, so no one has a justifiable reason to do that. So it's a false analogy between that and the date switch. It's about the "of" in between which makes it more effecient? Pretty sure you can get rid of that, can't you? We're saying "15ter Oktober 2012" in german as well. No "of" needed and you're good! | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45456 Posts
On October 16 2012 00:12 Tobberoth wrote: Saying =/= writing. Say the dates and times anyway you want, just write them in a way which is consistant and makes sense. Should also be noted that this is a language issue. In English, saying october 15th may be easier than 15th october, but this isn't true for many other languages, which is of course a nice bonus in those languages. Doesn't make an impact on writing though. As I said before, there's a logical bridge between saying and writing and doing things in the same order. Why you would say something one way and then write it in reverse is beyond me. That, if anything, would be inconsistent. If I'm saying the order of MDY, then it's far easier for me to write it as MDY (and I already explained why the order of MDY may be more appealing to some- especially those who speak English as you noted). And if it's the norm around here because other people understand my line of reasoning, then there's no problem. And if someone's puzzled, I'll explain it to them. | ||
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ZasZ.
United States2911 Posts
On October 16 2012 00:12 Tobberoth wrote: Saying =/= writing. Say the dates and times anyway you want, just write them in a way which is consistant and makes sense. Should also be noted that this is a language issue. In English, saying october 15th may be easier than 15th october, but this isn't true for many other languages, which is of course a nice bonus in those languages. Doesn't make an impact on writing though. No...saying is not =/= writing. I find it extremely convenient when dates are written in M/D/Y because that's how I say it aloud and how I interpret it on paper. If you write 10/15/2012, I immediately know it's October 15, 2012 because that's how I say dates. If you wrote 15/10/2012, I have to quickly mentally rearrange the numbers to get it into my Month Day, Year format that pretty much all Americans use in speaking. Obviously your mileage varies per culture, but that's the convention here and I don't really see how it affects anybody else. There are more issues with conflicting standards of measurement, but I supplied a post a page or so back about why it would be cost-ineffective and impractical to switch from Imperial to Metric but of course everybody ignored it so they could argue about stupid Americans some more. | ||
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nebula.
Sweden1431 Posts
On October 16 2012 00:23 ZasZ. wrote: No...saying is not =/= writing. I find it extremely convenient when dates are written in M/D/Y because that's how I say it aloud and how I interpret it on paper. If you write 10/15/2012, I immediately know it's October 15, 2012 because that's how I say dates. If you wrote 15/10/2012, I have to quickly mentally rearrange the numbers to get it into my Month Day, Year format that pretty much all Americans use in speaking. Obviously your mileage varies per culture, but that's the convention here and I don't really see how it affects anybody else. There are more issues with conflicting standards of measurement, but I supplied a post a page or so back about why it would be cost-ineffective and impractical to switch from Imperial to Metric but of course everybody ignored it so they could argue about stupid Americans some more. Of course you find it useful since you're used to it but you can't deny that"the MDY format that pretty much all Americans use in speaking" is really stupid | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45456 Posts
On October 16 2012 00:15 Toadesstern wrote: It's about the "of" in between which makes it more effecient? Pretty sure you can get rid of that, can't you? We're saying "15ter Oktober 2012" in german as well. No "of" needed and you're good! And in your language that's totally cool. It's technically more efficient in English, however, to do MDY... that's all I'm saying. I'm not saying everyone should say it as MDY, but I'm saying that it's silly to state that no one has any reason to say it that way. I'm just explaining the rationale against people who say it's a 100% dumb idea because on paper and in abstract notions they don't fit consistently. They're ignoring practical aspects to it. If both MDY and DMY required a 10 word phrase to get the point across, but YDM somehow magically required only 3 words, surely you'd see that some people might prefer to say the date in terms of YDM (which would then transfer over to writing it in that order because everyone's speaking it that way anyway), in the interest of time. | ||
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