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| Thread ID: 78625 | 2007-04-22 19:00:00 | NZ Moving West Again? | SurferJoe46 (51) | PC World Chat |
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| 543265 | 2007-04-22 21:46:00 | Joe - could you and your neighbours help us away from these infernal metrics? You could start by rejecting decimal money, why not try - 4 farthings to the penny, 12 pennies = 1 shilling, 20 shillings to one pound, and one pound + one shilling (21 shillings) gives one guinea. (Once you have the fiscal systems hogtied, you could adopt the Lucas electrical system and freeze in the dark.) |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 543266 | 2007-04-22 23:31:00 | We are a nation of pirates, arrr me matey | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 543267 | 2007-04-22 23:43:00 | Ahhhhh... I remember the imperial system of measurement. Yes... i'm THAT old Quite a romantic system, i so much as it sounded nicer "walk a mile" etc. It was also romantic in so much as it was hopelessly inaccurate , and a pain to work with. Things tend to get measured more accurately in millimeters, even if "about half an inch" sound so much nicer.... |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 543268 | 2007-04-22 23:44:00 | I'm waiting to go on the Shushu jiuzhang system. Given: kou = 3 ch'ih, ku = 4 ch'ih. What is the length of hsien? We know (200 cubed) is equal to 8,000,000 and (300 cubed) is equal to 27,000,000, therefore (200 cubed) < (x cubed) < (300 cubed). In other words, the closest integer solution can be written as x = 200 + 10b + c. Ignoring c temporarily we need to find largest b such that (200 + 10b cubed) = 1x(200 cubed) + 3x (200 sq)x10b + 3x200x(10b sq) + 1x(10b cubed) <= 12,812,904. Taking away 1x(200 cubed) from each side we end up with : 3x(200 sq)x10b + 3x200x (10b sq) + 1x(10b cubed) <= 4,812,904 By trying in turn b = 1,2,3... one discovers that b = 3 is in fact the highest possible number to satisfy this inequality. Actually for b = 3 you obtain 4,167,000. Next subtract this value from 4,812,904 to derive an inequality for c : 3x(230 sq)xc + 3x230x(c sq) + 1x(c cubed) <= 645,904. In this case c = 4 satisfies the equality. Therefore the result is hsien = 5 ch'ih, but I am working on a counter-proof at this time. :groan: |
SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 543269 | 2007-04-23 00:07:00 | Ok SurferJoe46, what is that in Fahrenheit? Having been in Minneapolis in winter, I have experienced -40 (Deg. multigrade), but I can't say I was comfortable with it. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 543270 | 2007-04-23 02:01:00 | so when using alan keys.... | rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 543271 | 2007-04-23 03:03:00 | Mrs Keys would not like anyone abusing her husband, Alan. | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
| 543272 | 2007-04-23 08:33:00 | Yes the pressF1 clock is slow again (this post was made at 8:01 am) Hmm, mine must be fast, it said that you posted that at 8:52am |
Faded_Mantis (79) | ||
| 543273 | 2007-04-23 10:57:00 | What with threats of avatars, the recycling and decycling of creighton ass, we are moving so fast that time itself is left behind. Do I detect a red shift, or is it just my bloodshot eye ? ? |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 543274 | 2007-04-23 16:09:00 | ...(alcohol induced red-shift I think) | SurferJoe46 (51) | ||
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