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Alatari
Winterdawn
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Posted - 2007.09.15 22:51:00 -
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 Originally by: Grab Khan
... (it's also handy for weird stuff like "speed of light in furlongs per fortnight" - try it! :)
Number of horns on a unicorn 
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2007.09.16 00:06:00 -
[32]
Edited by: Akita T on 16/09/2007 00:05:56
Originally by: Alatari
Number of horns on a unicorn
I'll see your unicorn horn count and raise you once in a blue moon with a speed of roughly 1m/sec.
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Terianna Eri
Amarr
STK Scientific
M. PIRE
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Posted - 2007.09.16 01:14:00 -
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Originally by: Paulo Damarr
That's pretty disappointing to find out what the speeds translate as  Some of the super advanced starships in EVE are not much faster than this
Yes, until you realize that those ships are orders of magnitude bigger than this
And then you get things about yea big going... about 56000 mph. (25000 m/s)
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Aeternita
Amarr
DRUCKWELLE
Fallen Souls
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Posted - 2007.09.16 01:31:00 -
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Edited by: Aeternita on 16/09/2007 01:31:25
Originally by: Nian Banks
Originally by: Klavayne
Originally by: Nian Banks
Volume
1ml = one millilitre
1l = one litre
1kl = one kilolitre
1ml = one megalitre
Ok guys here we go.
1000ml = 1l, 1000l = 1kl, 1000kl = 1ml
By your units, 1000ml = 1ml. But i'm sure you meant ml as a megalitre which should really be Ml. Nobody really uses 1kl or 1Ml because 1kl = 1m3 of water. Then you just scale up from that.
I knew I did a typo somewhere but couldn't find it. Ta
1000, 1000000 ... is written in BIG letters...
so 1000g = 1Kg; 1000Kg = 1Mg
easy to learn: unter Zero, small letters: over Zero Big letters :D
1mg = 0,001g = 0,000001Kg
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Fehnrail
Caldari
Colossus Technologies
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Posted - 2007.09.16 01:52:00 -
[35]
Actually, EVE ships are absolutely huge. A Battleship is way bigger than a skyscraper.
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Camulos Redne
Amarr
No Quarter.
Vae Victis.
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Posted - 2007.09.16 01:56:00 -
[36]
engineering world use both. Even metric countries sometimes use imperial.
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Paulo Damarr
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Posted - 2007.09.16 03:16:00 -
[37]
Originally by: Terianna Eri
Originally by: Paulo Damarr
That's pretty disappointing to find out what the speeds translate as Some of the super advanced starships in EVE are not much faster than this
Yes, until you realize that those ships are orders of magnitude bigger than this
And then you get things about yea big going... about 56000 mph. (25000 m/s)
In the Frictionless environment of space a 747s thrust would be more than enough to accelerate it beyond that speed and in a fairly decent amount of time to.
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Abye
Sniggerdly
Pandemic Legion
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Posted - 2007.09.16 04:22:00 -
[38]
Originally by: Camulos Redne
engineering world use both. Even metric countries sometimes use imperial.
I live in Germany and the average person doesn't use Imperial units. Everything is meters and kilograms.
The only unit that might be commonly used are knots in seafaring, but that is kinda specific. Are knots classic Imperial tho ?
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Jonat Eken
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.09.16 04:58:00 -
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All of the world's militaries use metric (Yes, including the US of A, even though the average american seems to have trouble with base 10 math... ) and every aspect of science. Has been that way for a number of generations now...'bout time that entertainment caught up. 
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Ebon Nexus
Minmatar
Native Freshfood
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Posted - 2007.09.16 05:38:00 -
[40]
Found this for all the Byzantine Americans still using standard measurements (of which I'm one)
Clickety Click
sadly, my rifter running 850m/s with standard AB is only running 1901 mph, a pathetically slow speed for space travel...
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Alyxa Mahan
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Posted - 2007.09.16 06:09:00 -
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Originally by: Ruciza
No, the horrors begin when you arrive in the real world, which is metric. Science is in metric generally, and if not you lose your space probe and years of effort. And money.
ROFL, goood one.
Anyway, i'm german too. And i'm about the only person i know who can actually translate yards into meters, for several reasons. The thing is, about half a year ago we took over a project from an american subsidiary, and started building the generators here. Which brought a whole world of trouble. Those thrice dammned americans ofcourse used their own system when designing the things, and now my group of a dozen people is the only one in a big factory of several thousands that has to use american sized tools, screws, nuts, washers, whatever. We have to order our tools from different sheets, we have our own seperate storage area (down in the basement...), its an absolute pain, and a redesign is underway.
Globalization my ass...
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Sphalerite
Caldari
Applied Eugenics
Cruel Intentions
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Posted - 2007.09.16 07:12:00 -
[42]
Originally by: Nian Banks
Edited by: Nian Banks on 15/09/2007 17:53:44
10cm x 10cm 1x0cm, thats 1000cm cubed (fixed  ),
*snip*
10cm cubed = 1 litre = 1 kilogram.
10cm * 10cm * 10cm will be 1000 cubic centimeters, not 1000 cm cubed. 1000 cm cubed is 1,000,000,000 cubic centimeters.
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Viktor Fyretracker
Caldari
Worms Corp
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Posted - 2007.09.16 07:23:00 -
[43]
the US auto industry uses metric, all the bolts on my 1995 chevy Pickup which was built in the Redneck South has all metric bolts and zero SAE.
but back onto the proper topic, EVE ships are kinda slow i mean 320mph is slower then a jumbo jet. and the space shuttle is going several thousand MPH to not fall back to earth. so clearly when we orbit a planet we must have something else keeping us from making an unexpected reentry. However one could also claim that our speed in EVE is relitive to that of what our ships are already going so you are going 143m/s faster then what full stop would be but in space a true full stop would get you yanked into the nearest gravity source.
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Copine Callmeknau
Celestial Janissaries
Curatores Veritatis Alliance
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Posted - 2007.09.16 07:44:00 -
[44]
Originally by: Sqalevon
Edited by: Sqalevon on 15/09/2007 11:44:22
Lets first calculate m/s to km/h
there go 3600 s in a h
there go 1000 m in a km
143m/s = 514800m/h
now devide it by 1000 to get km/h
514800m/h = 514.8km/h
and we all know ( I hope ) that there go roughly 1.609 km in a mile.
514.8km/h = 319.95m/h
math is easy
EDIT : seems like I was not using the precise number for km -> mile, and some people have been rounding off ^^
Even easier just to do 143 * 3.6 / 1.60935
Or even easier to do 143 * 2.237
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Abdullah al'Weyouni
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Posted - 2007.09.16 08:42:00 -
[45]
Originally by: Juha85
God I hate americans for not using the SI (metric) system. Same goes for the UK people but atleast they are getting into the standard. Doing unit conversions between the systems just makes me mad... (work)
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Sqalevon
Masuat'aa Matari
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Posted - 2007.09.16 09:50:00 -
[46]
Originally by: Copine Callmeknau
Originally by: Sqalevon
Edited by: Sqalevon on 15/09/2007 11:44:22
Lets first calculate m/s to km/h
there go 3600 s in a h
there go 1000 m in a km
143m/s = 514800m/h
now devide it by 1000 to get km/h
514800m/h = 514.8km/h
and we all know ( I hope ) that there go roughly 1.609 km in a mile.
514.8km/h = 319.95m/h
math is easy
EDIT : seems like I was not using the precise number for km -> mile, and some people have been rounding off ^^
Even easier just to do 143 * 3.6 / 1.60935
Or even easier to do 143 * 2.237
Damn CVA :P
I was trying to explain where those numbers come from so he can make the calculations himself nextime round...
Also the news article about the Brits keeping their imperial system got me a bit worried :
Quote:
Long a point of contention, the U.K. was originally mandated by the EU to drop the system of pounds and miles, in favor of the liter and kilometer metric system.
Got a chuckle out of me, stupid reporter :)
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Karadoc
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Posted - 2007.09.16 10:07:00 -
[47]
Edited by: Karadoc on 16/09/2007 10:07:10
Well I likes me Pints kept in Firkins and Hogsheads ........and my ship speeds are converted to Furlongs per candle inch ...
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Akkarin Pagan
Minmatar
Raddick Explorations
Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2007.09.16 10:57:00 -
[48]
Originally by: Sqalevon
Also the news article about the Brits keeping their imperial system got me a bit worried :
Quote:
Long a point of contention, the U.K. was originally mandated by the EU to drop the system of pounds and miles, in favor of the liter and kilometer metric system.
Got a chuckle out of me, stupid reporter :)
That said, I went to a British University to learn engineering, and we were taught that the standard engineering unit (outside of America) is the millimeter.
Although, I am happier buying pints of bear over liters, and buying my burgers at 1/2 lb size over whatever that roughly converts to in metric.
Akkarin
Hopefully the mods won't play with this one
<3 - Immy
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Alyxa Mahan
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Posted - 2007.09.16 13:18:00 -
[49]
Quote:
and buying my burgers at 1/2 lb size over whatever that roughly converts to in metric.
Guess you've never seen Pulp Fiction?
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Spenz
Gallente
Dark Knights of Deneb
Against ALL Authorities
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Posted - 2007.09.16 16:55:00 -
[50]
Edited by: Spenz on 16/09/2007 16:57:35
The american hate is strong in this thread.
Simply this: If you take pride feeling that you are superior to another people because you use a different measurement system, you must have difficulties finding something better to be proud of in your nation.
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Graalum
Foundation
R0ADKILL
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Posted - 2007.09.16 17:41:00 -
[51]
Originally by: Spenz
Edited by: Spenz on 16/09/2007 16:57:35
The american hate is strong in this thread.
Simply this: If you take pride feeling that you are superior to another people because you use a different measurement system, you must have difficulties finding something better to be proud of in your nation.
If you can't handle a bit of constructive criticism, and instead refer to it as "hate," perhaps you are more than a little insecure about it.
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ThaMa Gebir
Gallente
Raddick Explorations
Executive Outcomes
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Posted - 2007.09.16 17:51:00 -
[52]
Originally by: Akkarin Pagan
Originally by: Sqalevon
Also the news article about the Brits keeping their imperial system got me a bit worried :
Quote:
Long a point of contention, the U.K. was originally mandated by the EU to drop the system of pounds and miles, in favor of the liter and kilometer metric system.
Got a chuckle out of me, stupid reporter :)
That said, I went to a British University to learn engineering, and we were taught that the standard engineering unit (outside of America) is the millimeter.
Although, I am happier buying pints of bear over liters, and buying my burgers at 1/2 lb size over whatever that roughly converts to in metric.
Akkarin
I was also an engineer, and I had to convert everything from 3 types of imperial to metric and had to find comparable tools to use in such situations.
It was a nightmare but now, well I usually have it converted within a few minutes, or at least close enough.
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Andrue
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.09.16 18:48:00 -
[53]
Originally by: Liang Nuren
Well, if native "speakers" of metric can't even give a simple explanation - how is everyone else supposed to understand!!
Liang
PS: I do know the metric system.
Lol! Actually as a non-native English speaker it is almost certain you would. What a lot of people don't know (and it's actually the biggest thing in favour of the metric system) is that there are only three countries that are not officially metric. One is America. The other two are..er..Liberia and er...somewhere else.
It's also true that exports have to be in metric to stand any chance of being imported the other end. Those that don't know metric are not going to get far in business or engineering
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Andrue
Amarr
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Posted - 2007.09.16 18:49:00 -
[54]
Originally by: Abye
Edited by: Abye on 15/09/2007 18:13:55
I just imagine the horrors of having physics classes with the imperial measurements.
3 countries have not officially adopted the metric system: USA, Liberia and Myanmar
-> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system
Heh, yeah. When you watch Mythbusters most things are imperial but as soon as they start to work with mass and acceleration they switch to Metric 
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