Where has Engineering Gone In The Last 5 Years 2

[KENAT]

Just noticed faq730-700 and that it is (just over) 5 years old.

So to celebrate this milestone, anyone care to opine on where it has gone? How accurate were some of the initial ideas etc.

KENAT, probably the least qualified checker you'll ever meet...

 

[owg]

I would certainly like to see engineers use the SI system for dates. The US approach to Oct 1, 2008 is often 1/10/08. When working on a Canadian job some think our system is 10/1/08 when it is in fact 08/10/01 . The only date in 2008 that we can be sure of is 08/08/08.

HAZOP at

http://www.curryhydrocarbons.ca

 

[carnage1]

that's why I always write 31 Aug 2008, as for the convention of having the days between the month and year in the US I just can't understand it. it makes no sense at all.

Luck is a difficult thing to verify and therefore should be tested often. - Me

 

[ctopher]

I also would like to see the dates standarized around the world.

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[SomptingGuy]

The only date for which Americans use the British (and others??) system is ironically:

The 4th of July. i.e. 4/7

- Steve

 

[ctopher]

Examples of date formats:

http://www.co.nye.nv.us/iso8601.html

The gov't/military:

http://www.olive-drab.com/od_time_24hr.php

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[DonPhillips]

And do not forget time - few Americans know it is now 2218. They think it is 10:18 pm.

Don Phillips

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[ctopher]

Is it 2218 already?? I thought it was 2008...

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[hokie66]

I just wish people would use the metric system correctly. Some still persist in using centimetres, which is not a multiple of 1000, so not metric.

But my biggest gripe is with European beer manufacturers. In Australia, we drink beer out of 375 ml "stubbies", but the Germans, Czechs, etc persist in sending their stuff to us in 333 ml bottles.

 

[apsix]

At least 330 ml has some (approximate) relationship to the metric system, 375 ml is just an approximation of the old 13 fluid ounces.

Or is your gripe really about missing out on 45 ml?

 

[hokie66]

Yes, I don't know where the sizes came from, I just want a full stubby.

 

[SomptingGuy]

Our beer cans are nearly all 500ml these days, with a claim of "13% free" on the can.

Centimetres ARE metric, just not SI. Similarly millimetres, which are ubiquitous in engineering.

- Steve

 

[hokie66]

Where is that? Guess I'm being picky, but that's too big! Aluminum or steel cans?

To me, if it is not in multiples of 10^3, it is not metric. Thus millimetres, metres, kilometres are the only length units we need. Why do I need to know my waist is 97 cm when 970 (without mm) is self explanatory?

 

[SomptingGuy]

500ml aluminium cans are very common in the UK.

"cl" is a common unit of volume in mainland Europe.

- Steve

 

[hokie66]

I know it is common, as is cm here in Australia. That doesn't stop me from railing against it. I think some countries actually measure pressure in kg/cm^2, but that is silly, in my opinion that is.

 

[GregLocock]

The advantage of a 330 ml is that you can drink it before it gets warm. A 375 ml /always/ has that annoying warm bit at the bottom. A 1000 ml would be far too warm, and a 1 ml would be silly. Therefore the SI system is stuffed. However, as Winston pointed out, it is less stuffed than all the other alternatives.




Cheers

Greg Locock

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[hokie66]

Mine doesn't have any warm bit at the bottom. Drink faster!

 

[ivymike]

Greg, you need to pour it into a cup so you can drink the bottom bit first - that way it doesn't have a chance to warm up.

 

[GregLocock]

Aye kiddies, you all be telling ME how to drink beer?

I'll be round your house tonight whipping your asses. And if you haven't got a donkey...




Cheers

Greg Locock

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[SomptingGuy]

I had a sniff around the beer fridge in my local shop just now.

Pop: 330ml
Ordinary beer: 440ml
Tramp juice: 500ml
Wife beater: 568ml
Bud: Some odd size, can't remember exactly, 457ml(?)

- Steve

 

[GregLocock]

For some reason real German or Czech beer gets here in 330 bottles, typically.




Cheers

Greg Locock

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