you fill up a cup, then weigh it on a decent electronic scale. fill the same cup up again and weigh that measure - see if you can get exactly the same weight both times.
"Where did you get a ridiculous idea like that? 1/2 cup is by definition exactly half of 1 cup. There can be no possible other definition." on face value, yes. but use my example above and see if you can get exactly half a cup of flour consistently as 50% of a cup i.e. same scale weight.
All i'm pointing out is that using cups, spoons etc are subject to variation in quantity every single time whereas scaled weight is not.
in the UK its generally Centigrade given by the forecasters but when we talk amongst ourselves (or teh tabloids reporting), its centigrade for the cold temps and Fahrenheit for the hot ones (makes it look hotter)
it was only the politicians that preferred the "first passed the post" system (because it gives them more chance to be in power) that falsely claimed it was "hard" and as most of the electorate here are stupid they fell for it.
"I still have to do the mental conversion back into MPH to get a feeling for "how fast is that". 96kph doesnt mean anything to me except that I remember that its equivalent to 60mph." - yes but that is just something you have to learn, in the same way you had no idea what 60MPH was before you actually did it. Once you've learnt the new "speed" marker, you will no longer care about the 60mph marker
if you use cups as a size, you'll never repeat the same quantity twice, cup is only an approximate quantity, but every time i use 125g or 125ml of anything, its the same every time. Tell me how you make a specific metric measure when the comparable measure its based on is never the same twice.
"125ml and 250ml have no practical relationship" - eh??? one is exactly twice the other whereas 1 cup and 1/2 cup are not
"Everyone having the same religion means no more religious conflicts." - you'd better read up on Sunni and shiite muslems. you'd probably better to say if there were no religions there'd be less conflict and more compassion
the government is the problem in most cases, they are in the pockets of multi-national companies, look at all the stupid laws that are biased towards the companies. look at the stupid laws Tesla are having to fight to sell their cars directly to the public
They could just redirect all the subsidies paid to the fossil fuel industries into the research then you'd paid the real price for fossil based generation and then you'd get a real comparison of generation costs.
It would be common sense to remain linked to the grid as backup in case your own generation failed and for that safety net, you pay for physical connection to the grid and any usage thereof
You've obviously lived a closeted life, take a look at california, there is a drought and their water table is being deleted due to intensive farming and fracking. they'd be a lot better of if they recycled more water.
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The physical cup maybe an exact volume but the quantity of whatever you put into it will vary from cup to cup.
you fill up a cup, then weigh it on a decent electronic scale. fill the same cup up again and weigh that measure - see if you can get exactly the same weight both times.
"Where did you get a ridiculous idea like that? 1/2 cup is by definition exactly half of 1 cup. There can be no possible other definition." on face value, yes. but use my example above and see if you can get exactly half a cup of flour consistently as 50% of a cup i.e. same scale weight.
All i'm pointing out is that using cups, spoons etc are subject to variation in quantity every single time whereas scaled weight is not.
in the UK its generally Centigrade given by the forecasters but when we talk amongst ourselves (or teh tabloids reporting), its centigrade for the cold temps and Fahrenheit for the hot ones (makes it look hotter)
its "pennies", "pence" is the new money
no, but if the falklands vote for that i'd expect they'd get it
its just because the the loudest voices belong to the stupid. being in europe is mainly a good thing but with a few issues that need modifying.
"The imperial system is not fucking "simpler"! It's simply different." - of course it is different and it is simpler to use
there are too many fossils here who are clinging on the old ways, look at the rise of UKIP. unfortunately the most stupid are the loudest
it was only the politicians that preferred the "first passed the post" system (because it gives them more chance to be in power) that falsely claimed it was "hard" and as most of the electorate here are stupid they fell for it.
"I still have to do the mental conversion back into MPH to get a feeling for "how fast is that". 96kph doesnt mean anything to me except that I remember that its equivalent to 60mph." - yes but that is just something you have to learn, in the same way you had no idea what 60MPH was before you actually did it. Once you've learnt the new "speed" marker, you will no longer care about the 60mph marker
and soon to be the Chinese
unfortunately the Conservatives and UKIP are stuck in that mindset, they haven't moved on yet.
so true, UKIP is definitely the Tea party of the Conservative Party in the UK
oh bollox. you did well until "except in cooking"
if you use cups as a size, you'll never repeat the same quantity twice, cup is only an approximate quantity, but every time i use 125g or 125ml of anything, its the same every time. Tell me how you make a specific metric measure when the comparable measure its based on is never the same twice.
"125ml and 250ml have no practical relationship" - eh??? one is exactly twice the other whereas 1 cup and 1/2 cup are not
Seems the best option to me
"Everyone having the same religion means no more religious conflicts." - you'd better read up on Sunni and shiite muslems. you'd probably better to say if there were no religions there'd be less conflict and more compassion
"Judge not, and ye shall not be judged -- Luke 6:37" unless you are a homosexual or a woman or a non-follower of jesus and his dad
I think you need to get double Microsoft Nerd Points for knowing/remembering all that
probably waiting for everyone else to fix it first so its an easy job
these have http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sci...
the government is the problem in most cases, they are in the pockets of multi-national companies, look at all the stupid laws that are biased towards the companies. look at the stupid laws Tesla are having to fight to sell their cars directly to the public
They could just redirect all the subsidies paid to the fossil fuel industries into the research then you'd paid the real price for fossil based generation and then you'd get a real comparison of generation costs.
It would be common sense to remain linked to the grid as backup in case your own generation failed and for that safety net, you pay for physical connection to the grid and any usage thereof
So where are they getting their profits from???? its probably their inflated wholesale and network costs that they charge to themselves
You've obviously lived a closeted life, take a look at california, there is a drought and their water table is being deleted due to intensive farming and fracking. they'd be a lot better of if they recycled more water.