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| pdenisowski:
--- Quote from: Zero999 on November 17, 2023, 03:51:56 pm --- --- End quote --- I thought you just use 1/1000 of an inch, rather than small fractions. I have some calipers which measure in increments of 0.0005", in imperial mode. [/quote] Sure, if I'm measuring using calipers, but tools (wrenches*, sockets, etc.) and "non-precision" measuring devices (rulers, squares/triangles, etc.) are still in units of 1/2s, 1/4s, 1/8s, etc. I'm not sure that measuring a "mystery nut" with calipers (0.4375) and then converting that measurement into a decimal number (7/16) to pick the appropriate wrench would speed things up :) * sorry: "spanner" :) |
| Siwastaja:
Yeah, sometimes using decimal system and sometimes binary fractions is really the worst part. I also don't understand the masochism which goes into preferring weird stuff like 7/16" instead of 8/16" = 1/2" when the latter would work equally well. Other than that, I have no worries using an inch as an unit. |
| TimFox:
Calipers that measure in 1/128 inch increments do exist, but I prefer a dial calipers with 0.001 inch increments for my purposes, since we were all drilled in decimal expressions for binary fractions in elementary school when I was young. By the way, a common expression for 0.0001 inch is a "tenth", short for "tenth of a thousandth", and a common alternate expression for 0.001 inch = 1 mil is a "thou". |
| DavidAlfa:
--- Quote from: luudee on November 14, 2023, 07:47:12 am ---Whereas in the American system, the answer to ‘How much energy does it take to boil a room-temperature gallon of water?’ is ‘Go fuck yourself,’ because you can’t directly relate any of those quantities. --- End quote --- I remember my Science teacher explaining how each system was made, he always freaked out about Imperial units, specially if anything or anyone called out the Farenheits! - 0 Celsius is where pure water frozens, 100ºC where it boils, under 1atm pressure. - 0 Kelvin is the absolute "cold" in physics. - While we had all those rational units, Sir Farenheit put a bucket of water to boil somewhere in the woods, while drunk as f***, went to a nearby tree to take a piss and shouted, "Fuck yeah, I'll call it 212ºF!!". Then he came back to civilization just like Moses and the ten commandments! And for some damn reason everyone decided it was OK to adopt it without questioning anything! (He usually came with new ideas about how Sir Farenheit might have gotten into it :-DD) Ahh that guy was crazy, but funny as hell! |
| unknownparticle:
Until the advent of Youtube I was completely unaware that Americans pronounced soldering incorrectly ;D |
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