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Mish mash => Open Forum => Topic started by: mikeyw64 on March 08, 2017, 01:52:07 PM
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An object in free fall, without any air resistance, near the Earth's surface accelerates from 0–100 km/h in 2.83 seconds and from 0–60 mph in 2.73 seconds.
An object in free fall (without any air resistance) near the Earth's surface (presumably more than a 1/4 mile) has a quarter mile time of 9.06 seconds and a speed of 198.7 mph.
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This would be a marvelous entry in "a thread about nothing at all".
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=49.2445 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=49.2445)
Also these numbers seem to almost match the times of a well tuned ZX14R with a good pilot aboard. Coincidence?
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This would be a marvelous entry in "a thread about nothing at all".
http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=49.2445 (http://www.zggtr.org/index.php?topic=49.2445)
Also these numbers seem to almost match the times of a well tuned ZX14R with a good pilot aboard. Coincidence?
Well if one of the admins would care to move it :)
Spooky eh :;)
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Per your other post today....
Refill the bong, repeat 3 times, and go watch the food channel on tv.... mmmmmkay...?
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I'm feeling indisposed at the moment so no, it's ok here. Where did my beer go?
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I'm feeling indisposed at the moment so no, it's ok here. Where did my beer go?
Its next to the bong, on the coffee table... by the tv remote.....
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:salute:
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It's like a variation on George Orwells Animal farm.
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It only gets better... ;D Best hope the UK forum doesn't catch the madness.
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there are some subtle social diversities between the two environments
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True...but I travel between realms all the time and I could be contagious.
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True...but I travel between realms all the time and I could be contagious.
Barry Allen?
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Oh, much faster than him. Literally takes me less than a second to get to the UK.
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Per your other post today....
Refill the bong, repeat 3 times, and go watch the food channel on tv.... mmmmmkay...?
Tip of the day: never ever do this unless you have a well stocked pantry and fridge ;)
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there are some subtle social diversities between the two environments
I've found it is sometimes way too easy to offend delicate British sensibilities. 8)
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I've found it is sometimes way too easy to offend delicate British sensibilities. 8)
Yank thing.....is it....?
:rotflmao: :rotflmao:
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An object in free fall, without any air resistance, near the Earth's surface accelerates from 0–100 km/h in 2.83 seconds and from 0–60 mph in 2.73 seconds.
An object in free fall (without any air resistance) near the Earth's surface (presumably more than a 1/4 mile) has a quarter mile time of 9.06 seconds and a speed of 198.7 mph.
In short, it accelerates at 10.8 meters-per second, per second..... ;D ;D
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Maybe where you are. Here is is 32.2 ft. per second per second. Which is probably why we invented drag racing- acceleration is much quicker in this part of the world.
:rotflmao:
On a serious note though, I am disappointment we (the US) has not adopted the metric system. While I am comfortable with our system (which is really the UK's 'old' system kept alive on life- support), it is a PIA when switching between industries because the norm. is to use different measurements. Right now, I am in the middle of a house renovation and I simply cannot think in the terms builders use, which are feet and inches (rather than feet with a decimal or just inches alone). Looking at doors and seeing the size as, literally, " 2-4 " just does not make any sense but it means 2 feet plus 4 inches, or 28". The metric system's best feature IMO is that there is only one unit of measure for any given type (i.e., length = meter, volume = liter, etc.). Our system is a mess: 36" = a yard, 5280 feet = mile..... quick, how many yards in a mile? And just to make it worse, we break inches down into divisions of 1/16, 1/8 and so forth as a "standard", which while I am familiar with it and it is second nature in my field, makes absolutely no sense at all, whatsoever. And difficult for the layperson to know how 3/16" and 1/4" relate to each other. And for dessert, we use these fractions to standardize nuts, bolts and screws except for the parts when we do not: a quarter- inch screw is spec.'d as "1/4" plus the thread pitch but a 3/16 screw is spec.'d as..... wait for it..... a #10. So of course a #5 screw must be 1/8", which it is, and an #6 screw.... has no fractional equivalent. It is a mess I tella' ya'.
Brian
In short, it accelerates at 10.8 meters-per second, per second..... ;D ;D
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Maybe where you are. Here is is 32.2 ft. per second per second. Which is probably why we invented drag racing- acceleration is much quicker in this part of the world.
:rotflmao:
On a serious note though, I am disappointment we (the US) has not adopted the metric system. While I am comfortable with our system (which is really the UK's 'old' system kept alive on life- support), it is a PIA when switching between industries because the norm. is to use different measurements. Right now, I am in the middle of a house renovation and I simply cannot think in the terms builders use, which are feet and inches (rather than feet with a decimal or just inches alone). Looking at doors and seeing the size as, literally, " 2-4 " just does not make any sense but it means 2 feet plus 4 inches, or 28". The metric system's best feature IMO is that there is only one unit of measure for any given type (i.e., length = meter, volume = liter, etc.). Our system is a mess: 36" = a yard, 5280 feet = mile..... quick, how many yards in a mile? And just to make it worse, we break inches down into divisions of 1/16, 1/8 and so forth as a "standard", which while I am familiar with it and it is second nature in my field, makes absolutely no sense at all, whatsoever. And difficult for the layperson to know how 3/16" and 1/4" relate to each other. And for dessert, we use these fractions to standardize nuts, bolts and screws except for the parts when we do not: a quarter- inch screw is spec.'d as "1/4" plus the thread pitch but a 3/16 screw is spec.'d as..... wait for it..... a #10. So of course a #5 screw must be 1/8", which it is, and an #6 screw.... has no fractional equivalent. It is a mess I tella' ya'.
Brian
Hey we haven't fully adopted the metric system either.
Fuel is sold in litres but consumption is measured in Miles Per Gallon
Distances are all in miles and countdown markers are in Yards
Fruit is sold in kg (or per item) as is sugar but beer is served in Pints (or glasses for the pedant amongst you)
Smaller measurements I'm comfortable in mm, heights I can use either, distance I use miles unless I pop over to Europe in which case I recalibrate my brain to use kilometers
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I've found it is sometimes way too easy to offend delicate British sensibilities. 8)
Bloody colonials :banana
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Bloody colonials :banana
Still uncouth and somewhat provincial after all these years...from 1776?...or was it 1812? :1DeadBanana :rotflmao:
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Hey we haven't fully adopted the metric system either.
Fuel is sold in litres but consumption is measured in Miles Per Gallon
Distances are all in miles and countdown markers are in Yards
Fruit is sold in kg (or per item) as is sugar but beer is served in Pints (or glasses for the pedant amongst you)
Smaller measurements I'm comfortable in mm, heights I can use either, distance I use miles unless I pop over to Europe in which case I recalibrate my brain to use kilometers
Beer served in pints is something we can all agree on! :chugbeer:
http://youtu.be/bmFnv-TZzRs (http://youtu.be/bmFnv-TZzRs)
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Still uncouth and somewhat provincial after all these years...from 1776?...or was it 1812? :1DeadBanana :rotflmao:
I'm not sure they understand who wields the sword here... ;)
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Maybe where you are. Here is is 32.2 ft. per second per second. Which is probably why we invented drag racing- acceleration is much quicker in this part of the world.
:rotflmao:
Not really....... 100 miles per hour is roughly equals to 160 Kilometers per hour, so you are actually slower..... :rotflmao: :rotflmao: