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An Oxymoron shirley?
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Dives for cover Ron (Merry Christmas)
AWG does not specify conductors. It specifies *wires*. There are other types of wire than electrical.
Rubbish
I'll bet folks in the industry were calling out wire by American Wire Gauge calls long before folks 'over there' were calling wires out in direct cross sectional area numerics. We hade/have circular mils, and you guys have square millimeters.
Eventually, the world will, perhaps, be all metric. Maybe one day there will be a singular monetary system or government... sure.
Don't hold your breath.
For now we will all, both you (Eeyore's 'over there' crowd)and us, savor the nostalgia that our truly scientific ancestors gave us. We will cling to those things that we think important. Every 'scientist' knows how to measure length regardless of what ticks are on the scale... still, every man likes to do so with *his own* ruler.
All the automation and such in 'science and industry' these days has made for some 'scientists' that are titled or held in regards that are far beyond their actual level of competency or depth of knowledge.
I am glad that you are not in that boat, John.
The classical engineers are all but gone... a dying breed.
Absurd? YOU, maybe.
I find that folks that claim to be a scientist yet cannot perform math in bases other than ten and two, are not really scientists at all. That is how absurd you are.
Do you piss and moan about the number of hours in a day or the calendar arrangement as well?
You: NOT a scientist.
More toward "whining wussy", or in your case "wussy in the body of an ass".
Millimeter is "mm", NOT "mil". "mil" IS known around the world, you asshole, know nothing idiot.
42 is "The answer to everything".
metacarpals?
Probably more like 140 cm for him. Conservative guess. :-)
Same kinds of "scientists" gave Gore a Nobel Peace Prize.
The world is a strange place.
Yeah. Hail Marry!
Oops Hail Mary!
I just have to say that I did like that response.
I am glad we all did not embrace the toad licking thing back in the
80s.We'd all be singing "On the Toad Again..." And PETA would be on our asses.
Let's see if your 'enhancement' gets the depth of that off the wall remark... :-)
Bwuahahahahaha... Intellectually Enhanced... indeed!
On the Toad again...
No, the answer to "Life, the Universe and Everything" is 42.
If that doesn't make sense to you, it's because you don't understand the question. The question is "What is six times nine?"
The only way any of this works out is if '42' is in base 13. (4*13+2=6*9)
daestrom In memory of Douglas Adams
'So long, and thanks for all the fish' :)
And as the sun sinks slowly into the west, we bid a fond farewell to the great engineers of the past. It was a dark and stormy night, ......
I know some pretty amazing ones, so the breed is far from dead.
Cheers
Phil Hobbs
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