Do Canadian cowboys wear 3.78-decalitre hats?
As opposed to the American's 10-gallon hats.
Quote from: Joex86] link=topic=7577.msg94421#msg94421 date=1160714313]
Do Canadian cowboys wear 3.78-decalitre hats?
As opposed to the American's 10-gallon hats.
Not funny.
Decalitre? :-\
Quote from: Blaze on October 13, 2006, 02:16:35 AM
Decalitre? :-\
Yeah... wouldn't it be dekaliter?
Edit: It seems that Joe is right, too. It seems you can spell it decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, or dekalitre. That's ridiculous :-\
Quote from: Joex86] link=topic=7577.msg94421#msg94421 date=1160714313]
Do Canadian cowboys wear 3.78-decalitre hats?
As opposed to the American's 10-gallon hats.
Well, it depends. In Canada, a gallon is 4.5L, so it'd be 4.50daL.
And nobody here ever used the deca prefix (or deci and hecti). They exist for fun, I think.
Quote from: iago on October 13, 2006, 09:48:47 AM
And nobody here ever used the deca prefix (or deci and hecti). They exist for fun, I think.
I've heard that before! I think they exist for the same reason that those Sacagawea dolars did in the US: some fool thought they'd be used. That and they kind of fill a gap...
Deci- is used in decimal :)
Anyway, Sacagawea dollars are dropped out of the change machines in PATCO (Port Authority Transit Comission) high speed line stations.
Quote from: rabbit on October 13, 2006, 05:30:09 PM
Deci- is used in decimal :)
Anyway, Sacagawea dollars are dropped out of the change machines in PATCO (Port Authority Transit Comission) high speed line stations.
We're clearly talking about units here, not number systems. :P
I'd say that's about as obscure as a few people amongst millions using "decalitre" frequently.
Quote from: Sidoh on October 13, 2006, 05:53:40 PM
We're clearly talking about units here, not number systems. :P
I'd say that's about as obscure as a few people amongst millions using "decalitre" frequently.
There's a Canadian that lives a few rooms over, and he hates carrying one-dollar bills around; he prefers coins for whatever reason, so he actually goes to the bank and trades all of his ones in for Sacajawea dollar coins.
Quote from: Joex86] link=topic=7577.msg94421#msg94421 date=1160714313]
Do Canadian cowboys wear 3.78-decalitre hats?
As opposed to the American's 10-gallon hats.
Dumb. And please, please stop with the 1 pt font, it's really annoying.
Quote from: Sidoh on October 13, 2006, 05:53:40 PM
I'd say that's about as obscure as a few people amongst millions using "decalitre" frequently.
i was talking about Deci, not Deca -- Deci = 1/10, and Deca/Deka = 10.
Quote from: dark_drake on October 13, 2006, 07:02:17 PM
There's a Canadian that lives a few rooms over, and he hates carrying one-dollar bills around; he prefers coins for whatever reason, so he actually goes to the bank and trades all of his ones in for Sacajawea dollar coins.
I totally agree. $1 bills are SO annoying! I can't even really explain why, they're just so much less convenient than coins. One major reason is vending machines -- none of our vending machines here take bills, so we don't have to worry about getting bills nice and flat before trying to stick them into a machine. I hated doing that.
Quote from: leet_muffin on October 13, 2006, 07:06:31 PM
And please, please stop with the 1 pt font, it's really annoying.
There's a reason FireFox has a "minimum font size" setting. I'll never see a font, in my browser, smaller than 8pt.
I tried getting rid of the "size" tag altogether at one point, but it wasn't appreciated. Apparently, some people use bigger fonts as headings, but I haven't seen it done yet...
Quote from: dark_drake on October 13, 2006, 02:32:56 AM
Quote from: Blaze on October 13, 2006, 02:16:35 AM
Decalitre? :-\
Yeah... wouldn't it be dekaliter?
Edit: It seems that Joe is right, too. It seems you can spell it decaliter, decalitre, dekaliter, or dekalitre. That's ridiculous :-\
I meant "Who the hell uses deca anything?"
The prefix is accepted as either "deka" or "deca", and depending on US/GB Engish, "litre" or "liter", just like calibre and colours.
EDIT -
iago, don't you use the Loonie and Twonie coins as worth $1 and $2 CAD? Also, as you may see in older dollar bills, it's actually a certificate that entitles you to a dollars worth of silver stored in some military base somewhere (Fort Knox, I think?). The older bills said "Silver Certificate", but the newer ones say "Federal Reserve Note".
Quote from: Joex86] link=topic=7577.msg94571#msg94571 date=1160797304]
Also, as you may see in older dollar bills, it's actually a certificate that entitles you to a dollars worth of silver stored in some military base somewhere (Fort Knox, I think?). The older bills said "Silver Certificate", but the newer ones say "Federal Reserve Note".
Welcome to economy. Tomarrow we will be discussing inflation and deflation.
Quote from: Joex86] link=topic=7577.msg94571#msg94571 date=1160797304]
The prefix is accepted as either "deka" or "deca", and depending on US/GB Engish, "litre" or "liter", just like calibre and colours.
EDIT -
iago, don't you use the Loonie and Twonie coins as worth $1 and $2 CAD? Also, as you may see in older dollar bills, it's actually a certificate that entitles you to a dollars worth of silver stored in some military base somewhere (Fort Knox, I think?). The older bills said "Silver Certificate", but the newer ones say "Federal Reserve Note".
Yes, we have coins that represent $1 and $2. They're very useful.
Quote from: dark_drake on October 13, 2006, 07:02:17 PM
There's a Canadian that lives a few rooms over, and he hates carrying one-dollar bills around; he prefers coins for whatever reason, so he actually goes to the bank and trades all of his ones in for Sacajawea dollar coins.
It's because he's Canadian!
Quote from: iago on October 13, 2006, 08:20:55 PM
i was talking about Deci, not Deca -- Deci = 1/10, and Deca/Deka = 10.
I'm aware, but it seems to me that you were talking about both:
Quote from: iago on October 13, 2006, 09:48:47 AM
And nobody here ever used the deca prefix (or deci and hecti). They exist for fun, I think.