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roakey:
I meant base four, but the details are hazy, all I know is that I met a guy there that was 624 years old! which would make him aboyt 312 in dog years.
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I meant base four, but the details are hazy, all I know is that I met a guy there that was 624 years old! which would make him aboyt 312 in dog years.
miketsp
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There is a nice set of values for sea water density on
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2002/EdwardLaValley.shtml
and then you can use the formula
height water column (m) = 101325.01/(density x 9.8).
Just don't forget if you want to go deeper you need to compensate for depth and temperature.
http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2002/EdwardLaValley.shtml
and then you can use the formula
height water column (m) = 101325.01/(density x 9.8).
Just don't forget if you want to go deeper you need to compensate for depth and temperature.
If his age was base four, he could not have the digits 6 and 4 in his age.cancun mark:
Sorry, I'm a computer weenie, and do base-n stuff all the time
Roak
glbirch
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neil:
Biased, innaccurate, and the average user is dead...
Yup, enough said. Funny site though.
V-Erthal:
Nah, just pulling your chain a little.
Of course I could point out that because the salinity of the ocean is not a constant, and can vary based on where a sample is taken. Any unit of measure that is said to be completely correct for stating the density of sea water can be proven wrong. But that would be silly and a waste of time.
H2Andy
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neil:
hahaha... that was awesome!
great site
Mr Mares:The sooner the world goes metric the better
That will be the day that we, in the U.S., start driving on the wrong side of the road and the steering wheels will be on the passenger side. Cops will make more money for the state since most everyone will be doing 60 on a 35
roakey:
He didn't seem to mean either one or at least didn't explain the meaning. LOL
Base 4 would be 0, 1, 2, 3, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20
However...10 base 4 = 4 base 10 because...the least significant digit is 4 to the 0 power and the second is 4 to the 1st, the third 4 to the 2nd and so on.
I've never actually seen base 4 used though only bas 2, 10 and 16.
I dive in East Timor, using the metric system, and am dreading diving in the US again using the Imperial system. Calculations for everything are so much easier in metric. Why doesn't the dive industry switch to metric in the US, then they would be using the same system as the rest of the world?
Greg
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