Tactical nuke? What do you think?
"While we don't know for sure what caused the explosion in Beirut....
It's relatively difficult for a fire to trigger an ammonium nitrate
Nah, they're not saying the explosion wasn't ammonium nitrate, just that they're questioning whether it was due only to the fire. Pretty sure it's going to end up just being a case of a series of really bad mistakes and poor handling. Heck, look what happened in Halifax in WWI with explosives that weren't just haphazardly stored, and during a time people were very used to handling such things.
3.5 short tons (3,200 kg or 7,000 pounds)
3.5 short tons (3,200 kg or 7,000 pounds)
Just out of curiosity, why in Heavens name are you still trying to invent measurements that are out of sync with the rest of the world?
Can't you at least join the rest of the world on the metric ton?
Oli wrote to All <=-
You're stupid, even by troll standards.
Can someone punch this excessively annoying troll-sysop in the
mouth, please? ;) Other ideas to make him shut up are also
appreciated.
There is video of the explosion in Beirut. There is also video of
explosions caused by tactical nukes. It is almost impossible to
tell the difference. Maybe impossible. How can anybody know for
sure if it really was ammonium nitrate that caused the explosion?
By using forensic science, you dumb fuck. Quite easy to find out.
You're stupid, even by troll standards.
you dumb fuck.
You're stupid, even by troll standards.
Can someone punch this excessively annoying troll-sysop in the mouth, please? ;) Other ideas to make him shut up are also appreciated.
I showed him a few video clips of various explosians so he could
learn what the discussion is about. Video of an atomic bomb fireball,
the explosian in Beirut, and an explosian caused by a tactical nuke.
But other than standing in the middle of such an explosian, I doubt
he will recognize anything at all.
I showed him a few video clips of various explosians so he could
learn what the discussion is about. Video of an atomic bomb fireball,
the explosian in Beirut, and an explosian caused by a tactical nuke.
But other than standing in the middle of such an explosian, I doubt
he will recognize anything at all.
Yeah, well, I guess it's a well kept secret that your archaic
measurements are defined with the metric system -- rather than with
the various body-parts of former kings and emperors?
Lol. Seriously, I don't see a big problem there.
Can't you at least join the rest of the world on the metric ton?
Because this is America. And in America, we do things different.
Yeah, well, I guess it's a well kept secret that your archaic
measurements are defined with the metric system -- rather than with
the various body-parts of former kings and emperors?
Lol. Seriously, I don't see a big problem there.
Right. With 4% of the world population using a totally different system, incompatible with the universal standard, what could possibly
go wrong? Especially with international projects.
Hey, we have 25% of the COVID-19 cases though! So.. Take that!
Björn Felten wrote to Mike Miller <=-
Hey, we have 25% of the COVID-19 cases though! So.. Take that!
There is that of course. And you also have more than 60
million educated(?) grown-ups, that still think that the Trump is
the best that's happened since sliced bread.
You truly are a strange breed of people...
Probably all that freedumb we have
That may be true, but..... we think the same thing about you
Euro-commie-sheeple.
Bjorn is another fucknut to completely ignore.
Nick Andre wrote to Dan Clough <=-
You truly are a strange breed of people...
That may be true, but..... we think the same thing about you Euro-commie-sheeple.
Bjorn is another fucknut to completely ignore.
Bjorn is another fucknut to completely ignore.
Don't test for diseases and they won't exist. Don't perform pregnancy tests and no kids will be born. Ignore dissenting opinions and everyone will agree with you.
what could possibly go wrong? Especially with international
projects.
An airplane running out of fuel and crashing because the captain
ordered 5000 kg of fuel and the ground crew delivered 5000 pounds? A
Mars lander crashing because of a mix up of feet and metres?
Without all due respect, sir, are you serious?
If people might be ordered 5000 kg and deliver 5000 pounds, they might just as well mistake 5000 for 50000 too.
To a scientist, whether you use the metric system or the imperial
system it seems a small detail. To the population, though, it would
be a major project to go for such a change and I don't actually see
much benefit.
-- Ah, I see! If you take the kids seating at two of these smaller[..]
2/3-girl-tables and put them all together at this larger table,
you
end up with a table where 4/6 kids are girls, from which we may
safely deduce that 2/3 + 2/3 = 4/6. Right?!
Now, I don't know what you'll make of this story.
You truly are a strange breed of people...
That may be true, but..... we think the same thing about you Euro-commie-sheeple.
Lol. Seriously, I don't see a big problem there.
Right. With 4% of the world population using a totally
different system, incompatible with the universal standard, what
could possibly go wrong? Especially with international projects.
I don't think whoever dumped thousands of tons of fertilizer in a
hole in Beirut over a fifty year period of time was worried about
what kind of measurement units they were using.
But... I thought you said it was a nuke?
Without all due respect, sir, are you serious? If people might be
ordered 5000 kg and deliver 5000 pounds, they might just as well
mistake 5000 for 50000 too.
Seriously? A pilot mistaken 5000 for 50000? You don't have a pilot's licence
I assume? I happen to have one even though it's been expired...
Now, I don't know what you'll make of this story.
That may be true, but..... we think the same thing about you
Euro-commie-sheeple.
Bjorn is another fucknut to completely ignore.
Don't test for diseases and they won't exist. Don't perform pregnancy tests
and no kids will be born. Ignore dissenting opinions and everyone will agree with you.
Björn asked what could possible go wrong and I gave two examples of
something actually going wrong. I didn't make that up, these are
real life examples. Sure I am serious.
I believe you and concede. However, we could surely argue here that
it's really not clear the units are the problem. If you work with multiple units, it becomes your job to verify. Still, see below.
But let's ask this. Must the population change their units because
pilots might get things wrong? I'd think the pilots should change
join the standard and let people drink their pint of beer.
People often do not see the benefits until they actually are in the
situation. I sure see the benefits of not having to deal with of
local measuring systems and I am very glad my predesessors of a 100
years ago did see it that way too and acted on it by doing away with
local measurements and adopting a universal system.
That sounds reasonable. If an American puts himself in your shoes,
he'd grow up in a culture that's using a universal system. He would perhaps be thankful as you are. If you put yourself in an American's shoes, you'd have grown up in a culture that's using the imperial
system. Perhaps you'd want to change it! That's very likely to happen because that is happening! Indeed, you wouldn't see the benefits of
_not_ changing because you're not their situation! :-D (Don't take it personally. I am having fun, but not at your expense. Seriously.)
You know, here in Europe two or three hundred years ago, we had
local measuring systems. We had "Rijnlandes voet, "Utrechtse voet",
"Amsterdamse duim". Etc, etc. Napoleon ended that and he introduced
the meter end the kg. And science, technology and trade accepted it.
I sure see the benfits.
That makes perfect sense. Let's take UTF-8 --- if you're the Internet type of person. Nearly everyone in Western countries are using it.
It makes a lot of things work well.
I was remarking just the other day that I can never quite understand
which encoding Björn is using. Sometimes it displays just fine, but
there are places in Bjorn's own messages that do not.
From a global POV, you guys across are still using local
measurements....
You think I'm an American! :-)
What about doctors who administer lethal doses of meds for those who
are sentenced to death?
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