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WCDT: 2226-2230 (9-13 July 2012) Weekly Comic Discussion Thread (SDCC Edition 1)
Akima:
--- Quote from: mustang6172 on 08 Jul 2012, 21:20 ---I'm going to assume that there was a typo and the last message was supposed to be from Pintsize.
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I suspect "Faye's" texts both came from Pintsize. Forging SMS messages would be right up his street.
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--- Quote from: snubnose on 08 Jul 2012, 23:42 ---Fahrenheit ? Seriously ? I'm expected to subtract 32, divide through 9, mulitply by 5, all in my head ? Just because you want to freeze water at 32 and boil it at 200-something ? Gah.
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Let us not forget that Daniel Gabriel Farenheit was German...
Skaltura:
Because we're apparently all about the tangents here, my favourite unit is the Outhouse aka one microbarn. :angel:
Is it cold in here?:
And the milliHelen, a unit of beauty sufficient to launch one ship.
Dora's tweet raises an interesting question. There must be sentient phones in the QC universe. Why haven't we seen one? What are they like? What do they do with their intelligence?
Akima:
My favourite is the catty (斤), because it is divided into sixteen tael...
Boxilar:
--- Quote from: snubnose on 08 Jul 2012, 23:42 ---
I wished these imperial units would finally vanish so I could understand what people are talking about. Fahrenheit ? Seriously ? I'm expected to subtract 32, divide through 9, mulitply by 5, all in my head ? Just because you want to freeze water at 32 and boil it at 200-something ? Gah.
You cant even give the weak excuse that Fahrenheit would be more "intuitive" than metric aka Kelvin / Celsius. Because, apparently, people seriously believe that "feet" would be intuitive. Whos feet ? And what the frak is "inch" or "mile" ? And how could stomething like "stone" be ever intuitive at all ?
Six units, everything else defined by these units, and when its thousands its kilo, millions its mega, trillions its giga, one thousands its milli, one millions its micro, etc. THATS intuitive.
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We gave a solid run at adopting the metric system in the States in the late 70s and early 80s. Road signs were printed in both miles and kilometers. Speedometers had two sets of numbers for the same. Auto manufacturers started switching to metric nuts and bolts as imports and shared platforms became more prevalent in the U.S. Working on a mid 80s GM, Ford or Chrysler product can be frustrating when the bolt you're loosening is metric and the one next to it is SAE.
The whole thing kind of fizzled out in the late 80s. There was never the political will to force the switch and there was real resistance to the idea, especially after that one Canadian airliner ran out of fuel mid flight because the ground crew didn't understand the difference between gallons and liters. The military still uses Kliks and meters for the most part, but the military does love their tradition so hoary units of measure like the knot are still used for ship and aircraft speed.
Adopting the metric system would be a good idea, but I don't see it happening here anytime soon. Can't have the Gubbmint telling us what to do, after all. It wouldn't be 'Murrican.
--- Quote from: Tova on 08 Jul 2012, 23:48 ---
--- Quote from: Boxilar on 08 Jul 2012, 22:16 ---Marten's message I get. With a little brain lubricant, it makes sense, kind of. Tai was worried about hooking up with Dora because it would be akward for Marten, who is her friend and co-worker. He has already assured her that he is fine with it. A little alcohol, and to Marten it is important to reassure Dora that he has no problem with her and Tai. From his slightly inebriated point of view, he has done a good thing by assuring both parties that he is fine with them getting together.
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You're right - the alcohol does explain it. I can see why he thinks he's helping, but he's not.
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I agree. And I'll be suprised if Dora dosen't let Marten and Faye know how unhelpful they've been.
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