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oh no blimp issue
Feb 23, 2011

Awia posted:

the meter is the distance that light travels in the the reciprocal of its speed seconds
according to wikipedia the original definition was 1 ten millionth of the distance between the equator and the north pole

these 2 measurements were surprisingly similar

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anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

Awia posted:

the meter is the distance that light travels in the the reciprocal of its speed seconds
according to wikipedia the original definition was 1 ten millionth of the distance between the equator and the north pole
thanks fishmech

Stymie
Jan 9, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Awia posted:

these 2 measurements were surprisingly similar

gosh it's almost as if they retroactively determined measurements that fit their arbitrarily chosen length

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Apr 7, 2003



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May 5, 2005



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Stymie posted:

gosh it's almost as if they retroactively determined measurements that fit their arbitrarily chosen length

Or they didn't realize that earth was an oblate spheroid with an irregular surface profile and their original defintion was not workable

oh no blimp issue
Feb 23, 2011

Stymie posted:

gosh it's almost as if they retroactively determined measurements that fit their arbitrarily chosen length

thats what i said

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug

Stymie
Jan 9, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN
The Metric System: By Lazy People, For Lazy People

oh no blimp issue
Feb 23, 2011

yeah its good

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug

ahahaha

Hogge Wild
Aug 21, 2012

by FactsAreUseless
Pillbug

NoneMoreNegative posted:

holky fuckk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohmajJTcpNk

The Onion is gonna have a fucken field day

this is really cool

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord

Awia posted:

yeah its good

KoRMaK
Jul 31, 2012



Awia posted:

the meter is the distance that light travels in the the reciprocal of its speed seconds
according to wikipedia the original definition was 1 ten millionth of the distance between the equator and the north pole
whoa, weird that they are so close. pointless and coincidence as well.

what does "reciprocal of its speed seconds" mean? is it the distance light travels in a second? its the reciprocal that i dont understand, like why not just say "distance it travels in a light second"

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Broken Machine
Oct 22, 2010

KoRMaK posted:

whoa, weird that they are so close. pointless and coincidence as well.

what does "reciprocal of its speed seconds" mean? is it the distance light travels in a second? its the reciprocal that i dont understand, like why not just say "distance it travels in a light second"

it means that light travels one meter over a time interval of ~1/300000000 of a second, 3x10^8 meters per second being the speed of light.

Stymie
Jan 9, 2001

by LITERALLY AN ADMIN

Awia posted:

yeah its good

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Jul 30, 2005

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Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

Dominos Pizza is the greatest company on earth

Broken Machine
Oct 22, 2010

Grace Hopper explains nanoseconds, microseconds and light

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

Smythe posted:

Dominos Pizza is the greatest company on earth
it's a shame their pizza is terrible

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Aug 18, 2008

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Dec 9, 2007

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Bluemillion
Aug 18, 2008

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DiggityDoink posted:

flipmode is the greatest

:yeah:

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003

anthonypants posted:

it's a shame their pizza is terrible

It's P drat Deece My Man. P drat loving DEECE

Smythe
Oct 12, 2003
My man. Do no front with me. I am not from Idaho. I have Pizza out of ovens imported from italy. I have had pizza in NY. I have had pizza in Chicago. I have had a slice for $30 and a slice for $0.30. I have eaten a lot of pizza. Why? Because I'm a loving pig. I'm a manlet who can't eat green food so I eat Pizza and Ham and Macaroni Non Stop. I've got Type 2 and a RMS-Type Gut. I've got a fat rear end with greasy pimples. I pull the grease napkins out of ulilululia's trash and rub them on my hawaiin za for extra flavor. I'm a Pizza Expert. And guess what? The 2 x 2 Topping Medium Hand Tossed COupon from Dominos.com online delivery is a Good loving Deal for some P. God drat Deece. Pizza.

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Jul 24, 2003


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duTrieux.
Oct 9, 2003

Broken Machine posted:

Grace Hopper explains nanoseconds, microseconds and light



that's radical

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Jun 24, 2002

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Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

Smythe posted:

It's P drat Deece My Man. P drat loving DEECE

the crust is like cotton candy in your mouth. it's kind of unsettling.

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Jun 8, 2003

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May 6, 2007

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Jan 12, 2004

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i like to think that they're both dudes

Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord
https://twitter.com/Chorocojo/status/711013086208000000

DR FRASIER KRANG
Feb 4, 2005

"Are you forgetting that just this afternoon I was punched in the face by a turtle now dead?

wonder if this affects tweetbot and other apps

Synthbuttrange
May 6, 2007

i only want the worst tweets

anthonypants
May 6, 2007

by Nyc_Tattoo
Dinosaur Gum

HEY NONG MAN posted:

wonder if this affects tweetbot and other apps
it doesn't

Kuvo
Oct 27, 2008

Blame it on the misfortune of your bark!
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DiggityDoink posted:

flipmode is the greatest

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Mar 30, 2008

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Apr 21, 2012



wow they really do have everything.

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Improbable Lobster
Jan 6, 2012

"From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.
Buglord

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