Irrational peopleFreddie Woo tells us "I'm having to drive 500 miles to pick up my son from the ex's house because she won't let him take the train in case he gets off at the wrong station. He's 19 years old and has A-Levels and everything." - Tell us about illogical and irrational people who get on your nerves.
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 10 Oct 2013, 12:24)
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I'd argue that multiplying and dividing by 10is a lot simpler than doing so by 16.
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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 10:49,
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Arguably on a day to day basis you totally have a point.In so far as doing any of this stuff in your head.
However, in the reality of unit conversion in engineering it doesn't make that much of a difference. As opposed to having to introduce an inverse graviational constant into every single fucking law of newtonian mechanics, which does.
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the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 13:14,
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This must explain why I have such difficulty in putting up a set of shelves.(
monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Tue 15 Oct 2013, 13:29,
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I just love pound-mass and slugs.
Luckily most engineering calculation involves tables and programs.
Basic calculations are something to harass students with.
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