might steal it. Wouldn't you rather have a car that the police checks up on all the time without your knowing, that would be spotted after an hour, rather than a car they'd never notice?
1 cubic meter of water equals 1 metric ton of water, and you divide your way down from there... It's just easier to start from the lower figure, mostly, as I have yet to use a ton of water for my experiments...:O
I don't understand why it hasn't been widely accepted, even in countries enlightened enough to use SI units. Possibly, I think, because most people are used to saying the date "14th of March" rather than the other way around (at least in Germany, France and Scandinavia).
(I've been to the United States once, and I only drove in busses or cabs... no point in trying to look at the speedometer)
My point still stands; if there was will to do a conversion, it would just be a matter of having the transition done at such a pace that it would not harm the economy nor hinder the understanding of the new system.
Potted plants would fit that description, and backwards as they may be (with their nationalist parties and all that), the French are a little above potted plants.
Give it a decade or two - start by making it mandatory that all cars show their speed in both Imperial and Proper units, and after a few years, start changing the signs.
Patience, my friend, is something you westerners must learn. A decade isn't that long.
You think you are so smart with your straight eyes and Imperial traditions! Proper persons eat with proper utensils! (I especially like the silver chopsticks)
a unit of weight equal to 6.35 kilograms or 14 pounds, used especially when talking about a person's weight:
I weigh ten and a half stone.
She has lost a stone.
AFAIR it used to be linked to the weight of the reigning queen, and would be set once a year after an official weighing. Yay, Imperial weighting. Very sneak method of regulating trade, however.
We have units that correlate... So 1 cubic decimetre equals 1 litre... it's fucking amazing... and don't get me started on how our temperature system actually relates to something sane... (The funny thing is, it was a countryman of mine who invented what later became modified to be the Fahrenheit system - and it was based on stuff like "the temperature of a healthy mouth" and the temperature under the arm of a sick person" etc.!)
the bacon. Never heard of the beer, but we're the country of Carlsberg... (though I prefer our much less known Faxe).
Funny little fact about Carlsberg: It's a super-danish beer, but the place it's named after is now in Germany (due to voluntary annexation after an election!). Oh, and the brewer who dubbed the hill Carlsberg proudly named it after his own son, Carl. Who then grew up and started his own brewery, that became Carlsberg's biggest competitor. And was (a century) later bought by Carlsberg.
I pay ~44% (Denmark), and that's cos I'm low-income (student). Here, the higher your earnings, the higher your tax rates. (I only pay 'Bottom tax'. We also have 'Middle Tax' and 'Top Tax' which both adds to the percentage)
At least I don't ever have to worry about getting my leg broken.
Not everyone pirates, and XP is hella expensive. Windows 98 is in many ways better than WinXP, not least because it's much less demanding of the system it runs on, again cheaper. Unless you have the time to get used to it, getting Linux is a drag.
It got worse when the clerk whispered in my ear that my grandfather had great taste in porn.
Most people who work in those shitty-ass Cockbuster or whatnot-stores hate their jobs and would rather bite out their own jugular than be nice to the customers...
(my ex worked at a local Cockbuster... boy, was she pissed after a 10-hour shift!)
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It's 5.
The sum of 2 and 3 or 3 and 2, blahblahblah and all that pseudo-superstitious crap.
might steal it. Wouldn't you rather have a car that the police checks up on all the time without your knowing, that would be spotted after an hour, rather than a car they'd never notice?
"The Extra Key Is Under The Rug", only in latin?
God's favorite mint:
Testamints.
Yes, they exist. And they actually taste great...
But you are being a bit blasphemous.
(And I'm being a bit anal...)
1 cubic meter of water equals 1 metric ton of water, and you divide your way down from there... :O
It's just easier to start from the lower figure, mostly, as I have yet to use a ton of water for my experiments...
I don't understand why it hasn't been widely accepted, even in countries enlightened enough to use SI units. Possibly, I think, because most people are used to saying the date "14th of March" rather than the other way around (at least in Germany, France and Scandinavia).
(I've been to the United States once, and I only drove in busses or cabs... no point in trying to look at the speedometer)
My point still stands; if there was will to do a conversion, it would just be a matter of having the transition done at such a pace that it would not harm the economy nor hinder the understanding of the new system.
are a fool.
But, seriously, read the linked article, and it will all make sense. Otherwise, ask again, and I will make you smarter.
Potted plants would fit that description, and backwards as they may be (with their nationalist parties and all that), the French are a little above potted plants.
Give it a decade or two - start by making it mandatory that all cars show their speed in both Imperial and Proper units, and after a few years, start changing the signs.
Patience, my friend, is something you westerners must learn. A decade isn't that long.
You think you are so smart with your straight eyes and Imperial traditions!
Proper persons eat with proper utensils! (I especially like the silver chopsticks)
AFAIR it used to be linked to the weight of the reigning queen, and would be set once a year after an official weighing. Yay, Imperial weighting.
Very sneak method of regulating trade, however.
we saw a movie that warned us about the dangers of Trench Foot - it was made around the time of WWII, in the US.
My first day in the army was the 3rd of December, 2001. Ahem.
We have units that correlate... So 1 cubic decimetre equals 1 litre... it's fucking amazing... and don't get me started on how our temperature system actually relates to something sane...
(The funny thing is, it was a countryman of mine who invented what later became modified to be the Fahrenheit system - and it was based on stuff like "the temperature of a healthy mouth" and the temperature under the arm of a sick person" etc.!)
that you can prolly buy movies with titles like "N-Cup Fuck" or shit like that. *eeeew*
the bacon. Never heard of the beer, but we're the country of Carlsberg... (though I prefer our much less known Faxe).
Funny little fact about Carlsberg: It's a super-danish beer, but the place it's named after is now in Germany (due to voluntary annexation after an election!). Oh, and the brewer who dubbed the hill Carlsberg proudly named it after his own son, Carl. Who then grew up and started his own brewery, that became Carlsberg's biggest competitor. And was (a century) later bought by Carlsberg.
Very odd, indeed.
I pay ~44% (Denmark), and that's cos I'm low-income (student).
Here, the higher your earnings, the higher your tax rates. (I only pay 'Bottom tax'. We also have 'Middle Tax' and 'Top Tax' which both adds to the percentage)
At least I don't ever have to worry about getting my leg broken.
And I live on another continent. I've heard it at least a dozen times. It's fairly disgusting.
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Not everyone pirates, and XP is hella expensive. Windows 98 is in many ways better than WinXP, not least because it's much less demanding of the system it runs on, again cheaper. Unless you have the time to get used to it, getting Linux is a drag.
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What the hell kind of journalism is that?
Of course there hasn't been that many major releases for wXP the past five years, as it wasn't released until much later than the frame allowed for.
Just found out that it was only a time-limited license I had on mine, so now I hafta go look for a more compliant version =/
Most people who work in those shitty-ass Cockbuster or whatnot-stores hate their jobs and would rather bite out their own jugular than be nice to the customers...
(my ex worked at a local Cockbuster... boy, was she pissed after a 10-hour shift!)
on one computer at a time.
They've installed remote desktop systems so that they can control five computers at a time, duh.