We Went to the Moon on Feet and Inches

"Thomas Lee Elifritz" wrote in message
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October 7, 2004

Dan DeLong wrote:

[snip rant]

That's what I call irrational.

So, you're totally against hexadecimal too.

And all music should be in a ten note scale, none of that harmonic crap?

As long as the amps go to 11, I"m happy.



Thomas Lee Elifritz
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In sci.space.policy Thomas Lee Elifritz wrote:
October 7, 2004

Joe Strout wrote:

Hello? Has the X-Prize threshhold not been stated as 100 km all
along? Translated to 62.5 miles for the land of irrational measurments?


Hello! There is no such thing as an irrational measurement, and physics is
invariant under units transformation.

How do you get an irrational number from a fraction composed of integers?



It's pretty clear to me that Joann meant "irrational" in the sense of
"illogical, poorly designed, and Just Plain Silly" (and was referring to
the measurement *system*, not any particular measurement). It seems
like a pretty good description of the U.S. (and that tiny African
country which also uses imperial units, whose name I can't remember) to
me.


I suppose you are also opposed to base 2, and a well educated
multi-lingual population too.

Have you priced out stainless steel metric nuts and bolts lately?

Seem to cost the same as ... oh wait, where would I get the non-metric
ones?


Thomas Lee Elifritz
http://elifritz.members.atlantic.net


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"Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote:

"Thomas Lee Elifritz" wrote in message
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October 7, 2004

Dan DeLong wrote:

[snip rant]

That's what I call irrational.

So, you're totally against hexadecimal too.

And all music should be in a ten note scale, none of that harmonic crap?

As long as the amps go to 11, I"m happy.


That bit in Spinal Tap is more subtle than most realize; my Fender goes
to 12 . . . :-)

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Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D.
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."
~ Robert A. Heinlein
http://www.angryherb.net

"Herb Schaltegger" wrote in message
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That bit in Spinal Tap is more subtle than most realize; my Fender goes
to 12 . . . :-)

My fender goes to 5... but the other car was going 15....



--
Herb Schaltegger, B.S., J.D.
"Never underestimate the power of human stupidity."
~ Robert A. Heinlein
http://www.angryherb.net