YT2095 Posted December 2, 2003 Posted December 2, 2003 I`de have to go with Meters, as it`s almost the standard for all other modern measurements (nano METERS etc...) though on occasion I do use Inches (Imperial system), I guess it all depends on what I`m doing or measuring at the time... Science = Metric Household (curtains etc...) = Imperial even to Miles per hour in the car has more meaning than Kilometers per hour
Sayonara Posted December 2, 2003 Posted December 2, 2003 It's not something I'd really thought about to be honest. How do I decide which is my favourite?
Sayonara Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 I mean, I quite like parsecs but it's not the unit I use most often
blike Posted December 3, 2003 Posted December 3, 2003 lol. i was wondering the same thing as sayo....what makes a unit my fav I picked lightyear, because when I was younger I was fascinated by measuring distance using time.
fafalone Posted December 3, 2003 Author Posted December 3, 2003 I chose parsec because measuring in parallax is cool, and its the best unit for talking about distance on the intergalactic scale. It's also the largest base unit (1pc=3.26ly)
YT2095 Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 you`re all totaly mental ))) though I must agree SI (System International) is by far the best scale. and I can`t really believe I`m actualy disscusing this either! what`s going on here? ) the NERDY bit seems to fit! LOL oh smeg, now I`m rhyming!
Dudde Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 oh for the love of Einstein .. . . if this doesn't point out that we should've all been beaten up in high school, nothing will I like millimeters for measuring distances between cities, but for everything else I use nanometers although fathom is a cool word, and so is parsec
Skye Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 Go meters! Nanometers are best if you want to milk a funding agency though.
Sayonara Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 I took the liberty of adding "leagues" because they are... well... funny. But I voted parsec. Go Parsecs! "Hey, how far is it to Manchester?" "0.00000000000012 parsecs Squire".
YT2095 Posted December 4, 2003 Posted December 4, 2003 someones Girlfriend told me NANOmeters was more accurate! (but I`m saying nothing)
Dudde Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 for the thousandth time YT, you're supposed to make those jokes on other people, not yourself
fafalone Posted December 5, 2003 Author Posted December 5, 2003 Leagues are funny, but not as funny as "barleycorns" 1 barleycorn = 0.0085 meters
YT2095 Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 Cubits are neat too. (roughly 22 inch long) and used as the basis for Pyramid building and there`s several refferences to it in the Bible also. "Arms Length" was that ever an official unit though? I know that 1 "foot" was, and did it mean arm as in human or a weapon? spears or something?
Sayonara Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 From: http://members.aol.com/JackProot/met/antbible.html the digit (width of the forefinger - in Latin digitus = finger) the inch (width of the thumb) the foot the cubit (theoretically the distance between the elbow and the middle finger) the pace (or double step) the fathom (finger-tip to finger-tip with arms outstreched)
YT2095 Posted December 5, 2003 Posted December 5, 2003 a Fathom I took to be about 6 foot, so that sounds about right, inch and foot sure. never heard of a digit or a pace before tho? other than in films and stuff, "walk 20 paces turn and fire" kinda thing there are many measurements for the Cubit tho (I use the British system) of 22 inches. here`s a little more data: http://www.hooper-home.net/TEMPLE/Intro~08.htm I still recon Metric or SI is the best (for me anyway)
blike Posted December 10, 2003 Posted December 10, 2003 oh for the love of Einstein OFF WITH YOUR HEAD BLASPHEMOUS FOOL!
JaKiri Posted January 9, 2004 Posted January 9, 2004 Sayonara³ said in post #11 :I took the liberty of adding "leagues" because they are... well... funny. But I voted parsec. Go Parsecs! "Hey, how far is it to Manchester?" "0.00000000000012 parsecs Squire".
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