American Customary (a.k.a Freedom) Units vs Imperial vs Metric

[ChezCheese:)]

A long time ago, say about 1979, I used to collect 8x10 movie stills. And I had a lucid dream where when I looked at the photograph, the movie would start from that point in the film. I remember it was a scene in To Have and to Have Not with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Thus I predicted watching movies on demand on tablets. And now it is as common as reading used to be.

 

[Chargeride]

A long time ago, say about 1979, I used to collect 8x10 movie stills. And I had a lucid dream where when I looked at the photograph, the movie would start from that point in the film. I remember it was a scene in To Have and to Have Not with Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Thus I predicted watching movies on demand on tablets. And now it is as common as reading used to be.

Uncanny, but 8mmx10mm, is that for ants?

 

[Stefan Mikes]

Uncanny, but 8mmx10mm, is that for ants?

That's when you forgot naming the unit of measure

My brother-in-law had some funny ideas back in 1980s:
-- It could be a chip with the music stored. You would listen to it the way you listen to a Walkman today.
-- I think there will be a time when all computers in the world would be connected in a network, and the combined knowledge of the humankind would be available to anyone
A prophet?

My idea of that era was:
-- It is virtually impossible to listen to the Walkman music in the headphones in noisy places. Why not use a microphone to collect the ambient noise, reverse the phase and mix that signal with the music? The noise would be cancelled!
Did that make me the inventor of Active Noise Cancelling?

Well, the difference between having an idea and making it happen is huge.

 

[PCeBiker]

I had a lucid dream where when I looked at the photograph, the movie would start from that point in the film.

In the early 70's I had a bunch of big little books.
The books were small but they were an inch thick with pages.

Some of them had stop action photos of cartoons.
I had a book with Bugs trying to pull a out of the ground.
He pulled on it twice and it slipped out of his 's (well, 's I guess?)

On the third try the pulled Bugs into the ground and the was gone !!!

A long time ago, say about 1979, I used to collect 8x10 movie stills.

Uncanny, but 8mmx10mm, is that for ants?

Microfilm

It's not just for taking pictures of ants.
It's for Russian spies to take 🖼's with tiny 's

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[Chargeride]

That's when you forgot naming the unit of measure

My brother-in-law had some funny ideas back in 1980s:
-- It could be a chip with the music stored. You would listen to it the way you listen to a Walkman today.
-- I think there will be a time when all computers in the world would be connected in a network, and the combined knowledge of the humankind would be available to anyone
A prophet?

My idea of that era was:
-- It is virtually impossible to listen to the Walkman music in the headphones in noisy places. Why not use a microphone to collect the ambient noise, reverse the phase and mix that signal with the music? The noise would be cancelled!
Did that make me the inventor of Active Noise Cancelling?

Well, the difference between having an idea and making it happen is huge.

That was one of the questions in my final high school physics exam.

 

[Stefan Mikes]

A question that only Stomp seems to have answered: Do you Americans feel comfortable with metric dimensions in cycling? The part sizes etc.

 

[Roamers]

A question that only Stomp seems to have answered: Do you Americans feel comfortable with metric dimensions in cycling? The part sizes etc.

Sure. If I ned a part, look it up or measure if necessary, and order. Don't order many parts, but ordering an "X" for specific model bike is no big deal.