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On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 18:33:06 -0400, nemesis wrote:
> Warp <war### [at] tag povrayorg> wrote:
>> Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> > three seventy-seconds of one inch
>>
>> I think that at least *some* Americans realize how ridiculous the
>> imperial measurement system is. It's a petty that resistance to change
>> is such a huge psychological phenomenon that it's not going to change
>> any time soon.
>>
>> --
>> - Warp
>
> I actually had a laugh at the "three seventy" vs the usual "seventy
> three". or did he mean "3 x seventy-seconds"?
>
> then again, I'm used to it from Sherlock Holmes books :)
3/72 is what was meant (not sure if you were not getting that, or being
silly)
Jim
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> BTW, does anyone outside the world of printed circuit board design ever
> use the measurement "mil"?
3M use mils for thickness of optical films - if it wasn't for the large
difference in scale then it would have been very confusing.
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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 18:33:06 -0400, nemesis wrote:
>
> > Warp <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
> >> Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
> >> > three seventy-seconds of one inch
> >>
> >> I think that at least *some* Americans realize how ridiculous the
> >> imperial measurement system is. It's a petty that resistance to change
> >> is such a huge psychological phenomenon that it's not going to change
> >> any time soon.
> >>
> >> --
> >> - Warp
> >
> > I actually had a laugh at the "three seventy" vs the usual "seventy
> > three". or did he mean "3 x seventy-seconds"?
> >
> > then again, I'm used to it from Sherlock Holmes books :)
>
> 3/72 is what was meant (not sure if you were not getting that, or being
> silly)
>
> Jim
I think that if you are not used to the system it is easy to read it as three
times seventy seconds. Then when you realise what is meant you laugh at your
embarrassment at getting it wrong.
It is great how English words change their meaning depending on their context.
Stephen
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Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 10:45:38 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>
> > Mr. Fry says more than his prayers, when he wants to impress. IMO.
>
> Given his lack of religious convictions, that's pretty easy to achieve,
> don't you think? ;)
>
Stephen
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> It is great how English words change their meaning depending on their context.
Not just English - more or less every human language ever invented! ;-)
I especially enjoy how "and" sometimes means "or", and "or" sometimes
means "and". No wonder students suck at Boolean algebra! :-D
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> I especially enjoy how "and" sometimes means "or", and "or" sometimes
> means "and". No wonder students suck at Boolean algebra! :-D
After an hour of boolean algebra our teacher announced that people with
birthdays in April and May should stay behind. Obviously a few people
stayed behind only to get yelled at :-)
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 05:58:11 -0400, Stephen wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> On Sat, 20 Jul 2013 10:45:38 +0100, Stephen wrote:
>>
>> > Mr. Fry says more than his prayers, when he wants to impress. IMO.
>>
>> Given his lack of religious convictions, that's pretty easy to achieve,
>> don't you think? ;)
>>
>>
>
> Oh! I dont know if you know the phrase. It means does not
always tell
> the truth.
>
> Stephen
Ah, that's a new one for me. :)
But I think all of us tell fibs now and again. I don't think I've ever
met anyone who's 100% truthful all the time, even those of us who try to
be.
Jim
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On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 05:50:57 -0400, Stephen wrote:
> I think that if you are not used to the system it is easy to read it as
> three times seventy seconds. Then when you realise what is meant you
> laugh at your embarrassment at getting it wrong.
Oh, yes, I think so as well. It's just that when I see a measurement, I
don't think in terms of time. ;)
> It is great how English words change their meaning depending on their
> context.
Yep, also true in other languages, too. :)
Jim
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On 22/07/2013 11:29 AM, scott wrote:
>> I especially enjoy how "and" sometimes means "or", and "or" sometimes
>> means "and". No wonder students suck at Boolean algebra! :-D
>
> After an hour of boolean algebra our teacher announced that people with
> birthdays in April and May should stay behind. Obviously a few people
> stayed behind only to get yelled at :-)
PWN3D!
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On 22/07/2013 5:24 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> Oh, yes, I think so as well. It's just that when I see a measurement, I
> don't think in terms of time.;)
Now we know why you failed your Time Lord exams. :-P
--
Regards
Stephen
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