I can't $@#!ing believe it

[BlackTigers]

I have three scales sitting next to me that are in tenths, but they also have 64th's on them.

http://home.hiwaay.net/~sbuc/journal/ruler.html

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Jack Ryan

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: ironwing
If you ever need to do maths, tenths are much more better.

If you ever need to not seem illiterate, the word is "math" -- as in mathematics = math, not maths -- and the phrase is "much better", not "much more better."

The math/maths thing is regional. Where's I'm from no one says "math", it is and always has been maths. Neither is "more correct" as far as I know.

Whatever region you are from is stupid

It is math.

At least I can pronounce aluminium :|

*storms out of the room as Firefox puts the stupid squiggly line under 'aluminium'*

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Jack Ryan

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: ironwing
If you ever need to do maths, tenths are much more better.

If you ever need to not seem illiterate, the word is "math" -- as in mathematics = math, not maths -- and the phrase is "much better", not "much more better."

The math/maths thing is regional. Where's I'm from no one says "math", it is and always has been maths. Neither is "more correct" as far as I know.

Whatever region you are from is stupid

It is math.

At least I can pronounce aluminium :|

*storms out of the room as Firefox puts the stupid squiggly line under 'aluminium'*

Silly Colonial.

 

[Beattie]

If you ever read a survey, they do feet and tenths of a foot. So if you see like 16.2' it means sixteen point 2 feet. Not like 2 inches or something.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Jack Ryan

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: ironwing
If you ever need to do maths, tenths are much more better.

If you ever need to not seem illiterate, the word is "math" -- as in mathematics = math, not maths -- and the phrase is "much better", not "much more better."

The math/maths thing is regional. Where's I'm from no one says "math", it is and always has been maths. Neither is "more correct" as far as I know.

Whatever region you are from is stupid

It is math.

At least I can pronounce aluminium :|

*storms out of the room as Firefox puts the stupid squiggly line under 'aluminium'*

You are not using British dictionary? Aluminium

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3366

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: kranky
I had a plastic ruler made in China that was 3% short (the 12" mark was actually measuring only 11 2/3") . Only problem was I was using it at work for calibrating a printing machine and it took me two days of massive frustration before I thought "Hmm, is it possible that it's the ruler that's wrong, not the machine?"

And that 6-sided thing is not a ruler, it's a scale.

i have both metric and sae scales, none of them have 6 sides. 3 sides each... and i love the inches that are split into 10, it makes the conversion to decimal that much easier, since in autocad i use dec. measurements, this scale makes scaling easier.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Beattie
If you ever read a survey, they do feet and tenths of a foot. So if you see like 16.2' it means sixteen point 2 feet. Not like 2 inches or something.

thats the biggest problem we run into. when we label stuff as 5.5' a lot of our customers expect it to be 5'5", losing an inch. once explained, its usually pretty easy to adjust to. i use a ton of products that are marketed and made overseas, so their dimensions and such are in metric. i have never once seen a manual come thru without both listed tho. usually the metric is in () to the right of the real measurement ;P

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: Beattie
If you ever read a survey, they do feet and tenths of a foot. So if you see like 16.2' it means sixteen point 2 feet. Not like 2 inches or something.

thats the biggest problem we run into. when we label stuff as 5.5' a lot of our customers expect it to be 5'5", losing an inch. once explained, its usually pretty easy to adjust to. i use a ton of products that are marketed and made overseas, so their dimensions and such are in metric. i have never once seen a manual come thru without both listed tho. usually the metric is in () to the right of the real measurement ;P

what...you mean people do not understand decimals??? What is this world coming too?

 

[magreen]

That's just great, they're selling @#$!ing surveyor's measuring tools in the cheapo office supplies section at Target. Perfect for all my desk surveying and engineering needs.

I'd go return it but the idiot in the red shirt will probably try to tell me they're centimeters or something... I think I would die of frustration then, or maybe he would. :evil:

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: Beattie
If you ever read a survey, they do feet and tenths of a foot. So if you see like 16.2' it means sixteen point 2 feet. Not like 2 inches or something.

thats the biggest problem we run into. when we label stuff as 5.5' a lot of our customers expect it to be 5'5", losing an inch. once explained, its usually pretty easy to adjust to. i use a ton of products that are marketed and made overseas, so their dimensions and such are in metric. i have never once seen a manual come thru without both listed tho. usually the metric is in () to the right of the real measurement ;P

what...you mean people do not understand decimals??? What is this world coming too?

they understand just fine. but when they are tape monkeys (always used a tape measure) they are more akin to architectural than engineer style measurements. they are mostly construction workers turned operators, so they arent used to it.

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: Gibson486

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: Beattie
If you ever read a survey, they do feet and tenths of a foot. So if you see like 16.2' it means sixteen point 2 feet. Not like 2 inches or something.

thats the biggest problem we run into. when we label stuff as 5.5' a lot of our customers expect it to be 5'5", losing an inch. once explained, its usually pretty easy to adjust to. i use a ton of products that are marketed and made overseas, so their dimensions and such are in metric. i have never once seen a manual come thru without both listed tho. usually the metric is in () to the right of the real measurement ;P

what...you mean people do not understand decimals??? What is this world coming too?

they understand just fine. but when they are tape monkeys (always used a tape measure) they are more akin to architectural than engineer style measurements. they are mostly construction workers turned operators, so they arent used to it.

but one has a dot at the bottom of the number, while the other has a line at the top of the number....Do tape monkeys write 2'1" as 2.1?

 

[MrDudeMan]

Originally posted by: Leros

Originally posted by: Jack Ryan

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: ironwing
If you ever need to do maths, tenths are much more better.

If you ever need to not seem illiterate, the word is "math" -- as in mathematics = math, not maths -- and the phrase is "much better", not "much more better."

The math/maths thing is regional. Where's I'm from no one says "math", it is and always has been maths. Neither is "more correct" as far as I know.

Whatever region you are from is stupid

It is math.

Which sounds more correct?

I like mathematics. (I like maths.)

I like mathematic. (I like math.)

The British win again! I'm going to the theatre, bbl.

Actually when you shorten the words, you change the tone of the sentence, so adding an s is wrong. Apparently whoever thought of this wasn't smart enough to remove the s.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: sdifox

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Jack Ryan

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: ironwing
If you ever need to do maths, tenths are much more better.

If you ever need to not seem illiterate, the word is "math" -- as in mathematics = math, not maths -- and the phrase is "much better", not "much more better."

The math/maths thing is regional. Where's I'm from no one says "math", it is and always has been maths. Neither is "more correct" as far as I know.

Whatever region you are from is stupid

It is math.

At least I can pronounce aluminium :|

*storms out of the room as Firefox puts the stupid squiggly line under 'aluminium'*

You are not using British dictionary? Aluminium

<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3366">https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3366</a>

:Q Bless you, good sir.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: MrDudeMan
Actually when you shorten the words, you change the tone of the sentence, so adding an s is wrong. Apparently whoever thought of this wasn't smart enough to remove the s.

Neither is wrong, both are valid.

 

[blahblkusoi]

its most likely centimeters or decimeters

 

[Evadman]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: ironwing
If you ever need to do maths, tenths are much more better.

If you ever need to not seem illiterate, the word is "math" -- as in mathematics = math, not maths -- and the phrase is "much better", not "much more better."

Wow, Perk just failed. Someone circle the date on the calendar.

 

[Squisher]

Originally posted by: blahblkusoi
its most likely centimeters or decimeters

You sir are a genius!!!

Go to bed tonight and know that you brought comfort to us poor misdirected masses.

Welcome to the forum, you will be a valuable asset.