ShadySands Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 No idea. We do use metric for scientific stuff. Free games updated 3/4/21
Zoraptor Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 Wasnt there some joint euro US space ventures that got all screwed up cos the EU used metric and the US didn't? SOHO, though that was eventually fixed and iirc is still operational today. The most famous outright failure from conversion error is probably the Mars Climate Orbiter where the satellite pancaked into Mars. Non space, but there's also the Gimli Glider incident which is 100% worth reading about (or watch the Mayday/ Air Crash Investigation ep) just because it's a pretty awesome story. 2
injurai Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 Every time that picture gets posted, I have to bring up the following up. YMD is superior above all else, and the American format is actually MD,Y a colloquial reformatting of YMD. Europe can stay losing, the rest of the enlightened world uses YMD. That's dumb, the only reason to have YMD is for documents that will be read by archeologists. MDY makes sense if you're trying to track down a document as they will undoubtedly be stored by year. You go from greater to smaller in a way that its actually functional and not having to look at documents that start with the year of the box you just pulled them off. No duh is the same year; it might seem little but when you're sifting through thousands every little bit helps. I'm confused, sounds like you agree that YMD/MD,Y are the superior formats.
Orogun01 Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 Every time that picture gets posted, I have to bring up the following up. YMD is superior above all else, and the American format is actually MD,Y a colloquial reformatting of YMD. Europe can stay losing, the rest of the enlightened world uses YMD. That's dumb, the only reason to have YMD is for documents that will be read by archeologists. MDY makes sense if you're trying to track down a document as they will undoubtedly be stored by year. You go from greater to smaller in a way that its actually functional and not having to look at documents that start with the year of the box you just pulled them off. No duh is the same year; it might seem little but when you're sifting through thousands every little bit helps. I'm confused, sounds like you agree that YMD/MD,Y are the superior formats. Each has its function and should be kept to it. For archiving purposes YMD works best, for information that has a shorter term of relevance MDY, and for everyone else that can't be bothered with corporate or scientific bull**** DMY. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
injurai Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 Each has its function and should be kept to it. For archiving purposes YMD works best, for information that has a shorter term of relevance MDY, and for everyone else that can't be bothered with corporate or scientific bull**** DMY. Yeah, that's fair. I acknowledge the general context benefit of DMY, it's more that infographic thinks it's the one true format since it has a cute little pyramid. 2
Orogun01 Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 Each has its function and should be kept to it. For archiving purposes YMD works best, for information that has a shorter term of relevance MDY, and for everyone else that can't be bothered with corporate or scientific bull**** DMY. Yeah, that's fair. I acknowledge the general context benefit of DMY, it's more that infographic thinks it's the one true format since it has a cute little pyramid. Well, there's a difference in aesthetic value and functional value. None of which need be intrinsic. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
teknoman2 Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 as far as i know, YMD is the standard used for archiving in most places. the MDY and DMY formats were created due to the common verbal pronunciation of a date in each language. saying "May first twenty eighteen" rolls off the tongue easier than "first of May twenty eighteen", so the written form of it became 5/1/2018 to match. in languages like italian where the verbal pronunciation of a date is "primo Maggio due mila diciotto", the written format was set to 1/5/2018 to match. The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder. -Teknoman2- What? You thought it was a quote from some well known wise guy from the past? Stupidity leads to willful ignorance - willful ignorance leads to hope - hope leads to sex - and that is how a new generation of fools is born! We are hardcore role players... When we go to bed with a girl, we roll a D20 to see if we hit the target and a D6 to see how much penetration damage we did. Modern democracy is: the sheep voting for which dog will be the shepherd's right hand.
Blarghagh Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 YMD is superior above all else, and the American format is actually MD,Y a colloquial reformatting of YMD.I lol'd. Here's a fan translation: "We completely screwed up the best system by misusing it since forever and being morons, but that original system nobody even uses was better than yours so therefore our malformed idiocy must still be better than yours." 1
Gfted1 Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 I just use d, m, y (29 Apr 18). Its programmed in from the military I guess. Wrt metric, the problem for me is, I cant mentally visualize mm and cm and stuff like that. I can mentally picture inches, I just glance at something and think "that's 12 inches", but mm and cm are all like "that's 304.8mm". Wth man. "I'm your biggest fan, Ill follow you until you love me, Papa"
Orogun01 Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 I just use d, m, y (29 Apr 18). Its programmed in from the military I guess. Wrt metric, the problem for me is, I cant mentally visualize mm and cm and stuff like that. I can mentally picture inches, I just glance at something and think "that's 12 inches", but mm and cm are all like "that's 304.8mm". Wth man. We tend to look at everything in cm until their height gets to meters, we ignore decimeters and skip to meters. I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
Raithe Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 For something I threw in offhand as a mixture of weird/amusing, that caused a fair chunk of debate.... "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 7 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Raithe Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 2 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
teknoman2 Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 (edited) I just use d, m, y (29 Apr 18). Its programmed in from the military I guess. Wrt metric, the problem for me is, I cant mentally visualize mm and cm and stuff like that. I can mentally picture inches, I just glance at something and think "that's 12 inches", but mm and cm are all like "that's 304.8mm". Wth man. the simplest trick is to measure your index finger in cm and just think "how many fingers is that?" Edited April 29, 2018 by teknoman2 The words freedom and liberty, are diminishing the true meaning of the abstract concept they try to explain. The true nature of freedom is such, that the human mind is unable to comprehend it, so we make a cage and name it freedom in order to give a tangible meaning to what we dont understand, just as our ancestors made gods like Thor or Zeus to explain thunder. -Teknoman2- What? You thought it was a quote from some well known wise guy from the past? Stupidity leads to willful ignorance - willful ignorance leads to hope - hope leads to sex - and that is how a new generation of fools is born! We are hardcore role players... When we go to bed with a girl, we roll a D20 to see if we hit the target and a D6 to see how much penetration damage we did. Modern democracy is: the sheep voting for which dog will be the shepherd's right hand.
rjshae Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 2 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
Orogun01 Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 Recycling is important I'd say the answer to that question is kind of like the answer to "who's the sucker in this poker game?"* *If you can't tell, it's you.
Raithe Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 4 "Cuius testiculos habeas, habeas cardia et cerebellum."
Gromnir Posted April 29, 2018 Posted April 29, 2018 warning: although the following is a video from c-span, there is a few instances of off-color humor and vulgar language. not bad for a whcd routine. a few funny moments. a few uncomfortable moments. am knowing invocation o' franken is verboten these days, but both of his whcd routines were fantastic. HA! Good Fun! 2 "If there be time to expose through discussion the falsehood and fallacies, to avert the evil by the processes of education, the remedy to be applied is more speech, not enforced silence."Justice Louis Brandeis, Concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U.S. 357 (1927) "Im indifferent to almost any murder as long as it doesn't affect me or mine."--Gfted1 (September 30, 2019)
rjshae Posted April 30, 2018 Posted April 30, 2018 5 "It has just been discovered that research causes cancer in rats."
Malcador Posted April 30, 2018 Posted April 30, 2018 https://i.imgur.com/AYJTUyP.gifv Doing it way too slow to be Slayer as the source post said. 1 Why has elegance found so little following? Elegance has the disadvantage that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it. - Edsger Wybe Dijkstra
Guard Dog Posted April 30, 2018 Posted April 30, 2018 Old but still funny. Especially the last one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx6WB5YJia8 3 "While it is true you learn with age, the down side is what you often learn is what a damn fool you were before" Thomas Sowell
Katphood Posted May 1, 2018 Posted May 1, 2018 2 There used to be a signature here, a really cool one...and now it's gone.
Chilloutman Posted May 2, 2018 Posted May 2, 2018 1 I'm the enemy, 'cause I like to think, I like to read. I'm into freedom of speech, and freedom of choice. I'm the kinda guy that likes to sit in a greasy spoon and wonder, "Gee, should I have the T-bone steak or the jumbo rack of barbecue ribs with the side-order of gravy fries?" I want high cholesterol! I wanna eat bacon, and butter, and buckets of cheese, okay?! I wanna smoke a Cuban cigar the size of Cincinnati in the non-smoking section! I wanna run naked through the street, with green Jell-O all over my body, reading Playboy magazine. Why? Because I suddenly may feel the need to, okay, pal? I've SEEN the future. Do you know what it is? It's a 47-year-old virgin sitting around in his beige pajamas, drinking a banana-broccoli shake, singing "I'm an Oscar Meyer Wiene"
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