Reply to: imperial/metric poll

[Bagpuss]

Even the yanks use metric sometime, most things related to military are metric. Uzi 9mm mudafooker

[dang65]

Also a cracking good cryptanalyst.

But even he gave up on the Imperial system?

[threaded]

Aether

No, Ether is correct, can use either 'Luminiferous Aether' or 'Ether'.

'Aether' means the place above the sky.

HTH

threaded in "where's me walking stick" mode

[Churchill]

Luminiferous Aether

Bloody hell, you really are old...

[Churchill]

Ether

Tongue in cheek old boy, tongue in cheek.

[threaded]

Less wind resistance!

******' obvious that one!

Ether

[Churchill]

the speed of light in vacuum is approximately 1.803×1012 furlongs per fortnight, or rather 1.803 terafurlongs per fortnight;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFF_System

Less wind resistance!

******' obvious that one!

[BrilloPad]

Did you know that the speed of light in furlongs per fortnight is exactly one trillion?

the speed of light in vacuum is approximately 1.803×1012 furlongs per fortnight, or rather 1.803 terafurlongs per fortnight;

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FFF_System

[RichardCranium]

Did you know that the speed of light in furlongs per fortnight is exactly one trillion?

That'll be a Merkin trillion, I presume.

[BrilloPad]

It's the volume of 10 lbs of pure water at 62 deg F. (16.66 deg C).

Are you going to update wiki?

[threaded]

And the metric system was invented by an Englishman.

Also a cracking good cryptanalyst. I've read his book, it is rather good. YMMV

[Churchill]

So there we have it...

It's the volume of 10 lbs of water at 62 deg F. (16.66 deg C).

It's the volume of 10 lbs of pure water at 62 deg F. (16.66 deg C).

[TimberWolf]

At what temperature?

Ah, I was just Wikiing and apparently the pound is a unit of mass like the kilogram, not a weight, so weighs the same at any latitude. In commerce weight and mass are synonymous (apparently) so I imagine a pound weighs the same at any latitude too. Dunno what unit there is for a force in Imperial, or commerce, pounds-force or something I expect. Eeek.

[Churchill]

At a standard latitude?

At what temperature?

[TimberWolf]

"A pint of pure water weighs a pound-and-a-quarter"

At a standard latitude?