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RE: Noteworthy News
March 15, 2022 at 9:31 am
(March 15, 2022 at 4:43 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: A New Unit Of Measurement
Quote:A small asteroid struck the Earth above Iceland last Friday — just two hours after it was spotted by an astronomer.
The space rock, named 2022 EB5, is believed to have mostly burnt up in our planet's atmosphere, but even if it had impacted the surface it would have done little to no damage because it was just 10ft (3 metres) wide, about half the size of a giraffe.
I propose we start measuring everything in giraffes. We already know the average height, length, mass, volume and lifespan of a giraffe. Some not-too-intensive research could lead to agreement on quantities such as heat, electrical resistance, conductivity, magnetism, etc of giraffes, and these numbers could be divided into convenient units. Just think of it - no more mish-mash of feet, meters, inches, grams, and so on. I admit there could be some trouble generating non-confusing symbols for these units, but that's a doddle.
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I'm curious if it was 1/2 the height, the width, or the length. I guess they approximated it with a sphere of equal mass...
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 15, 2022 at 9:40 am
(March 15, 2022 at 9:31 am)Fireball Wrote: (March 15, 2022 at 4:43 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: A New Unit Of Measurement
I propose we start measuring everything in giraffes. We already know the average height, length, mass, volume and lifespan of a giraffe. Some not-too-intensive research could lead to agreement on quantities such as heat, electrical resistance, conductivity, magnetism, etc of giraffes, and these numbers could be divided into convenient units. Just think of it - no more mish-mash of feet, meters, inches, grams, and so on. I admit there could be some trouble generating non-confusing symbols for these units, but that's a doddle.
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I'm curious if it was 1/2 the height, the width, or the length. I guess they approximated it with a sphere of equal mass...
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 15, 2022 at 11:12 am
(March 15, 2022 at 7:12 am)onlinebiker Wrote: (March 15, 2022 at 4:43 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: A New Unit Of Measurement
I propose we start measuring everything in giraffes. We already know the average height, length, mass, volume and lifespan of a giraffe. Some not-too-intensive research could lead to agreement on quantities such as heat, electrical resistance, conductivity, magnetism, etc of giraffes, and these numbers could be divided into convenient units. Just think of it - no more mish-mash of feet, meters, inches, grams, and so on. I admit there could be some trouble generating non-confusing symbols for these units, but that's a doddle.
Boru (height: .4 giraffes / weight: .1 giraffes / age: 2.1 giraffes) Well shit.
I guess i will need to buy a bigger tool chest for the new comparator......
This isn' t going to be cheap....
No you wouldn’t. A giraffe-scaled comparator wouldn’t be any bigger than the ones already in use.
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 15, 2022 at 5:16 pm
Donald Trump was recently asked about the war in Ukraine - how it would unfold, how long it might last, what the end game might look like. This is his answer. Verbatim:
"Well, and I said this a long time ago, if this happens, we are playing right into their hands. Green energy. The windmills. They don't work. They're too expensive. They kill all the birds. They ruin your landscapes. And yet the environmentalists love the windmills. And I've been preaching this for years. The windmills. And I had them way down. But the windmills are the most expensive energy you can have. And they don't work. And by the way, they last a period of 10 years and by the time they start rusting and rotting all over the place, nobody ever takes them down. They just go on to the next piece of prairie or land and destroy that."
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 15, 2022 at 5:26 pm
(March 15, 2022 at 11:12 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (March 15, 2022 at 7:12 am)onlinebiker Wrote: Well shit.
I guess i will need to buy a bigger tool chest for the new comparator......
This isn' t going to be cheap....
No you wouldn’t. A giraffe-scaled comparator wouldn’t be any bigger than the ones already in use.
Boru
I thought it would be full scale.
So - in Oz it will be in milligiraffes?
I'm guessing being in the US I' ll be stuck with an SAE unit.... How fun will 5/32nds GS be?
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 15, 2022 at 5:55 pm
(March 15, 2022 at 5:26 pm)onlinebiker Wrote: (March 15, 2022 at 11:12 am)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: No you wouldn’t. A giraffe-scaled comparator wouldn’t be any bigger than the ones already in use.
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I thought it would be full scale.
So - in Oz it will be in milligiraffes?
I'm guessing being in the US I' ll be stuck with an SAE unit.... How fun will 5/32nds GS be?
So…meters and yards can be divided into fractions, but not giraffes?
And fyi, I don’t live in Australia.
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 15, 2022 at 6:15 pm
(March 15, 2022 at 5:16 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Donald Trump was recently asked about the war in Ukraine - how it would unfold, how long it might last, what the end game might look like. This is his answer. Verbatim:
"Well, and I said this a long time ago, if this happens, we are playing right into their hands. Green energy. The windmills. They don't work. They're too expensive. They kill all the birds. They ruin your landscapes. And yet the environmentalists love the windmills. And I've been preaching this for years. The windmills. And I had them way down. But the windmills are the most expensive energy you can have. And they don't work. And by the way, they last a period of 10 years and by the time they start rusting and rotting all over the place, nobody ever takes them down. They just go on to the next piece of prairie or land and destroy that."
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 15, 2022 at 6:35 pm
(March 15, 2022 at 6:15 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: (March 15, 2022 at 5:16 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Donald Trump was recently asked about the war in Ukraine - how it would unfold, how long it might last, what the end game might look like. This is his answer. Verbatim:
"Well, and I said this a long time ago, if this happens, we are playing right into their hands. Green energy. The windmills. They don't work. They're too expensive. They kill all the birds. They ruin your landscapes. And yet the environmentalists love the windmills. And I've been preaching this for years. The windmills. And I had them way down. But the windmills are the most expensive energy you can have. And they don't work. And by the way, they last a period of 10 years and by the time they start rusting and rotting all over the place, nobody ever takes them down. They just go on to the next piece of prairie or land and destroy that."
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Yeah, I guess I must be thick as a plank. I failed to see the connection between an unjustified, unprovoked war in Eastern Europe and the proliferation of windmills across the American prairie.
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 15, 2022 at 6:41 pm
(March 15, 2022 at 6:35 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: (March 15, 2022 at 6:15 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: The Onion has no need to exist any more.
Yeah, I guess I must be thick as a plank. I failed to see the connection between an unjustified, unprovoked war in Eastern Europe and the proliferation of windmills across the American prairie.
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RE: Noteworthy News
March 15, 2022 at 10:42 pm
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(March 15, 2022 at 6:15 pm)arewethereyet Wrote: (March 15, 2022 at 5:16 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: Donald Trump was recently asked about the war in Ukraine - how it would unfold, how long it might last, what the end game might look like. This is his answer. Verbatim:
"Well, and I said this a long time ago, if this happens, we are playing right into their hands. Green energy. The windmills. They don't work. They're too expensive. They kill all the birds. They ruin your landscapes. And yet the environmentalists love the windmills. And I've been preaching this for years. The windmills. And I had them way down. But the windmills are the most expensive energy you can have. And they don't work. And by the way, they last a period of 10 years and by the time they start rusting and rotting all over the place, nobody ever takes them down. They just go on to the next piece of prairie or land and destroy that."
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