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I agree. And the same holds true with decimals the other way.

And one kilogram is 2.2 pounds.

I like decimals ^_^

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Why can't everyone in the world use the same units?

@JasperLoy Why can't everyone adhere to the same laws, religion, language?

Inches and feet are also useful body measurements. My thumb is almost exactly an inch across when I press it down on a surface. My closed palm is four inches across. My outstretched thumb and little finger are eight inches, two hands together are 16 inches, the distance from my nose to my outstretched finger is a yard, and so on.

My foot is exactly one foot long — meaning 12 inches.

4:03 AM

What is the rationale behind 5280 feet in one mile?

Standard measurement is more humanistic. Metric is for robots.

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@Robusto I don't have a ruler now so I don't know whether you have a big foot or small foot.

If you're going for accuracy, metric is the way to go.

It's on the large side.

My feet are size 12.

4:04 AM

You can measure things as accurately in standard as you can in metric.

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I think my US shoe size is 8.

Standard ?= Imperial

The only advantage is that you can do math easier with metric. Which just means you can be lazier.

I call it more efficient.

Whatever. What I call standard you call imperial. YMMV.

4:05 AM

I was asking, wasn't certain.

You are entitled to your opinion. But that doesn't make you right.

Same to you.

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Usually there are two sizes which make you feel comfortable when trying shoes.

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Get the bigger of the two, that's the rule.

If I had to guess, I'd say you probably live in or near Edmonton.

4:06 AM

Express 4.232 x 10⁻³ cm accurately in Imperial, and you will win me over.

@Robusto You're right. Bonus points.

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@Mahnax Oh no you are a minor!

@JasperLoy I do not live in Edmonton.

Express 1/3 accurately in binary and you will win me over.

@Robusto You said that you can measure as accurately in standard as you can in metric. Please back up your statement.

So tell me this: why does a circle have 360° and not 1000?

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4:08 AM

Oh no as usual this chat has turned into a debate!

@Robusto I think it has something to do with there being ~360 days in a year.

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I am waiting for an email from a particular girl but I probably would not receive it.

@JasperLoy Ooh, your Mariah?

@Mahnax —138.8 feet 1 inch exactly

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@Mahnax Sort of, I will tell you when I meet you and we can laugh over it!

4:10 AM

@Robusto There is a negative sign in front of the 3.

@JasperLoy Ahaha, okay.

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@Mahnax In fact if I receive it it would mean that she is a nutcase too.

@Mahnax — That is an em dash.

More precisely, 138 feet, 10.14173 inches.

So now you are won over by your own admission.

@Robusto No. It is a "superscript minus".

Ally direct replies begin with an em dash. I thought you would have noticed by now.

Sure, there's an em dash in your message. But the sign in front of my 3 is a superscript minus.

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4:14 AM

Well, it's really too small for me to see anyway.

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And we need a standard to compare.

A handy screen shot.

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@Mahnax So mac has 3 colour buttons?

@Mahnax — Ah, it was too tiny to see. So the answer is 0.001666 inches. Q. E. D.

@JasperLoy Yes; I do not use any of them. I rarely click things, actually.

@Robusto Did you calculate that yourself, or did you cheat?

4:18 AM

I used a calculator. Is that cheating?

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@Mahnax Define cheat.

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I like the Linux GNOME calculator, can do all common functions.

I kind of forgot about decimals when I said that you could not accurately measure in standard form. For some reason, I always think that standard form is properly expressed as a fraction. But then again, you could achieve that easily as well. I feel like an idiot.

@Robusto Nah.

12 mins ago, by Mahnax

Express 4.232 x 10⁻³ cm accurately in Imperial, and you will win me over.

Says nothing about how you arrive at the solution.

manuelsweb.com/in_cm.htm

4:19 AM

I performed the task, so you must consider yourself won over.

That's cheating IMO. The site, that is.

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Though the decimal could be a recurring one.

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Well the whole discussion was meant to be idiotic anyway.

@Robusto I know, I know. If I kneel, can I renounce my previous statement?

knows answer but asks anyways

You are forever bound to me by having been won over. So everything I say you have to respect, cherish, and believe to be true.

4:23 AM

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Hey, I don't make the rules.

@Robusto Fine. But I'll do it sarcastically.

That won't come through in UTF-8, so knock yourself out.

<sarcasm> oh Robusto, how great thou art. everything that your wonderful fingers type is pure gold, I wish I could be like you </sarcasm>

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I think both of you are nuts.

4:25 AM

Markup doesn't faze me. I never read it. So your statement is taken at face value.

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Eventually I will come to the realisation that everyone in this chat room is a lunatic after all.

I starred your message because of the mighty truth it contains.

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You shall know the truth, and the truth shall set you free!

Hmm, in a base-43 number system, would 25 be equal to the value of 91 in a decimal system?

@Jasper can you see this character? 

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@Mahnax Yes it looks like a p.

4:31 AM

@JasperLoy Ah, on my end it is an apple.

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Merry Christmas @west!

I kind of want to change my username to something festive.

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@Mahnax You can only change it again after 30 days or some other number, so be careful.

@JasperLoy Yeah, I know. I've been on MSO watching way too much.

Nah, it will stay as it is.

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15 questions and 225 answers. It is good to end the year with these numbers, since one is the square of the other.

4:37 AM

@JasperLoy Would you look at that!

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@Mahnax Why not just change it to Matthew since everyone already knows?

@JasperLoy No! I like my username, and Matthew is on my profile for the world to see already.

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@Mahnax Where?

@JasperLoy In the real name field.

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@Mahnax Silly you do know that only you can see that right?

4:39 AM

@JasperLoy Oh.

Fine then.

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@Mahnax I see your email. I wanted to ask you but was scared that you might object since you are a minor.

@JasperLoy Um, yeah. Pretty simple to figure out the e-mail bit.

Feel free to e-mail me if you like.

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@Mahnax Simple? Nah, email can be anything.

@JasperLoy Yeah, but my e-mail address is the same as my username.

I do see your point though.

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@Mahnax But that does not mean it is likely that that email address exists or that it is yours.

4:42 AM

@JasperLoy I know.

Anyhow. It matters not.

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@Mahnax I think you can figure out mine too?

gasp better delete that pic, you can see my flag weight in floating point!

@JasperLoy Hm, possibly jasperloy@[hotmail,gmail,or yahoo].com

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@Mahnax Nvm I will email you now and you will know.

@JasperLoy Ah, okay.

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@Mahnax Check your inbox!

4:45 AM

@JasperLoy Done :-)

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@Mahnax I was expecting to see your face but I see the globe!

@JasperLoy No one on the internet gets to see my face, except my friends on Facebook.

And even then, I only have 1 picture of me.

And I didn't post it.

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@Mahnax Ah OK you are a minor anyway.

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@Mahnax But I have already seen it in some sense.

@JasperLoy Yes, the right side, at any rate.

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4:48 AM

@Mahnax But don't worry, I am not a child predator or any other kind of predator.

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Though that's what they all say.

@JasperLoy I believe you, as naïve as that may sound to many.

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@Mahnax It's good to be cautious, really.

@JasperLoy Indeed. Caution is good.

@Jasper when is your birthday?

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@Mahnax 2 months before yours, remember?

4:52 AM

@JasperLoy Ah yes!

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@Mahnax I found your FB page.

@JasperLoy I know. I have felt stupid twice this evening now.

Night all, and Merry Xmas.

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@Mahnax It's good to be cautious.

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@Robusto Night!

4:53 AM

@Robusto Bye.

@JasperLoy I flagged the pic of my email address to be deleted. I am being stupid tonight.

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@Mahnax You can flag it but really no need to be paranoid!

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@mana You are here to deal with the flag?

@JasperLoy I am here, having already dealt with the flag, to chill.

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@Mahnax Now you can relax!

@Mana Thank you very much.

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4:56 AM

@mahnax But you won't find my FB page. You know why?

@JasperLoy You don't have one. Nor do I, any more.

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@Mana I know your FB page too!

I just deactivated it.

@Mahnax No problem. :)

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@Mahnax You have one but it is hidden. I don't even have one at all.

4:57 AM

@JasperLoy Yup.

Hmm, tomorrow is my last day of school before Christmas break.

That late? That sucks. I remember my high school did that.

Yeah, they moved it closer to Christmas a while back.

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@Mahnax I added your birthday to my contacts too!

@JasperLoy Ah, good.

4:59 AM

Do you have finals around now or just classes?

Finals occur mid-to-late January.

Yeah...I remember that too. Eugh.

Meh. All my classes this semester are easy.

Except Social Studies.

Yech.

still, it's just kind of annoying to have to worry about studying during winter break

maybe I was the only one who did that

I do not study much, ever.

For some reason, I absorb information at an odd level.

5:01 AM

brains are weird

For example, I have not taken a word of notes all semester in math, but I remember how to do everything.

Once I enter IB I will start taking more notes, though.

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@Mahnax I set you to always appear in my chat list, though we won't really use that.

@JasperLoy Haha, indeed.

To be fair high school math isn't exactly the most difficult material to memorize, but that's still impressive. The ability to pay attention in class without taking notes is commendable.

It's true, the first part.

@WesT Should you stay or should you go?

da na na na na na na na

5:04 AM

gooooo weeeeessst

He keeps leaving, then coming back at random.

How appropriate.

And he also refuses to speak.

Maybe he's the mute protagonist of this story?

Mebbe.

5:06 AM

\(._.)/

►

>(^-^)<

Miaow.

Oh man, I haven't listened to The Clash in forever.

This song is pure gold.

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@Mana You having hols now?

@JasperLoy Yup! Since last Friday.

They are pretty chill. But not nearly chill enough. Snow, where you at yo?

Doesn't feel like Canada without the driveway buried in snow.

5:09 AM

Finnish has no future tense.

@Mana I know, eh?

We barely have any.

Wow, I am offended.

english.stackexchange.com/questions/47738/…

The post was deleted, but my feelings are hurt.

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@Mahnax You know who did that?

@JasperLoy No. Who?

Wait!

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@Mahnax I was asking you. Maybe someone you know in real life.

I recognize the avatar, gimme a sec.

Nah, nvm.

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@Mahnax Nah the avatar is the standard one for unregistered users.

5:14 AM

@JasperLoy Oh, it's that guy that I got in an edit war with.

Most likely.

wut happened?

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@Mahnax It might even be an enemy in real life.

@JasperLoy Who found me on SE? Unlikely.

@Mana Someone posted something really nasty about Jewish people, so I edited it. Then we got in an edit war.

@Mahnax ah, lovely.

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@Mahnax I approved your edits then I recall.

5:16 AM

@JasperLoy Haha, that was you? Grand.

@Mana Delightful, even.

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@Mana Interesting how there is Mana and Mahnax.

@JasperLoy He has the same Blue Marble gravatar as Fabian too, I believe, so it had me very confused when the flag showed up.

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@mahnax I don't think that girl will reply so I will change my avatar into something else.

@JasperLoy Aha!

That's your motive, is it?

If I stop talking suddenly, it's because the fascists upstairs have turned off the Internet again.

Still chasing after girls Jasper?

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5:20 AM

@Mana Sort of, though I am mostly trying to recover from my lunacy first.

Lunacy reminds me of loons. Bahaha.

@JasperLoy I hope that it all goes well. Also, I am glad to see that you are still here with us.

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@Mana I have a blog now.

@Mana Have you seen the new $100 bills?

@Mahnax I think I saw the image somewhere. Aren't they ridiculously glossy?

5:23 AM

@Mana Well, they are plastic.

I held five of them at once.

And one part is transparent.

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I will let you know when the image changes. It will be a beautiful model.

@Mahnax Were you suddenly overcome with endless ambition?

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Female model.

@Mana I felt... Powerful.

I was putting them in the safe at work.

@Mahnax Just wait until you sit at the top of a building throwing them off because you have too many. THEN YOU WILL KNOW POWER.

5:26 AM

@Mana I don't think the manager would be pleased.

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@Mana It is also interesting how you are Alex and Reg is Alex.

Reg is Alex?

@JasperLoy Yo, me and Reg are so alike. It's kurazy. We are true bros.

(not really)

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@Mahnax He disclosed it during the mod elections.

@JasperLoy Sneaky.

I wonder who will run this time around.

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5:28 AM

OK please refresh to see beautiful model avatar!

@JasperLoy Who is that?

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@Mahnax Natalie Paris from the file name.

@JasperLoy Ah.

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@Mahnax But I know your Mariah is the most beautiful to you.

@JasperLoy It's true.

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5:31 AM

@Mahnax Good good!

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@Mahnax Are you gonna watch TV at 11 again?

@JasperLoy Yes.

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@mana What do you think of my new avatar?

I really need 2 upvotes. Then I can vote to close.

@JasperLoy cool

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5:36 AM

@Mahnax I only had one more to give you. Maybe @mana can give you another upvote to help.

@JasperLoy Ha, no. Upvotes should only be given when they are deserved.

So unless Mana feels that they are deserved, then I will need to wait awhile.

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@Mahnax Hint, hint.

People kept upvoting my "check-in location" answer today, even though it is old.

@Mahnax Enjoy

@Mana Bah. You kids. I never should have said that.

5:40 AM

FINE DON'T ENJOY THEN

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:2808035 Congrats! Merry Christmas! HO HO HO!

@Mana Oh, I'll enjoy. But... Ah, whatever. 'Tis the season!

@JasperLoy music plays, children sing, lasers dance

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@Mahnax I was thinking of changing into your globe just to confuse people but I really think the globe looks awful!

@JasperLoy Me too. I want a new one.

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5:45 AM

There. It will change shortly.

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Interesting new user.

@JasperLoy Why do you say so?

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@Mahnax Another model to compete with me?

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@Mahnax I went to her website.

@JasperLoy No.

@JasperLoy Ah.

@JasperLoy Wow, angry.

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5:49 AM

@Mahnax I see your new avatar. LOL.

@JasperLoy I am.... Python! My favourite programming language.

Just starting out in it, mind you. But it is a lot of fun.

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@Mahnax Your TV is starting soon. I am leaving now. Goodnight!

@JasperLoy Bai!

@Mana You only have 3 hats?

@Mahnax Also my favorite programming language!

@Mana Yay!

5:53 AM

@Mahnax Yeah, I haven't had much time lately for doing stuff on the site besides clearing flags

@Mana Ooh, fun.

I posted a bad question on Gaming.SE.

@Mahnax How was the response, honestly?

@Mana Hm, I feel that if I were a user that was new to SE, I would definitely not come back. But I know how things work, so it didn't bother me in the least.

@Mahnax Do you say this due to the tones of the responses you got, or just because your question got rejected you wouldn't come back?

@Mana Just because it was rejected. There was nothing rude or sarcastic about the tone.

5:57 AM

@Mahnax Okay. Glad to hear that. Thanks.

@Mana Anytime. I won't be spending much time on Gaming.SE since I do not play many video games, other than Pokémon Silver and Metroid Zero Mission.