Too darn quiet around here!

My favorite scene was when he had the squirts and just said heck with it and pulled out his revolver and shot the bad guy with the sword. It was an outtake but director liked it so much they left it in.
Good stuff. I better look for my Indy hat.
 
Bawanna said:
My favorite scene was when he had the squirts and just said heck with it and pulled out his revolver and shot the bad guy with the sword. It was an outtake but director liked it so much they left it in.

Good stuff. I better look for my Indy hat.
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You got one? Cool :)
Don't forget the whip.

There were lots of good scenes. Liked the one where they were fighting Nazis on and in the old tank.
Didn't like the latest Indiana Jones movie that much :(
 
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Cool information Verpra.
Could it happen that back then two different people in Nepal would spell the same word with different letters?
That was common in Germany until this guy came along http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konrad_Duden and started something like the Webster dictionary which became the mandatory way of writing things.
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That is very unlikely considering that all these languages heavily derive from Sanskrit (verbs are different but nouns are the same). There is usually not much room left to change spellings, just like say, English. Can a word be spelled wrong, sure. Otherwise, alternate spellings are almost non-existent.
 
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Ps: Anybody up to discuss metric systems and dd/mm/yyyy?
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1. Everyone should be on the metric system by now.
2. I prefer month/day/year.
3. I hate AM/PM. 24 hr time for everyone.
4. I never get used to seeing , in place of . in other countries.
 
I hate the metric system mostly because I'm not accustomed to it.
I prefer Month/day/year
I'm good with PM not so hot on AM and I have to work with 24 hr time but I struggle.
I don't go to other countries so in place of doesn't mean a thing to me.
 
Both are PITA for me because when i go in the machine shop all I use is SI. My milling machine has digital displays I can convert by press of button but all other machines are Standard dials. Our factory is in Dong Guan China and they all use metric so im constantly switching back and forth from each. When I send them drawings i have to send metric or course. Wonder if NASA could use someone like me to drop probes through the planets:D? Wish the world would just decide one way or the other? To me the metric system is more friendly being based on Ten. You dont have to worry about fraction conversions and i am used to it. I used to have a Volvo and finally figured out that anything associated with the engine or bolted to the engine was metric and anything bolted to the chassis was Standard (or vise versa?) now that was ridiculousness to say the least.
 
consistently impressed with the quality of people on this forum -- you guys are champs
 
phil, es ist 'do you speak english', nicht wahr? if they do, they will reply in english. if not, they won't. by asking them in german, you imply that you speak german, so they will continue in german. natürlich. :)

...and if there were a true metric system, the day would be broken up base ten rather than base 60-ish, each year is ten months, each month ten weeks, each week ten days, divided into ten hours, each consisting of ten minutes, each of which contain ten seconds. let the universe adjust. by that calendar, i'm only 24 years old too, rather than 67, so i will live longer.

we could alternately use the german 'grad' system, which divides the circle into 400 'grads', not 360 'degrees'. the clock would then be divided into 16 rather than 12 segments, making a 32 hour day rather than 24. hours would be 100 minutes, each being 100 seconds long. i'd suggest leaving months, years as they stand, even tho illogically astronomically based on reality rather than true metricity, even tho i likely won't reach 100.

the unions wouldn't like that tho, as it would mean a 10 hour work day - and a strike for a higher hourly wage would of course ensue. ;)
 
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No German 400 grad I know about. Might be some French thing?
In Germany there are usually 360 Grad Circles and Grad means just Degree.
Now in the army with our gipsy artillery (mortars) we used something which made more sense similar to a metric system.

What is a "true metric system"? In whatever measurement system its used its true. Length, Weight, ....
I don't think "system" stood for society which would mean that a metric system is a society where every unit can be split in ten, hundred...? Would be awesome but probably not what is meant by metric system. Still happy to have at least a few units which make sense.
Could easily split each day into 10 hours and each hour into 10 subunits and then 10 again and so on. Would be so nice since time is involved in many calculations (speed, acceleration etc.) The only obstacle are the days of the year since its based on the sun. But even months could be just 10 except that each months would have 36.5 days. lol.
 
grads are metric, used primarily for surveying: people found 360 was just too convenient as it can be divided more ways. so they basically ignored the grad (also sometimes called a 'gon')

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a grad protractor. :) it does my head in trying to get around it.

a 'true' metric system is one where all units are base 10, years would be divided into 100 centiyears, each centiyear into 100 milliyears, etc. - which is why we stuck to the current system and told the metrification stuffed shirts to jump in the river...at least on the macro time front. we do metrificate when smaller than a second micro time front tho, ie. milliseconds, nanoseconds, femtoseconds, etc. the calendar has enough oddities and oopses to last us a few more posts. jesus being born in approx. 4 B.C. being a start. we're just lucky that the asians use our western calendar, leaving the muslim one, and the hebrew one as minor holdouts.

p.s. - most americans do not know that congress adopted the metric system for all measurements back in the late 1700's. the law was of course completely ignored and still is not enforced.
 
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10day weeks, 10 week months? Who are you people? I don't want to play.
 
Lets see! 360 degrees/20 sides=18 degrees 18/2 degrees=9 degrees. 240 struts cut at 9 degrees compounded with 360/5 for pentagons and 360/6 for hexagons. I think ill stay with the 360 degree protractor. I sure as hell aint doin this all over again!
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Lets see! 360 degrees/20 sides=18 degrees 18/2 degrees=9 degrees. 240 struts cut at 9 degrees compounded with 360/5 for pentagons and 360/6 for hexagons. I think ill stay with the 360 degree protractor. I sure as hell aint doin this all over again!
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Here is the same with a 1000 degree protractor
1000 degree / 20 = 50
50/2 = 25
240 struts cut at 25 compounded with 1000/5 (200) for pentagons and 1000/6 (166.7) for hexagons
Same thing, nothing to redo.
 
True Jens!...but something i dont like about that 166.7 degrees? Actually the 9 degree cuts is rough average because it would be dang near impossible to cut all them struts to their perfect plus and minus 9. Funny that all numbers round out nicely except the hexagons (1 2/3rds). Man I was sure worried when i got to the last strut at the top but they all fit nicely.
I think im having DOTD withdrawals? Cold clamy skin, lump in wallet, hair falling out....oh no that was already gone.
 
Funny, I visualized that very picture first time you posted a picture of your dome house. I have nightmares just thinking about building one. I was a carpenter mostly framing for many many years and that task is still very daunting at best.
Must be a ton of work trying to sheet all that and make it weather tight too.
then we get to trying to do interior walls, nothing square or plumb. Pass the Advil.

I got that cold clamy skin thing, no noticeable lump in the wallet??? and yup hair falling out too. I must have it too.
 
It wasn't quite as bad as it may look. I put it on a 5' riser wall and removed a few triangles at the lower level so you can use vertical walls which means you can use conventional windows and doors without having to build extensions and dormers. It has only ten sides as opposed to conventional geodesic which has twenty sides. I did have to cut all the external panels but they were mostly foam and roofing board. There are only 6 different size triangles so you make six patterns and cut them and install them as you need. It is a heck of a lot of work for one man to do but once you get the geometry figured out it is not so bad. All the outside is spray foam sealed at the cracks, taped, the elastomeric coated with about six layers. Its weatherproof and only needs maintenance about every 6-8 years but is much cheaper than shingles. So far it cost less than 400$/year to cool and zero to heat (pot belly stove). Actually it will cost one good Khuk for chopping! I figure when i retire...if ever. my bills will be almost nothing. Im also building solar panels to help offset cooling and lighting cost. It has been fun and challenging and i havent fallen twenty five feet to the concrete so I call it a success. I dont think im going to install sheeting on inside. Spray foam and fireproof coating and live with the industrial look. I installed radiant floor heating and is heated by water circulated under the wood stove. This is the Cantina right? Oh and its Bawanna thread! Great thread BTW. We need a place we can just blabber on when its slow! im good at that! Actually building materials are keeping my wallet deflated but I think Aunti is back because she emailed me this eve about a chopper im wanting. Dang that was a rant!
 
Very cool reading about your dome home, ndoghouse. There is a good sized one near me, here is a photo of it that I found:

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kronckew said:
we're just lucky that the asians use our western calendar
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The Nepali calendar (Nepali: नेपाली पात्रो) is the lunisolar Hindu calendar used in Nepal for both civil and religious purposes. The year begins in the month Baishakh; usually around 14 April.[1]
The official Nepali calendar follows Bikram Samwat, abbreviated B.S.[2]
The B.S. year is 56.7 years ahead of the (western) Gregorian Calendar. The Gregorian year 2000 AD began 17 Poush 2056 and ended 16 Poush 2057.
Every month is divided in:[3]
Krishna Paksha "dark fortnight", the 15 days between the full moon and the new moon.
Shukla Paksha "bright fortnight", the 15 days between the new moon and the full moon.
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I like both of them homes! Very cool! Lots of outside places to hang out on the pyramid! I havent told the neighbors what i plan to do to my house next. Should be interesting when it starts going up. My family knows because i posted this on another "social " page but they all think im joking:D Wait till they hear about the moat and drawbridge! I also plan (maybe) a shallow cupola on top like the one in the dome phillll posted with a hanging platform inside as third floor. In the center of the sphere about head height is where I want to center a large Tibetan singing bowl! Should be an interesting effect.
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