From: "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: alt.survival,misc.survivalism,uk.politics.misc,alt.conspiracy,can.politics,aus.politics
Subject: Re: Desalinization vs. Reservoirs
Date: Sat, 07 Sep 2024 14:58:38 +1000
On Sat, 07 Sep 2024 07:33:16 +1000, Trevor Wilson
<trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
> On 6/09/2024 8:05 pm, Rod Speed wrote:
>> On Fri, 06 Sep 2024 14:08:44 +1000, Trevor Wilson
>> <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
>>
>>> On 2/09/2024 10:17 am, Rod Speed wrote:
>>>> On Mon, 02 Sep 2024 08:02:41 +1000, Trevor Wilson
>>>> <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> On 1/09/2024 8:31 pm, Joe wrote:
>>>>>> On Sun, 1 Sep 2024 16:29:53 +1000
>>>>>> Trevor Wilson <trevor@rageaudio.com.au> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> **Just a reminder moron: I am not the one trying to use
>>>>>>> measurements
>>>>>>> that no one on the planet uses, except Americans. Australia, like
>>>>>>> the
>>>>>>> rest of the planet, uses Metric measurements.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> There are still many electronic components, even those made in the
>>>>>> Far
>>>>>> East, that fit a 1/10" grid. If you actually use measurements in
>>>>>> real
>>>>>> life, you need to be able to deal with any system you may
>>>>>> encounter. It
>>>>>> is also not unusual to see dimensions quoted in a strange number of
>>>>>> millimetres which turns out to be an exact number of inches. And
>>>>>> don't
>>>>>> bother trying to find a metric screw to fit a photographic mount,
>>>>>> anywhere in the world.
>>>>
>>>>> I am well aware of legacy products that are still in Imperial
>>>>> measurements. Plumbing and, as you say, old school electronic
>>>>> components. However, common-place measurements (distance, capacity,
>>>>> etc) are now Metric all over the planet. Except for one, tiny,
>>>>> pocket.
>>
>>>> Aircraft aren't one tiny pocket, fuckwit
>>
>>> Are you SERIOUSLY trying to tell us that Airbus Industries use
>>> Imperial measurements when they build aeroplanes?
>> Nope, that the ENTIRE FUCKING INDUSTRY except for the
>> russian military uses FEET for altitude, KNOTS for airspeed
>> and TONS for fuel, and MILLIBARS for QNH fuckwit.
> A knot is NOT an Imperial measurement.
Corse it is, guess who invented it.
Pity about the other units I listed.
> The Imperial measurement of speed is mph. A knot is one nautical mile
> per hour. A nautical mile is a radial measurement equivalent to one
> minute of arc.
Still not metric, fuckwit.
>>> I call bullshit on that. The Frogs would NEVERuse Imperial
>>> measurements for their products.
>> Thanks for that completely superfluous proof that
>> you have never ever had a fucking clue, ever.
> Nonetheless, a fact to prove you wrong.
Just another of your pathetic little drug crazed drunken fantasys.
>>> However, it would appear that Boeing still use Imperial measurements,
>> And so does RR, GE and P&W engines.
> Again: A piddling 5% of the planet bothers with imperial measurements.
Wrong with the aircraft and shipping industry, you pathetic excuse for a
bullshit artist.
> EVERYONE else uses Metric.
Wrong with the aircraft and shipping industry, you pathetic excuse for a
bullshit artist.