I'm not sure if many adults would be able to resist the carrot of free stuff given to you by some charming, charismatic PR person coming to talk to you and your parents.
Don't forget the stick was some of the biggest legal firepower you can get.
HE IS 17! History is full of people trying to get young people to fight battles the older people care about. Put your money where your mouth is. Piss Microsoft off and matyr yourself to the cause.
I for one don't think that anyone can blame a child for toeing the line. It's what we tell them to do anyhoo.
On the other hand, if I were an engineer (which I'm not)
Clearly;-)
You keep on making my point for me.
You are saying that you can use one system for work, and one system at home. Why bother? I have no idea what someone is saying to me when they say "oooh! it's 90 outside". I think that's hot but I'm not sure. Now if someone said "oooh! it's 30 outside". I instantly have a frame of reference. BUT WAIT. My first degree was in Chem, so we used C or K. No need to learn another system! Also, we live in a global economy. Even if Imperial measurements were better, it might be an idea for any one country not adhering to the international standard to change so mistakes like the parent article didn't happen anymore.
We are going to have do disagree on the point that metric isn't far superior to imperial.
However:
They will never take away the pint. If you ask someone in the UK about a 'pint' they will almost always assume you are talking about beer. I don't know when it happened, but they don't seem to sell milk in pints anymore (but 0.5 litre ~= pint).
Just like you can take my 1210s from my cold, dead hands and most guitarists would pick a Fender over something Ibanez has ever made. Some old things are good. Sometimes we pick the older thing for less than tangible reasons. Some have seen better days, why are people emotionally attached to a whole system of crap measures?
The inherent advatages/abilities of metric/SI units:
Temp: C 0 = Freezing point of water 100 = boiling
Kelvin: 0 = absolute zero, borrowing the increments from celcius (i.e. 1 degree temp rise in K == 1 degree rise in C).
Mass. 1M^3 H20 = 1000 KG = 1 ton.
Velocity = M per second.
I could go on. The basis of SI is like having primary colours. We have taken colours to the bare minimum, red, blue and green. We can't make red, blue or green from anything else. Every other colour we know can be made from red blue and green. Those colours are derived. SI does the same thing. They boiled it down to the primary units, and everything else is derived.
Add to this that SI is decimal, and the argument is compeling.
Why is there 14 pounds to the stone, but only 12 inches to the foot? Because someone said so. It's a rubbish system. My dad loved Imperial measurements, he grew up with them. As an engineer, he saw the distinct advantage of metric.
There_is_no_other_reason to use Imperial units other than that's what (a small number of) people are used to. My Mum was used to her typewriter, but she couldn't email on it so had to upgrade.
Also, there is nothing inherently better about the metric system of measurement, vs. the english system of measurement vs. any other standardized system of measurment.
Firstly, as been said up there ^, it's Imperial. Secondly as you say yourself:
The only advantage is commonality and not having to do conversions(which is an advantage, I admit).
But then in_the_next_sentence:
But there is no inherent advantage as to how well one system can perform over the other.
I think Withnail would state this as "A state of chronic indecision".
There is a clear advantage to metric/SI units. You know this yourself as you mentioned it.
I have to say I'm suprised. My Dad worked at the Kodak film plant in Harrow, UK for almost 27 years as an engineer. Being one of the most secrative organisations I have ever come across (the worst four letter f word expletive you could utter was "Fugi") he wasn't able to ever tell us anything about what he did during the day. One summer tho', he got me an internship at the plant so I *finally* got to find out about the place. I found it one of the cleanest chemical plants I had ever been to (my BSc is in Chemistry).
I am not for one minute saying the parent poster is incorrect (I have not been there so cannot comment), I'm just saying that it isn't the same experience I've had.
"The best rapper in the world is white.
The best golfer in the world is black.
The French are accusing America of arrogance
and it's the Germans who don't want to go to war."
Great - I can get one and play (Han) Solos at top volume!:-)
I have been *fret*ting about this - to the point I haven't been able to *string* sentences together. I think I will go and *pick* one up... But I wont break my *neck* over it.
(ohmygod - I have turned into Mr Atkins - my old music teacher:-p)
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remember it when you think "I can't make a difference".
I've heard that this is on a poster on the wall of an Afgan salted snack factory..
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To the darling moderator who modded that down:
Don't moderate it down because you don't get it!
(moderating it down cos it isn't funny is ok - but this was hilarious!)
Besides which, humanity is just an evolutionary step to a silicon based interstellar intelligence. Anything us meat monkeys do up until that point doesn't really matter.
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Action. The distance between the strings and the frets is called the action.
Personally I think this is a crap idea.
Just buy more guitars. They'll be something to flog on ebay when the career starts to wain.
Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
HE IS 17.
I'm not sure if many adults would be able to resist the carrot of free stuff given to you by some charming, charismatic PR person coming to talk to you and your parents.
Don't forget the stick was some of the biggest legal firepower you can get.
HE IS 17! History is full of people trying to get young people to fight battles the older people care about. Put your money where your mouth is. Piss Microsoft off and matyr yourself to the cause.
I for one don't think that anyone can blame a child for toeing the line. It's what we tell them to do anyhoo.
On the other hand, if I were an engineer (which I'm not)
;-)
Clearly
You keep on making my point for me.
You are saying that you can use one system for work, and one system at home. Why bother? I have no idea what someone is saying to me when they say "oooh! it's 90 outside". I think that's hot but I'm not sure. Now if someone said "oooh! it's 30 outside". I instantly have a frame of reference. BUT WAIT. My first degree was in Chem, so we used C or K. No need to learn another system! Also, we live in a global economy. Even if Imperial measurements were better, it might be an idea for any one country not adhering to the international standard to change so mistakes like the parent article didn't happen anymore.
We are going to have do disagree on the point that metric isn't far superior to imperial.
However:
They will never take away the pint. If you ask someone in the UK about a 'pint' they will almost always assume you are talking about beer. I don't know when it happened, but they don't seem to sell milk in pints anymore (but 0.5 litre ~= pint).
Just like you can take my 1210s from my cold, dead hands and most guitarists would pick a Fender over something Ibanez has ever made. Some old things are good. Sometimes we pick the older thing for less than tangible reasons. Some have seen better days, why are people emotionally attached to a whole system of crap measures?
The inherent advatages/abilities of metric/SI units:
Temp: C 0 = Freezing point of water 100 = boiling
Kelvin: 0 = absolute zero, borrowing the increments from celcius (i.e. 1 degree temp rise in K == 1 degree rise in C).
Mass.
1M^3 H20 = 1000 KG = 1 ton.
Velocity = M per second.
I could go on. The basis of SI is like having primary colours. We have taken colours to the bare minimum, red, blue and green. We can't make red, blue or green from anything else. Every other colour we know can be made from red blue and green. Those colours are derived. SI does the same thing. They boiled it down to the primary units, and everything else is derived.
Add to this that SI is decimal, and the argument is compeling.
Why is there 14 pounds to the stone, but only 12 inches to the foot? Because someone said so. It's a rubbish system. My dad loved Imperial measurements, he grew up with them. As an engineer, he saw the distinct advantage of metric.
There_is_no_other_reason to use Imperial units other than that's what (a small number of) people are used to. My Mum was used to her typewriter, but she couldn't email on it so had to upgrade.
WTF?
You forgot your switch/case statements:
Also, there is nothing inherently better about the metric system of measurement, vs. the english system of measurement vs. any other standardized system of measurment.
Firstly, as been said up there ^, it's Imperial. Secondly as you say yourself:
The only advantage is commonality and not having to do conversions(which is an advantage, I admit).
But then in_the_next_sentence:
But there is no inherent advantage as to how well one system can perform over the other.
I think Withnail would state this as "A state of chronic indecision".
There is a clear advantage to metric/SI units. You know this yourself as you mentioned it.
Han (and) Solo.
What a darling fascist bully-boy.
Don't mod if you don't get it.
IMDB
Boomshanka.
No, I mean at -20, that must be pretty tough shit.
I have to say I'm suprised. My Dad worked at the Kodak film plant in Harrow, UK for almost 27 years as an engineer. Being one of the most secrative organisations I have ever come across (the worst four letter f word expletive you could utter was "Fugi") he wasn't able to ever tell us anything about what he did during the day. One summer tho', he got me an internship at the plant so I *finally* got to find out about the place. I found it one of the cleanest chemical plants I had ever been to (my BSc is in Chemistry).
I am not for one minute saying the parent poster is incorrect (I have not been there so cannot comment), I'm just saying that it isn't the same experience I've had.
Or maybe Harrow just stinks of shit anyway.
Read the fucking FAQ. If you don't get it, don't mod. Twat.
I once stuck a PCMCIA card up my p*ssy.
http://b3ta.com/fish/
It doesn't get more bizarre than this.
"The best rapper in the world is white.
The best golfer in the world is black.
The French are accusing America of arrogance
and it's the Germans who don't want to go to war."
--Richard Blackwood.
I want rack and peanut steering.
of soilders taking Playboy into battle. Why bother when you can get thehun on your HUD?
Actually, my boy is 2 1/2 and very advanced when it comes to hand-eye coordination
:-)
You realize you sound like a jewish grandmother..
Was there ever an Enron song? I know of some punk bands that would love to do a cover.
:-)
Oh dear, I sense one of those "I am company president, but I am really one of you because I play guitar" people
This is like when Tony Blair got into power and the photo-opportunity was him moving in to Number 10 carrying his Fender.
Ian Hislop summed it up perfectly : "Oh god, he looks like a trendy vicar"
underbelly metanoia is a 2, but I can't find any ones.
You will probably find that it is three now..
Great - I can get one and play (Han) Solos at top volume! :-)
:-p)
I have been *fret*ting about this - to the point I haven't been able to *string* sentences together. I think I will go and *pick* one up... But I wont break my *neck* over it.
(ohmygod - I have turned into Mr Atkins - my old music teacher
[blockquote previous post]
remember it when you think "I can't make a difference".
I've heard that this is on a poster on the wall of an Afgan salted snack factory..
----
To the darling moderator who modded that down:
Don't moderate it down because you don't get it!
(moderating it down cos it isn't funny is ok - but this was hilarious!)
remember it when you think "I can't make a difference".
I've heard that this is on a poster on the wall of an Afgan salted snack factory..
M$ Maketeer#1 Joe watches a lot of baseball, likes Situation Comedies, and responds favorably to commercials that use humor.
M$ Maketeer#2 He sounds like our kind of brain-dead moron.
M$ Maketeer#1 Send him a brochure.
Seeing as how he has already supplied the CIA with software, I bet it went to another 3-letter group
Not AOL?!! They are the people we fear the most!
:-p
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All ur base r blng 2 us
Krma whrin
Besides which, humanity is just an evolutionary step to a silicon based interstellar intelligence. Anything us meat monkeys do up until that point doesn't really matter.
Muuuuummy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*snif*