Clouds weigh a lot! o.o

[Snickerzz]

1.1 million pounds 0_0

http://mentalfloss.com/article/49786/how-much-does-cloud-weigh

[Kevinkt]

That's more than me....or a horse.... or me on a horse.

[ShadowCaptain]

1.1 million pounds 0_0

http://mentalfloss.com/article/49786/how-much-does-cloud-weigh

 

Wow thats really interesting, I am going to wear a hard hat from now on

[Snickerzz]

Wow thats really interesting, I am going to wear a hard hat from now on

fog protection lol

[ShadowCaptain]

fog protection lol

 

I need a gun

[Nineshadow]

Why do people not use the metric system...

ahhh

[AlwaysFSX]

Now if only there was more of them here.

[SirRoderick]

Why do people not use the metric system...

ahhh

I feel your pain. About 0.5 million kilograms

[Snickerzz]

Why do people not use the metric system...

ahhh

murica likes being different |(

[Nineshadow]

murica likes being different |(

[Syntaxvgm]

Just so you know that's about 1073 light riding horses. 14 hands or so. 

[aEi1aesainee2]

Just so you know that's about 1073 light riding horses. 14 hands or so. 

I suggest we know define the unit "cloud" as the total weight of the arbitrary number of 1073 light riding horses

 

With this new revolutionary unit, the sun now weigh about 4x10²³ clouds or 4.292x10²⁶ light riding horses

 

To simplifly, we could say the sun is 4x10¹⁷ megaclouds

[Trik'Stari]

Why do people not use the metric system...

ahhh

Because there's honestly no difference. Neither one has an advantage, being divisible by ten means the same as any other unit of measurement, you still need to be able to do basic math to use it.

[Snickerzz]

Because there's honestly no difference. Neither one has an advantage, being divisible by ten means the same as any other unit of measurement, you still need to be able to do basic math to use it.

metric has a huge advantage because everyone uses it but america and like 2 tiny countries would be easier if we were all on the same page

[Nineshadow]

Because there's honestly no difference. Neither one has an advantage, being divisible by ten means the same as any other unit of measurement, you still need to be able to do basic math to use it.

Oh there is a difference.

One is that the metric system is used pretty much in the entire world,so it is used on a larger scale.

We have 10 fingers.We count in base 10.It's logical to use 10-s.

Even more so,the 10 is constant from one unit to another.However, going from 12, to 3 and then to 1760 is...what the hell?

[Trik'Stari]

metric has a huge advantage because everyone uses it but america and like 2 tiny countries would be easier if we were all on the same page

That's its great advantage? that everyone else uses it?

 

That's not an advantage, it's a tactical weakness. (good luck standing around calculating how far away things are if you try to invade America)

 

Furthermore, the Metric system is equally arbitrary, they took a certain unit of length, and called it a meter, then divided and multilplied by ten.

Still, either system requires a basic mathematical ability to use. Not to mention that the metric system is less efficient (the names of the units of measure are far longer, thus requiring more time and energy to be spoken, unecessarily so. I know the purpose behind each name is how many of that unit of measure is in a meter, but why is that a necessity of the name of the unit of measure, when you have to know that regardless of the name?

 

Funny, if I said that English should be the universal language on earth I'd get called a racist or something, but we should all us the same, equally arbitrary unit of measurement? No thanks.

 

 

 

Oh there is a difference.

One is that the metric system is used pretty much in the entire world,so it is used on a larger scale.

We have 10 fingers.We count in base 10.It's logical to use 10-s.

Even more so,the 10 is constant from one unit to another.However, going from 12, to 3 and then to 1760 is...what the hell?

Again, you need a basic level of math ability to use either so.....

point invalid.

 

Also, we use base 10, but it's also nice to occasionally use base 8 or base 2 (1/8th of an inch, 1/2 an inch).

 

You're reasoning is equally arbitrary as my unit of measure seems to be, everybody uses it (so? I though diversity was good)

The only measureable difference between the two standards is that the metric system is less efficient to comminicate verbally to others, because it has longer names.

[Butterfish]

Not sure if this thread is about clouds anymore.. anyways, even air weighs a lot

[aEi1aesainee2]

Not sure if this thread is about clouds anymore.. anyways, even air weighs a lot

To be precise... It weighs around 1 atm. not technically correct

 

 

[Nineshadow]

Funny, if I said that English should be the universal language on earth I'd get called a racist or something, but we should all us the same, equally arbitrary unit of measurement? No thanks.

Oh please,it's not that.

There needs to be a unit that COULD be used anywhere,not necessarily to be used.

It's like I would go in China,I would speak Romanian and I'd expect everyone to understand what I'm saying.

[Trik'Stari]

Indeed it does.

 

Srry, just getting tired of the whole "make fun of america because reasons" fad thats going around, even Linus is starting to bug me with it. How bout pickin on the French Canadians for a change lol.

 

Oh please,it's not that.

There needs to be a unit that COULD be used anywhere,not necessarily to be used.

It's like I would go in China,I would speak Romanian and I'd expect everyone to understand what I'm saying.

I can agree, but arbitrarily saying something is better because it's based on 10, is as about as arbitrary as our unit of measure seems to be constructed. This comment usually made by those people with no experience with our system of measurement, and it's actual innate usefulness.

 

For instance,

I do occasional automotive work on our vehicles, and having some experience at this, can spot the difference, usually without checking, between a bolt requiring a 3/8ths of an inch socket, and a bolt requiring a 1/2 of an inch socket. Can you, without checking the sockets, tell the difference between a bolt requiring a 5mm socket and one requiring a 6mm socket? I can't, every time I have to break out the metric socket set, I end up having to check 3 sockets to find the right one, and even then it never really seems to fit right.

[FireFox]

1.1 million pounds 0_0

http://mentalfloss.com/article/49786/how-much-does-cloud-weigh

 

But remember that the weight is spread over a large area (often vast area) with the collection of all the water particles otherwise it would drop like a well a cloud

[Snickerzz]

But remember that the weight is spread over a large area (often vast area) with the collection of all the water particles otherwise it would drop like a well a cloud

really?!?! I thought they were the size of peanuts!

[Trik'Stari]

I know that clouds essentially exist at all times at ground level in Louisiana....or at least thats what it feels like when you get off the plane. It's like walking through soup....

[Kyuubixchidori]

with all this debate about units, I love how the size is a Kilometer cubed. yet the weight is in pounds. yay logic.

 

I think the best quote I related to this topic is along the lines of "there is countries that use the metric system, then there is countries that been to the moon"

[Trik'Stari]

with all this debate about units, I love how the size is a Kilometer cubed. yet the weight is in pounds. yay logic.

 

I think the best quote I related to this topic is along the lines of "there is countries that use the metric system, then there is countries that been to the moon"

Lol thats a good quote.

 

I wonder if soviet russia measured using metric, or the "number of peasants worked to death in order to build the rocket, laid head to toe"-length of measurement