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Official BBO Hijacked Thread Thread No, it's not about that

#1681 User is offline   Lobowolf 

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Posted 2010-June-12, 10:30

Aberlour10, on Jun 12 2010, 08:21 AM, said:

I wonder what kind of "logic" is behind these strange US measures like the gallon =
231 cubic inches,=0.133680555 cubic feet =3.785411784 litres :)

To be fair, they were created at a time when people could actually multiply and divide, so it wasn't as problematic as one might think.
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Posted 2010-June-12, 10:35

Lobowolf, on Jun 12 2010, 11:30 AM, said:

Aberlour10, on Jun 12 2010, 08:21 AM, said:

I wonder what kind of "logic" is behind these strange US measures like the gallon =
231 cubic inches,=0.133680555 cubic feet =3.785411784 litres :)

To be fair, they were created at a time when people could actually multiply and divide, so it wasn't as problematic as one might think.

Thus the gallon, the basic English unit of volume, was originally the volume of eight pounds of wheat.


wet wheat or dry wheat? :P
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Posted 2010-June-12, 11:14

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Posted 2010-June-12, 11:27

Winstonm, on Jun 12 2010, 03:55 PM, said:

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Posted 2010-June-12, 11:35

OleBerg, on Jun 12 2010, 12:27 PM, said:

Winstonm, on Jun 12 2010, 03:55 PM, said:

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Checkmate. :)
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Posted 2010-June-12, 12:59

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Posted 2010-June-12, 13:29

The Ultimate Minority Group: Gay Christian Republican Evolved Zamboni Drivers For Global Warming
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Posted 2010-June-12, 13:38

Aberlour10, on Jun 12 2010, 02:21 PM, said:

I wonder what kind of "logic" is behind these strange US measures like the gallon =
231 cubic inches,=0.133680555 cubic feet =3.785411784 litres :blink:

1 feet = 12 inches. Like one day = 24 hours. These units come from a time when we used base 12 rather than base 10.

But also it's an incoherent mismatch of conventions with different sources. Sometimes American use metric units: Volts and millimeters. And a calorie is the energy it takes to heat a kilogram of water by one degree Celsius. Pretty useless if you use neither kilograms not degrees Celsius otherwise.
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Posted 2010-June-12, 18:04

OleBerg, on Jun 12 2010, 12:27 PM, said:

Winstonm, on Jun 12 2010, 03:55 PM, said:

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or progressive taliban militants
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Posted 2010-June-12, 19:07

helene_t, on Jun 12 2010, 02:38 PM, said:

Aberlour10, on Jun 12 2010, 02:21 PM, said:

I wonder what kind of "logic" is behind these strange US measures like the gallon =
231 cubic inches,=0.133680555 cubic feet =3.785411784 litres :blink:

1 feet = 12 inches. Like one day = 24 hours. These units come from a time when we used base 12 rather than base 10.

But also it's an incoherent mismatch of conventions with different sources. Sometimes American use metric units: Volts and millimeters. And a calorie is the energy it takes to heat a kilogram of liquid water by one degree Celsius. Pretty useless if you're an eskimo.

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Posted 2010-June-13, 02:48

What about Vuvuzuela noises as a new sound on BBO :blink:
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Posted 2010-June-13, 08:57

luke warm, on Jun 12 2010, 07:04 PM, said:

OleBerg, on Jun 12 2010, 12:27 PM, said:

Winstonm, on Jun 12 2010, 03:55 PM, said:

The Ultimate Minority Group: Gay Republicans For Christ

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or progressive taliban militants

Same people - different leaders.
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Posted 2010-June-13, 19:04

The USA-England World Cup match ended in a 1-1 tie. Some here in the U.S. actually knew a game was being played sometime this year. The rest of us only found out because ESPN told us between NFL reruns and NBA playoff games.

It's not that we find soccer boring, but....

Soccer would be a great game to play on ice with skates and sticks and a puck instead of a ball, and with a Zamboni between periods.

Hell, soccer on ice with drunk Canadiens and brooms would be better....
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Posted 2010-June-14, 01:00

Winstonm, on Jun 13 2010, 08:04 PM, said:

The USA-England World Cup match ended in a 1-1 tie. Some here in the U.S. actually knew a game was being played sometime this year. The rest of us only found out because ESPN told us between NFL reruns and NBA playoff games.

It's not that we find soccer boring, but....

Soccer would be a great game to play on ice with skates and sticks and a puck instead of a ball, and with a Zamboni between periods.

Hell, soccer on ice with drunk Canadiens and brooms would be better....

Heh
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Posted 2010-June-14, 01:30

Aberlour10, on Jun 13 2010, 02:48 AM, said:

What about Vuvuzuela noises as a new sound on BBO ;)

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Posted 2010-June-14, 03:26

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Posted 2010-June-14, 05:19

Delicate sound of Vuvuzuela trompets is a pure joy for sensible people, oh yeah
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Posted 2010-June-15, 15:04

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Posted 2010-June-15, 16:59

Winstonm, on Jun 13 2010, 08:04 PM, said:

The USA-England World Cup match ended in a 1-1 tie. Some here in the U.S. actually knew a game was being played sometime this year. The rest of us only found out because ESPN told us between NFL reruns and NBA playoff games.

It's not that we find soccer boring, but....

Soccer would be a great game to play on ice with skates and sticks and a puck instead of a ball, and with a Zamboni between periods.

Hell, soccer on ice with drunk Canadiens and brooms would be better....

I thought that was Curling ;)
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Posted 2010-June-15, 17:05

pooltuna, on Jun 15 2010, 05:59 PM, said:

Winstonm, on Jun 13 2010, 08:04 PM, said:

The USA-England World Cup match ended in a 1-1 tie.  Some here in the U.S. actually knew a game was being played sometime this year.  The rest of us only found out because ESPN told us between NFL reruns and NBA playoff games.

It's not that we find soccer boring, but....

Soccer would be a great game to play on ice with skates and sticks and a puck instead of a ball, and with a Zamboni between periods.

Hell, soccer on ice with drunk Canadiens and brooms would be better....

I thought that was Curling :)

This will be a lot like curling only they will wear shorts and someone will actually care about who wins. ;)
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