Peter Hucker wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 11:50:01 +0100, ah <splifingate@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Peter Hucker wrote:
>>> On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:42:59 +0100, ah <splifingate@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Peter Hucker wrote:
>>>>> On Mon, 25 Aug 2008 01:59:51 +0100, ah <splifingate@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Peter Hucker wrote:
>>>>>>> On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 11:16:42 +0100, Snarky
<popesnarky@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:22:48 -0700, Juan Tootreego wrote these
lies,
>>>>>>>> denials, arrogant assertions, erroneous presuppositions, and/or
>>>>>>>> obfuscations:
>>>>>>>>> Peter Hucker says...
>>>>>>>>>> On Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:11:01 +0100, Juan Tootreego wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> > Neil Barker says...
>>>>>>>>>> >> "ah" wrote...
>>>>>>>>>> >> >
>>>>>>>>>> >> > The stone.
>>>>>>>>>> >>
>>>>>>>>>> >> 14 lbs! ROTFLMAO!
>>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>>> > How much is that in kilos?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Some believe that the world converting to the metric system
would
>>>>>>>>>> greatly simplify our measures. But look what would really
happen to our
>>>>>>>>>> old cliches:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> A miss is as good as 1.6 kilometers.
>>>>>>>>>> Put your best 0.3 of a meter forward. Spare the 5.03 meters and
spoil
>>>>>>>>>> the child. Twenty-eight grams of prevention is worth 453 grams
of cure.
>>>>>>>>>> Give a man 2.5 centimeters and he'll take 1.6 kilometers. Peter
Piper
>>>>>>>>>> picked 8.8 liters of pickled peppers.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> I'll agree to move to metric when we measure *time* in decimals.
E.g. 10
>>>>>>>>> hours in a day, 100 minutes in an hour, 100 seconds in a minute.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> And let's not talk about the calendar...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Someone worked out a decimal system for measuring time, I think,
in some
>>>>>>>> sf series, though I don't know how detailed it was offhand.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> It couldn't be done without changing the length of a second, which
would **** up all scientific calculations.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's almost like saying that the price of oil is irrevocably tied
to the $.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We could barter in base-17 for all the transaction matters; the
Rule is that
>>>>>> both (or all) parties understand )and transact in) the de facto
standard being
>>>>>> used.
>>>>>
>>>>> Everything is based around the second in SI units. All the
constants would have to be ****ed about with.
>>>>
>>>> 'second' is a unit of time, not space.
>>>
>>> But it's used in a lot of formulas.
>>
>> So is salt...
>>
>>>
>>>>> Hey isn't this why the shuttle crashed?
>>>>
>>>> It never crashed...
>>>
>>> What?
>>
>> It exploded once in mid-air (liftoff), and once during reentry to
Earth's
>> atmosphere.
>
> Near enough.
>
> A landing is a controlled mid air collision with a planet.
Planet != atmosphere.
--
ah
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