tribuTe to vivian oF yOung ones
with the metaL studs.
dj'd a damn good seT iF i don'T
say sO myseLf ....
29.1.06
214 gR*** Lanes headweaR parTy
tribuTe to vivian oF yOung ones
with the metaL studs.
dj'd a damn good seT iF i don'T
say sO myseLf ....
21.1.06
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thinKin' in mm, cm, m, km !!!
"It is time the world moved to a standard system of measurement. The metric system, long used in Europe and other parts of the world, is a failure as a unit of length. While it makes using a calculator easier, it makes using a brain harder. Its decimal-based units are inadequate for normal use, favoring applications for computers and mathematicians rather than real-world measurements. Machines must be designed to accommodate humans, not the other way around, so it's time to bring computers up to speed and teach them the Imperial system, a more human, more natural system of measurement.
For human purposes, the metric system fails because of its decimal-system gradations. These gradations quickly become unresolvable for any practical purpose. An excellent example of this is the meter. The meter is divided into ten decimeters, which largely go unused. Each decimeter is divided into ten centimeters, the most common subunit of the meter. Each centimeter is divided into ten millimeters. Therefore, a meter has 100 centimeters and 1,000 millimeters. Mathematical, computer-friendly precision. But nearly useless for a human.
Its Imperial competitor, the yard, is nearly the same length. It is divided into three feet; each foot is divided into 12 inches. Each inch is traditionally divided into halves, quarters, eighths, and sixteenths; however, there is also an alternate scale that divides each inch into six picas, and each pica into 12 points. Though on paper this appears to be a messier system, lacking the tidy decimal precision of the meter, in practice it is much more effective."
For human purposes, the metric system fails because of its decimal-system gradations. These gradations quickly become unresolvable for any practical purpose. An excellent example of this is the meter. The meter is divided into ten decimeters, which largely go unused. Each decimeter is divided into ten centimeters, the most common subunit of the meter. Each centimeter is divided into ten millimeters. Therefore, a meter has 100 centimeters and 1,000 millimeters. Mathematical, computer-friendly precision. But nearly useless for a human.
Its Imperial competitor, the yard, is nearly the same length. It is divided into three feet; each foot is divided into 12 inches. Each inch is traditionally divided into halves, quarters, eighths, and sixteenths; however, there is also an alternate scale that divides each inch into six picas, and each pica into 12 points. Though on paper this appears to be a messier system, lacking the tidy decimal precision of the meter, in practice it is much more effective."
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