Heineken? Please! I measure everything in homebrew units -- 52 bottles
to the bucket (half my cases of bottles were Costco-purchased Samuel
Adams, which came 28 to the case, and that's a nice figure for a five
gallon batch of wort), one bottle to the pint glass (the head takes up
space, without wasting any to spillage).
Dave wrote:
> http://www.maselmon.com/Content.aspx?ContentID=24
> http://vterrain.org/Projections/sp_feet.html
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> is the Heineken going to be a base 6 or base 12 system?
> I prefer the base 12.
>
> But again use the proper rule for the application. no problems then.
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> --- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, Nick Andrews<nickjandrews@...> wrote:
>>
>> Except you can't buy 300mm concrete pipe or a cubic meter of concrete...
>> And a kilogram of weight just does not seem right, but I know what a ten
>> pound sack of sugar feels like. Now, if you want to start measuring things
>> based on bottles of Heineken...
>>
>> On Sun, Jan 16, 2011 at 1:45 PM, lists<Stuartlists@...>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In article<4D31D9D9.4000403@...<4D31D9D9.4000403%40bigpond.com>
>>>> ,
>>>
>>> Charles Mitchard<charlesmitchard@...<charlesmitchard%40bigpond.com>>
>>> wrote:
>>>> Its actually pretty obvious that the metric system of nuts and bolts is
>>>> useless and imprecise.
>>>
>>> Here are the main arguments for both sides of the debate:
>>>
>>> PRO IMPERIAL:
>>> There is absolutely no question; traditional imperial measurements are
>>> far superior for woodworking. Most metalworkers use it for very good
>>> reasons:
>>>
>>> PRO METRIC:
>>> There is absolutely no question; metric measurements are far superior
>>> for metalworking. Most metalworkers in the world use it for very good
>>> reasons:
>>>
>>> Intuitiveness:
>>> 1. Imperial is much more intuitive and natural. Feet and inches
>>> (thumbs) have been used throughout human history as they are related
>>> to human body parts (fingers and feet). As Michelangelo said: man is
>>> the measure of all things.
>>> 1. Metric is much more intuitive and natural. Humans always use a base
>>> 10 system as it is related to human body parts (number of fingers&
>>> toes). As Michelangelo said: man is the measure of all things.
>>>
>>> Communicating measurements:
>>> 2. Imperial is easier to hear and leads to less confusion. Someone
>>> calls out a measurement for a piece of wood,& before you notice it,
>>> you cut 10mm instead of 10cm.
>>> 2. Metric is easier to hear and leads to less confusion. Quickly now,
>>> is 19/32" bigger or smaller than 5/8"? On the other hand, it is
>>> immediately obvious that 15mm is smaller than 16mm.
>>>
>>> Ease of learning:
>>> 3. Imperial measurements are easier to learn. You don't have to
>>> memorize all those crazy prefixes: femto, nano, micro, milli, centi,
>>> deci, deka, hecto, kilo, mega, myria, giga, etc.
>>> 3. Metric measurements are easier to learn. You don't have to remember
>>> all those crazy measures like inches, hands, feet, cubits, yards,
>>> fathoms, rods, cones, chains, furlongs, cables, miles, etc.
>>>
>>> Arithmetic:
>>> 4. Imperial uses simple fractional arithmetic which we all learned in
>>> grade school. Not like metric where you need to know all those
>>> prefixes and can easily make a mistake on your calculator& cut
>>> something 10 times too big or 10 times too small.
>>> 4. Metric uses simple decimal arithmetic where you can use your
>>> calculator directly without springing big bucks for one that
>>> calculates inches and fractions.
>>>
>>> Division:
>>> 5. It's a lot easier to divide stuff in imperial measurements. What do
>>> you call half a millimeter? Ever try to divide 304.8mm by four? A foot
>>> is real easy - 12" divided by four is 3".
>>> 5. It's a lot easier to divide stuff in metric measurements. Ever try
>>> to divide 39 9/16 inches by four? While 1000mm divided by four readily
>>> gives 250mm.
>>>
>>> Accuracy:
>>> 6. Imperial is more accurate. You can easily go to 1/32 which is more
>>> precise than 1mm.
>>> 6. Metric is more accurate. You can easily go to 0.5mm which is more
>>> precise than 1/32"
>>>
>>> The REAL Reason:
>>> 7. Metric is a stupid cowardly French system. You don't want to
>>> support those smelly unwashed arrogant ingrates, do you? GOD BLESS
>>> AMERICA!
>>> 7. Inches and feet are a stupid warmongering American imperialist
>>> system. The rest of the world and all scientists use the much more
>>> rational metric system. It's about time the US gets into the 19th
>>> century, never mind the 21st! VIVE LA FRANCE!
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Stuart Winsor
>>>
>>> Midland RISC OS show - Sat July 9th 2011
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Nick A
>>
>> "You know what I wish? I wish that all the scum of the world had but a
>> single throat, and I had my hands about it..." Rorschach, 1975
>>
>> "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety
>> deserve neither liberty nor safety."- Benjamin Franklin, Historical Review
>> of Pennsylvania, 1759
>>
>> "Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the
>> streets after them." Bill Vaughan
>>
>> "The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
>> Plato
>>
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