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ATTN: Americans: Bend over!
Nodaisho:
A ration? Never heard that expression before.
Course, you have had a lot more time to screw up jokes than I have.
celticgeek:
The full expression is "a ration of shit". Meaning that I would make fun of you for it. And, yes, I have had an enormously long to screw up jokes, and many other things, too.
Nodaisho:
Ah, okay. That a term that has an origin in the military? It just sounds like something I would expect to hear a veteran say.
celticgeek:
Reviewing my posts in this thread, I think that:
a) I should have thought about it more first, and
b) been more sober.
Iechyd da!
dennis:
--- Quote from: Nodaisho on 16 Sep 2008, 00:36 ---Computers use base two like our brains use... I don't know enough neurology to finish the metaphor, someone help me out here? The very basic of how our brains work, I would say our brains use binary, in that either a connection has electricity travelling on it or it doesn't, but for all I know, that is bull.
--- End quote ---
Our brains are not digital. They're analog.
--- Quote ---The imperial system tends to use multiples of two to go up in terms. It makes some sense, when you think about it, people usually get one or two things, not one or ten. I knew a guy that made a whole long post on the subject, he really knew his stuff, or at least was good enough to make it sound like he did. I'll see if I can find it, if you want to read it. Interesting stuff.
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The Imperial system is a hodgepodge of systems with a number of bases: decimal, sexagesimal, duodecimal, vigesimal, etc, which is why it's not particularly consistent. It goes well with the English language, which is a hodgepodge of other languages.
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