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flummox
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Posted - 2004.10.13 15:32:00 -
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Edited by: flummox on 13/10/2004 15:39:48
 Originally by: Cardassius
Originally by: TheMiner
Yes, the metric system is superior to the system the Americans use.
The Americans use the English metric system, which includes a comma separator for thousands and a dot for decimals.
okay, man i hate to get into this discussion. but, i wanted to clarify something.
the "metric" system refers to measurement. usually in cases of distance and volume. it does not refer to the way i write my numbers. therefore, writing down 420,666.1 is not metric any more than the word "cheese" is.
i find the use of a comma (,) as a decimal separator a little weird, sure. but nothing i couldn't get used to after a while. at first, i wanted to say, "how stupid" or "how confusing". but when put into the context of "it's what you've been taught" it makes perfect sense. most of the time, though, i only see the comma used. until this thread, i had not seen anyone use the period(.) as a thousand separator. so, it was kinda confusing to see things like 420666,1 at first glance. but now i just ignore it. different? yes. inferior? uh, no...
now, back to the metric system. i kinda like the metric system, being an anal retentive kinda guy. having everything match up in 10's and 100's is really nice. but, i still enjoy the oddity of the american pounds and gallons and inches... um. oh my!
i'd like to pick up the knack of converting stones to pounds though. as well as improve my meters-to-feet calcs. it'll make it easier while reading models' stats in euro-nudiemags...
edit: the combined characters of p r 0 and n is filtered... lol ! now they only need to filter "teh", "your" and "you're", "wtfpwnd", and "!!!!11111one1eleven"
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flummox
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Posted - 2004.10.13 15:32:00 -
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Edited by: flummox on 13/10/2004 15:39:48
Originally by: Cardassius
Originally by: TheMiner
Yes, the metric system is superior to the system the Americans use.
The Americans use the English metric system, which includes a comma separator for thousands and a dot for decimals.
okay, man i hate to get into this discussion. but, i wanted to clarify something.
the "metric" system refers to measurement. usually in cases of distance and volume. it does not refer to the way i write my numbers. therefore, writing down 420,666.1 is not metric any more than the word "cheese" is.
i find the use of a comma (,) as a decimal separator a little weird, sure. but nothing i couldn't get used to after a while. at first, i wanted to say, "how stupid" or "how confusing". but when put into the context of "it's what you've been taught" it makes perfect sense. most of the time, though, i only see the comma used. until this thread, i had not seen anyone use the period(.) as a thousand separator. so, it was kinda confusing to see things like 420666,1 at first glance. but now i just ignore it. different? yes. inferior? uh, no...
now, back to the metric system. i kinda like the metric system, being an anal retentive kinda guy. having everything match up in 10's and 100's is really nice. but, i still enjoy the oddity of the american pounds and gallons and inches... um. oh my!
i'd like to pick up the knack of converting stones to pounds though. as well as improve my meters-to-feet calcs. it'll make it easier while reading models' stats in euro-nudiemags...
edit: the combined characters of p r 0 and n is filtered... lol ! now they only need to filter "teh", "your" and "you're", "wtfpwnd", and "!!!!11111one1eleven"
there is a fine, but dissasterous line between a fart and a shart. i suggest you make sure which side you want to be on... |
DigitalCommunist
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Posted - 2004.10.13 15:39:00 -
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Man TheMiner is like a carebear version of Skillz. Feel sympathy for me, I had to camp EC with this guy mining crokite in local. 
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DigitalCommunist
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Posted - 2004.10.13 15:39:00 -
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Man TheMiner is like a carebear version of Skillz. Feel sympathy for me, I had to camp EC with this guy mining crokite in local.
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Perpetually driven, your end is our beginning.
"Can I be a consultant for EVE II?" - WhiteDwarf |
Xenu
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Posted - 2004.10.13 15:41:00 -
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i stopped reading at page 4, as i could no longer handle the idiocy.
i would just like to ask Theminer to please stfu, because people think you're from north america and you're making the rest of us north americans look intolerant, ignorant, and just generally stupid.
JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S STUPID. DIFFERENT PEOPLE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN ONE WAY HAS TO BE SUPERIOR.
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Xenu
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Posted - 2004.10.13 15:41:00 -
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i stopped reading at page 4, as i could no longer handle the idiocy.
i would just like to ask Theminer to please stfu, because people think you're from north america and you're making the rest of us north americans look intolerant, ignorant, and just generally stupid.
JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING IS DIFFERENT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S STUPID. DIFFERENT PEOPLE DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY, AND THAT DOESN'T MEAN ONE WAY HAS TO BE SUPERIOR.
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DarkMatter
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Posted - 2004.10.13 16:10:00 -
[427]
OMG was this thread ever hijacked 
I'm glad I don't do that to threads on this board, I'd be hated for sure...
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DarkMatter
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Posted - 2004.10.13 16:10:00 -
[428]
OMG was this thread ever hijacked
I'm glad I don't do that to threads on this board, I'd be hated for sure...
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Kaleigh Doyle
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Posted - 2004.10.13 16:45:00 -
[429]
Originally by: Hakera
left handed people are unnatural!
burn them at the stake! 
Don't forget the redheads, they're all witches! 
I'd offer TheMiner and Meehan a private room so they can both compare the sizes of their wee wee's, but I'd never get a straight answer 'cause they'd be arguing over decimals and commas, the metric system, inferiority of the other man, and the very existence of the 'wee wee' itself.
sheesh...
And to stay on topic, this is the first I've heard about 11,484 players! 
Glamour Bunnies Entertainment Corporation
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Kaleigh Doyle
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Posted - 2004.10.13 16:45:00 -
[430]
Originally by: Hakera
left handed people are unnatural!
burn them at the stake!
Don't forget the redheads, they're all witches!
I'd offer TheMiner and Meehan a private room so they can both compare the sizes of their wee wee's, but I'd never get a straight answer 'cause they'd be arguing over decimals and commas, the metric system, inferiority of the other man, and the very existence of the 'wee wee' itself.
sheesh...
And to stay on topic, this is the first I've heard about 11,484 players!
Glamour Bunnies Entertainment Corporation
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herot
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Posted - 2004.10.13 16:49:00 -
[431]
Edited by: herot on 13/10/2004 16:52:52
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Decimal%20separator
I would personaly prefer for them to use the SI style(as in link above) in Eve and let us choose the decimal separator depending on country or preference.
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herot
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Posted - 2004.10.13 16:49:00 -
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Edited by: herot on 13/10/2004 16:52:52
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/Decimal%20separator
I would personaly prefer for them to use the SI style(as in link above) in Eve and let us choose the decimal separator depending on country or preference.
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Kitten Hearder
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Posted - 2004.10.13 16:57:00 -
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Another pointless thread. Reminds me of "The Waterthread" (the thread, not the webside).
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Kitten Hearder
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Kitten Hearder
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Posted - 2004.10.13 16:57:00 -
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Another pointless thread. Reminds me of "The Waterthread" (the thread, not the webside).
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Kitten Hearder
Evolution made my sig
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Racknan
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Posted - 2004.10.13 17:03:00 -
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I feel dumber now that I read this supid post.
I'm also sad to admit that people like this actually play eve. Please return your computer to where ever you bought it and buy a Mac. Please.
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Racknan
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Posted - 2004.10.13 17:03:00 -
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I feel dumber now that I read this supid post.
I'm also sad to admit that people like this actually play eve. Please return your computer to where ever you bought it and buy a Mac. Please.
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Lan2
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Posted - 2004.10.13 17:04:00 -
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Originally by: herot
I would personaly prefer for them to use the SI style(as in link above) in Eve and let us choose the decimal separator depending on country or preference.
I believe you can, just edit the prefs.ini file. I think it's in there. Haven't poked around in that file for a while now.
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Lan2
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Posted - 2004.10.13 17:04:00 -
[438]
Originally by: herot
I would personaly prefer for them to use the SI style(as in link above) in Eve and let us choose the decimal separator depending on country or preference.
I believe you can, just edit the prefs.ini file. I think it's in there. Haven't poked around in that file for a while now.
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Fortior
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Posted - 2004.10.13 17:28:00 -
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Heh, very interesting thread. I got tired after reading page 7. You can certainly draw a few conclusions about this:
1. Threads are very easy to high-jack.
2. Wars can most certainly be started over the most trivial things. If TheMiner and Meehan would have had this argument in real life, things could easily have escalated into a fist fight and I would've bet money on it
3. I really wasted 15 minutes of my life reading this, ultimately, pointless thread. More importantly, 15 minutes of Simpsons. Someone, give them back to me!
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Fortior
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Posted - 2004.10.13 17:28:00 -
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Heh, very interesting thread. I got tired after reading page 7. You can certainly draw a few conclusions about this:
1. Threads are very easy to high-jack.
2. Wars can most certainly be started over the most trivial things. If TheMiner and Meehan would have had this argument in real life, things could easily have escalated into a fist fight and I would've bet money on it
3. I really wasted 15 minutes of my life reading this, ultimately, pointless thread. More importantly, 15 minutes of Simpsons. Someone, give them back to me!
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Scorpyn
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Posted - 2004.10.13 17:28:00 -
[441]
Originally by: Arkanis
Originally by: Scorpyn
We used to drive on the left side of the road in Sweden too, but then we realized that it was bad and changed it. Mostly because most of us don't use swords any more, especially not while driving.
Yes but we're completely over ran by DRAGONS.
Its been proven guns don't kill them and only swords do.
We're required by law to carry a sword at all times incase of attack by DRAGON, or Millwall fans.
Ok... we don't have that problem, we killed all the dragons when we wanted a big party a few centuries ago...
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Scorpyn
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Posted - 2004.10.13 17:28:00 -
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Originally by: Arkanis
Originally by: Scorpyn
We used to drive on the left side of the road in Sweden too, but then we realized that it was bad and changed it. Mostly because most of us don't use swords any more, especially not while driving.
Yes but we're completely over ran by DRAGONS.
Its been proven guns don't kill them and only swords do.
We're required by law to carry a sword at all times incase of attack by DRAGON, or Millwall fans.
Ok... we don't have that problem, we killed all the dragons when we wanted a big party a few centuries ago...
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Rask
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Posted - 2004.10.13 17:54:00 -
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Edited by: Rask on 13/10/2004 17:56:46
People think they can be objective about things. but they can't Everyone is influanced by there perceptions and experinces. you objective thoughts are within the context of what you have experinced in your life.
If you define some act as Good, then it is good from within the context of your mindset. Comunitys and sociaties share many common definitions, language is a comonly agreed appon set of sounds to repersent things/concepts. So nomater how yo define something someone else will have a slightly different concept of what that means.
so who you are defines how you see and judge the world, People argure that if you stay to facts (or numbers) then there is no room for interpitation. but they are wrong, a fact may have greater or lesser wait on a persons choice becuse of there experinces.
We are what we have experinced.
this is in respons to a bunch of posest on page 11.
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Rask
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Posted - 2004.10.13 17:54:00 -
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Edited by: Rask on 13/10/2004 17:56:46
People think they can be objective about things. but they can't Everyone is influanced by there perceptions and experinces. you objective thoughts are within the context of what you have experinced in your life.
If you define some act as Good, then it is good from within the context of your mindset. Comunitys and sociaties share many common definitions, language is a comonly agreed appon set of sounds to repersent things/concepts. So nomater how yo define something someone else will have a slightly different concept of what that means.
so who you are defines how you see and judge the world, People argure that if you stay to facts (or numbers) then there is no room for interpitation. but they are wrong, a fact may have greater or lesser wait on a persons choice becuse of there experinces.
We are what we have experinced.
this is in respons to a bunch of posest on page 11.
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The Mariachi
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Posted - 2004.10.13 18:21:00 -
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*yawn*
Somebody PLEASE lock this pointless and irritating thread!
A person's signature often reveals one's character, and sometimes one's name |
The Mariachi
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Posted - 2004.10.13 18:21:00 -
[446]
*yawn*
Somebody PLEASE lock this pointless and irritating thread!
A person's signature often reveals one's character, and sometimes one's name |
Burga Galti
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Posted - 2004.10.13 18:33:00 -
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ROFLMAO - This is the best thread I've seen in ages!!
In reference to the numbers & metric argument I'd like to add this little story.
There were two teams helping to design a mars lander. One team was using metres, the other feet. Unfortunatly both teams thought they were using the same system.
The day comes when they are touching down. Team A reads 2 metres till touch down when Team B had programmed the craft and it was actually 2 feet above the surface. Oops. 
Oh, and rather as write 90057365896946957 or 90,057,365,896,946,957 I'd write 9.006x10^16
Oh, and time cannot truely be defined as it is not constant. This has been proven using atomic clocks.
Right handed people win, because I'm right handed
The left is right okay.
And dragons are cool.
Tales from the EVE Cluster |
Burga Galti
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Posted - 2004.10.13 18:33:00 -
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ROFLMAO - This is the best thread I've seen in ages!!
In reference to the numbers & metric argument I'd like to add this little story.
There were two teams helping to design a mars lander. One team was using metres, the other feet. Unfortunatly both teams thought they were using the same system.
The day comes when they are touching down. Team A reads 2 metres till touch down when Team B had programmed the craft and it was actually 2 feet above the surface. Oops.
Oh, and rather as write 90057365896946957 or 90,057,365,896,946,957 I'd write 9.006x10^16
Oh, and time cannot truely be defined as it is not constant. This has been proven using atomic clocks.
Right handed people win, because I'm right handed
The left is right okay.
And dragons are cool.
Tales from the EVE Cluster |
Winterblink
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Posted - 2004.10.13 18:46:00 -
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Originally by: The Mariachi
*yawn*
Somebody PLEASE lock this pointless and irritating thread!
I disagree. This is FAR from pointless, as it's keeping a lot of pointless discussion here and not in the other threads and forums. :)
___winterblink/warp_drive_active/eve_nature_vraie// |
Winterblink
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Posted - 2004.10.13 18:46:00 -
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Originally by: The Mariachi
*yawn*
Somebody PLEASE lock this pointless and irritating thread!
I disagree. This is FAR from pointless, as it's keeping a lot of pointless discussion here and not in the other threads and forums. :)
___winterblink/warp_drive_active/eve_nature_vraie// |
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