Rant - Speed = km/h, Distance = km

[Berries]

I did 140 kilometres on the way home from work yesterday, it only took me ten minutes.

Does that sentence make any sense ? Of course it doesn’t unless I have my own personal jet fighter. Speed is measured in kilometres per hour, abbreviated as km/h. Distance is measured in kilometres.

I am over the weather monkeys telling us the wind is going to gust to 50 kilometres or whatever, but now we have got the cops doing the same thing on TV defending the new and improved speed tolerance. How the hell can you be ticketed for driving/riding at 109 kilometres ? It does not exist, you are either travelling at 109 kilometres per hour or you are travelling 109 kilometres distance.

Is it just me that gets annoyed by this sloppy use of English, or, in KB fashion, do I need to STFU, build a bridge and have a go at NZ spelling instead ?

/Rant

[onearmedbandit]

TV3 news last night, male presenter reported 13 people killed dead in British taxi driver attack. Opposed to the 26 who were lucky enough to be only killed alive.

[nosebleed]

TV3 weather last night reported that Northland had "Double" the rainfall last month.



...double of what, I'm still wondering.

[Dave Lobster]

Switch off the jumping box. Then you would not hear this rubbish.

[Virago]

TV3 weather last night reported that Northland had "Double" the rainfall last month.

...double of what, I'm still wondering.

"...10 degrees in Dunedin, but twice as hot in Christchurch..."

How anyone survived temperatures nearing 300 deg C in Christchurch is amazing...

[Jonathan]

TV3 news last night, male presenter reported 13 people killed dead in British taxi driver attack. Opposed to the 26 who were lucky enough to be only killed alive.

I personally would prefer to be killed dead.

[R6_kid]

a number of trainee pilots have the same problem distinguishing between 'knots' and 'nautical miles'.

[Jantar]

"...10 degrees in Dunedin, but twice as hot in Christchurch..."

How anyone survived temperatures nearing 300 deg C in Christchurch is amazing...
Try nearing 587 deg C in Christchurch to be twice as hot as Dunedin.

[Virago]

Try nearing 587 deg C in Christchurch to be twice as hot as Dunedin.

Nah. 10 deg C is 283 Kelvin. Double that is 566 K, or about 293 deg C. :yes:

(Or have I got it wrong again...?)

[Jantar]

....
(Or have I got it wrong again...?)
You've got it right. I didn't convert from K back to C. :argh:

[Gareth123]

Just heard this gem on TV 1...

"Will this stop the flow of oil?"

"Well if they're lucky it will. If they're unlucky...it won't."

OMG really? I never would have guessed!

[Blackshear]

I don't watch t.v.
Especially not the news.
I can't stand t.v. Forgive if I sound like I am elitist, high and mighty or above others - but the garbage they force feed us is beyond remarkable.
Thanks, I like being force fed one individuals opinions. Not fact, oh no not fact, but opinions and speculation. They treat us all like braindead moneycows.

I'll say it now, and I will stand by it for as long as I can foresee.

The media, the most powerful force in the world, will be our downfall.

[Dave Lobster]

Soap for sore eyes.

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[Hitcher]

Is it just me that gets annoyed by this sloppy use of English, or, in KB fashion, do I need to STFU, build a bridge and have a go at NZ spelling instead ?

Your rant has excited the BDOTGNZA, who have been a little quiet of late. Before you qualify for membership, you need to stop your irritating habit of putting a space between the last word of a sentence and a question mark or exclamation mark.

Aspiring to pendaticism comes at a cost. Don't order what you can't afford.

[Berries]

I have always found that having the question mark butting up to the last letter of the final word of the sentence makes it look a little unbalanced. It can become somewhat of chore ‘correcting’ spell checkers.

And while I am moaning can I complain about dates ? Like today is June the 4th, or even the 4th of June. It is not June 4 or even 4 June. That just sounds wrong. “Sale on Queens Birthday Weekend June 5 to 7” Pardon ?

So, where does one join this esteemed group, if I can be arsed modifying my punctuation ?

[nosebleed]

... Don't order what you can't afford.

...that which you cannot...

[Toaster]

TV3 news last night, male presenter reported 13 people killed dead in British taxi driver attack. Opposed to the 26 who were lucky enough to be only killed alive.

And I thought these reporters and editors studied "English" at school?! Correct spelling and grammar are clearly long lost skills!

[Dave Lobster]

And I thought these reporters and editors studied "English" at school?! Correct spelling and grammar are clearly long lost skills!

They disappeared when regional accents were introduced.

[flyingcrocodile46]

TV3 news last night, male presenter reported 13 people killed dead in British taxi driver attack. Opposed to the 26 who were lucky enough to be only killed alive.

Why were so many people attacking British taxi drivers in the first place?

I didn't even know we had that many British taxi drivers, thought they were all traffic cops.

[Hitcher]

I have always found that having the question mark butting up to the last letter of the final word of the sentence makes it look a little unbalanced.

Grammar has nothing to do with "balance". Misuse of punctuation and other grammatical standards merely makes abusers look ignorant. Sloppy is as sloppy does.

[Berries]

Serious question then for the BOGNOTZA brigade. When writing by hand do you leave a space between the last letter and a question mark or run them next to each other ?

I type the way that I was taught to write, and it was that you leave a gap, even if it was half a letter width.

EDIT - Just found out what BDOTGNZA means. I prefer arse.

[Hitcher]

I type the way that I was taught to write, and it was that you leave a gap, even if it was half a letter width.

Who was the Numpty(TM) taught you to write?

[Berries]

I think it was Bungle, or possibly Zippy. A few years back so can't be too sure.

[T.W.R]

.................:shutup:

[Little Miss Trouble]

You mean like post #4 of this thread?

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/124449-Exceeding-104-km-h-Who-got-a-ticket-this-weekend

[Berries]

Ha ha. I was only really referring to the spoken word by people who should know better. Forums don't count, otherwise I'd be in a str8 jackt, if u no wt i mean.

[Magua]

"...10 degrees in Dunedin, but twice as hot in Christchurch..."

How anyone survived temperatures nearing 300 deg C in Christchurch is amazing...

Your pedantism knows no bounds.

[cowpoos]

"...10 degrees in Dunedin, but twice as hot in Christchurch..."

How anyone survived temperatures nearing 300 deg C in Christchurch is amazing...

twice as hot is 20.....need to work on you maths fella!

[Virago]

Gah - thud...

So if it's 0 deg in Dunedin, and 1 deg in Christchurch, how many times hotter is Ch-ch...?

0 deg C is not an absolute.

[Kickaha]

otherwise I'd be in a str8 jackt, if u no wt i mean.

Does she know that? (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/member.php/2925-Str8-Jacket)

[cowpoos]

Gah - thud...

So if it's 0 deg in Dunedin, and 1 deg in Christchurch, how many times hotter is Ch-ch...?

0 deg C is not an absolute.

Its still twice as hot....the scale goes into negitives too ;)

[bogan]

Its still twice as hot....the scale goes into negitives too ;)

but if its -1 in dunners and 1 in christchurch, it must be -1 times as hot in christchurch then?

edit, also who else rages at the new chorus adds? just throwing in random bits of technical jargon to sounds like hardouts, it doesn't even make sense!

[Virago]

Its still twice as hot....the scale goes into negitives too ;)

Okay, you win - on that basis I'll pay you twice as much money as I did last month...

[quickbuck]

edit, also who else rages at the new chorus adds? just throwing in random bits of technical jargon to sounds like hardouts, it doesn't even make sense!

I know... They might as well thrown in a bit about the Flux Capacitors... at least they are real ;)

[Jantar]

twice as hot is 20.....need to work on you maths fella!
Uh, no. Temperature starts at absolute 0 or -273.15 C. So when the temperature is 10 C it is already 283 above absolute 0 (also known as 283 K). Double this is 567 K or 294 C. Virago's maths is correct.

Question, what is twice as hot as 0 C?

[HenryDorsetCase]

I did 140 kilometres on the way home from work yesterday, it only took me ten minutes.

Does that sentence make any sense ? Of course it doesn’t unless I have my own personal jet fighter. Speed is measured in kilometres per hour, abbreviated as km/h. Distance is measured in kilometres.

I am over the weather monkeys telling us the wind is going to gust to 50 kilometres or whatever, but now we have got the cops doing the same thing on TV defending the new and improved speed tolerance. How the hell can you be ticketed for driving/riding at 109 kilometres ? It does not exist, you are either travelling at 109 kilometres per hour or you are travelling 109 kilometres distance.

Is it just me that gets annoyed by this sloppy use of English, or, in KB fashion, do I need to STFU, build a bridge and have a go at NZ spelling instead ?

/Rant

my advice: dont watch TV for news. Its an entertainment organ, and only marginally useful at that.

best bit of TV I've seen in ages? that chick's boobs in The Pacific. It was all poignant and shit when her husband up and died.

[quickbuck]

my advice: dont watch TV for news. Its an entertainment organ, and only marginally useful at that.

best bit of TV I've seen in ages? that chick's boobs in The Pacific. It was all poignant and shit when her husband up and died.
yeah, they weren't bad... They were all pretty skinny back then... Lack of food, and lots of physical exercise in the war at a guess.....

[cowpoos]

Uh, no. Temperature starts at absolute 0 or -273.15 C. So when the temperature is 10 C it is already 283 above absolute 0 (also known as 283 K). Double this is 567 K or 294 C. Virago's maths is correct.

Question, what is twice as hot as 0 C?

You've over thought it!

[Dave Lobster]

Question, what is twice as hot as 0 C?

Dunedin?

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