inches are evil, why they must be eradicated
Russell Chapman wrote: > >I always find it amusing that we measure our TV screens in cm > (...) > Australia must be a blessed land. Here in Brazil they sell TVs in inches (1 inch = 2 cm). Is there any job opportunity for a starship pilot and an intense care pediatrician over there? Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: inches are evil, why they must be eradicated
- Original Message - From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 6:02 PM Subject: inches are evil, why they must be eradicated > > Russell Chapman wrote: > > > >I always find it amusing that we measure our TV screens in cm > > (...) > > > Australia must be a blessed land. Here in Brazil they sell TVs > in inches (1 inch = 2 cm). Is there any job opportunity for > a starship pilot and an intense care pediatrician over there? > Uh...1 inch is not equal to 2 centimeters. Very rough approximation maybe. xponent Non Metric Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: inches are evil, why they must be eradicated
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 06:34:36PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Australia must be a blessed land. Here in Brazil they sell TVs in > > inches (1 inch = 2 cm). Is there any job opportunity for a starship > > pilot and an intense care pediatrician over there? > > Uh...1 inch is not equal to 2 centimeters. Very rough > approximation maybe. Not even a good approximation, since 1inch = 2.54cm (exactly), to round to one digit it would be approximately 3cm. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: inches are evil, why they must be eradicated
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Australia must be a blessed land. Here in Brazil they sell TVs in inches (1 inch = 2 cm). Is there any job opportunity for a starship pilot and an intense care pediatrician over there? Mrs Monteiro is more than welcome - desperately short of ICU Pediatricians, but while three different companies are trying to make spaceports happen here, none have gotten off the ground yet. (ability to make a ramjet powered intercontinental spacecraft point in the right direction would probably get you a number of offers, but we don't have much orbital stuff anymore). Cheers Russell C. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: inches are evil, why they must be eradicated
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 06:34:36PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Australia must be a blessed land. Here in Brazil they sell TVs in > > > inches (1 inch = 2 cm). Is there any job opportunity for a starship > > > pilot and an intense care pediatrician over there? > > > > Uh...1 inch is not equal to 2 centimeters. Very rough > > approximation maybe. > > Not even a good approximation, since 1inch = 2.54cm (exactly), to round > to one digit it would be approximately 3cm. But 2 inches = 5 cm is a half-decent approximation (and one I use now and again, most notably interchanging 4 inches / 10 cm). The other approximation I use for distance is 1 mile = 1.6 km, and I know *that's* not exact. (I think it's more like 1 mile = 1.609 km.) And my speedometer has a digital readout and can toggle between miles and kilometers, and 120 kph is approximately 74 mph. (And I can tell you who *not* to try to follow if you don't want to speed by 15 kph or so -- it's the guy I was following when I originally made that determination.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: inches are evil, why they must be eradicated
Erik Reuter wrote: Not even a good approximation, since 1inch = 2.54cm (exactly), to round to one digit it would be approximately 3cm. I don't think Alberto particularly cares weather or not it's a good approximation. Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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Doug wrote: > >I don't think Alberto particularly cares weather or not it's a good >approximation. > "Au contraire". I want to get a good approximation to convert the only thing that is sold in inches to civilized units. And 1 TV-inch = 2 cm, with an error < 1% Of course, if I convert some body parts using this scale, I may become quite overvaluated Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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> -Oorspronkelijk bericht- > Van: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Verzonden: donderdag 12 december 2002 1:35 > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Onderwerp: Re: inches are evil, why they must be eradicated > Uh...1 inch is not equal to 2 centimeters. > Very rough approximation maybe. Er, didn't we have this exact same discussion a few months ago? (Can't check the Archives right now.) Jeroen "Architectus Tabularium" van Baardwijk LEGAL NOTICE: By replying to this message, you understand and accept that your replies (both on-list and off-list) may be published on-line and in any other form, and that I cannot and shall not be held responsible for any negative consequences (monetary and otherwise) this may have for you. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
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On Thu, Dec 12, 2002 at 10:52:11AM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > "Au contraire". I want to get a good approximation to convert the only > thing that is sold in inches to civilized units. And 1 TV-inch = 2 cm, > with an error < 1% Actually, that error is closer to 1.6%, which would round up to 2%. > Of course, if I convert some body parts using this scale, I may become > quite overvaluated Don't worry, as they say, 1.27 times zero is still zero! :-) -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: inches are evil, why they must be eradicated
At 00:02 12-12-2002 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: >I always find it amusing that we measure our TV screens in cm (...) > Australia must be a blessed land. Here in Brazil they sell TVs in inches (1 inch = 2 cm). Is there any job opportunity for a starship pilot and an intense care pediatrician over there? Alberto, you would be welcome to come live in The Netherlands. We measure our TV screens in centimeters* AND we are short on medical staff AND the Dutch branch of the European Space Agency (www.esa.int) might be willing to hire you. *TV's used to be measured in inches here, but the last few days we have been shopping for a new TV after the old one finally died, and found out that they are all measured in centimeters nowadays. Jeroen -- who just bought an 82 cm widescreen TV and a DVD player but has to wait till Friday for them to be delivered LEGAL NOTICE: By replying to this message, you understand and accept that your replies (both on-list and off-list) may be published on-line and in any other form, and that I cannot and shall not be held responsible for any negative consequences (monetary and otherwise) this may have for you. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
