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Imperial units of measurement and the future?

Rasprava u 'Heritage Railways & Centres in the UK' pokrenuta od Railboy, 17. Listopad 2017..

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  1. pmh_74

    pmh_74 Part of the furniture

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    Yeah right. The project I’m currently working on uses, for example, a maximum train speed in degraded mode of 16.093km/h. It’s embedded into software on the train, there is no technical reason for picking this figure over, say, 16km/h, but there it is. 10mph, coded into software. The imperial system is alive and well, hiding in plain sight.


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    pmh_74, 20. Svibanj 2018.
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  2. Graham Phillips

    Graham Phillips New Member

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    This amused me recently. A completely arbitrary measurement using imperial units.
    "Warning. Stay two feet away from this vehicle"

    [​IMG]
     
    Graham Phillips, 28. Svibanj 2018.
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  3. Steve

    Steve Resident of Nat Pres Friend

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    On a par with the one I saw at Whitehaven docks which said '' Dangerous crossing one yard away. "Alas I did not photograph it.
     
    Steve, 28. Svibanj 2018.
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  4. MarkinDurham

    MarkinDurham Well-Known Member

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    I'm always reminded of the time i went into a hardware shop - a traditional one, not one of our superstore chain ones - and the conversation went like this:-

    Me: I'd like some lengths of 2" x 1" planed timber please

    Shopkeeper: Sorry, sir, but we only do matric sizes these days

    Me: Ah, OK. I'd like some 50mm x 25mm planed timber please

    Shopkeeper: No problem. How many feet do you require?

    Me: *snork*...
     
    MarkinDurham, 28. Svibanj 2018.
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  5. Jamessquared

    Jamessquared Nat Pres stalwart

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    Looks like more than a few people completely misunderstood the warning...


    Tom
     
    Jamessquared, 28. Svibanj 2018.
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    Forestpines se sviđa ovo.
  6. Nick Gough

    Nick Gough Well-Known Member

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    You must have to get that near to it to be able to read the notice!
     
    Nick Gough, 28. Svibanj 2018.
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