AFF's 30,000 post thread...sadly without a prize!!

[Kiwi Flyer]

I dont know - what date is it now?

 

[NM]

I dont know - what date is it now?

In which timezone? (oops, here we go again :roll: ).

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

I dont know - what date is it now?

In which timezone? (oops, here we go again :roll: ).

Is that actual timezone or body clock timezone or timezone you'd really like it to be or timezone you were in yesterday (by elapsed or chronological time) or ...?

 

[NM]

Is that actual timezone or body clock timezone or timezone you'd really like it to be or timezone you were in yesterday (by elapsed or chronological time) or ...?

Nope, just plain old metric time.

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

Is that actual timezone or body clock timezone or timezone you'd really like it to be or timezone you were in yesterday (by elapsed or chronological time) or ...?

Nope, just plain old metric time.

As at what degree of (metric?) longitude?

 

[NM]

Is that actual timezone or body clock timezone or timezone you'd really like it to be or timezone you were in yesterday (by elapsed or chronological time) or ...?

Nope, just plain old metric time.

As at what degree of (metric?) longitude?

Nothing to do with longitude or lattitude. Its all in the attitude 8) .

Was reading again last night about the Gimli Glider ... and was once again reminded of the importance of clearly defining whether using metic or imperial units of measure :shock: .

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

Is that actual timezone or body clock timezone or timezone you'd really like it to be or timezone you were in yesterday (by elapsed or chronological time) or ...?

Nope, just plain old metric time.

As at what degree of (metric?) longitude?

Nothing to do with longitude or lattitude. Its all in the attitude 8) .

I did not know metric time varied by height. Must be a pain to reset all the time when in a/c climbing/descending, or is the difference small enough to ignore?

 

[NM]

I did not know metric time varied by height. Must be a pain to reset all the time when in a/c climbing/descending, or is the difference small enough to ignore?

The adjustment is simple. Its the rounding error that makes it difficult for overweight people.

 

[oz_mark]

Is that actual timezone or body clock timezone or timezone you'd really like it to be or timezone you were in yesterday (by elapsed or chronological time) or ...?

Nope, just plain old metric time.

As at what degree of (metric?) longitude?

Nothing to do with longitude or lattitude. Its all in the attitude 8) .

Was reading again last night about the Gimli Glider ... and was once again reminded of the importance of clearly defining whether using metic or imperial units of measure :shock: .

Pounds and Kilograms easily confused....

 

[NM]

Pounds and Kilograms easily confused....

And not picked up by several people, including when quoting the SG of the fuel (which is where the miscalculation was)! It was the newest 767 in the AC fleet and the only one using metric fuel measures.

Couple that with a technical fault in the gauges that meant the only way to "know" the fuel on board was to drip the tanks.

And then add that the flight was a multi-sector trip and the original fueller did not know they intended not to refuel at the mid-point and so the fuel on board seemed ok to him.

Pilots flying skill was the difference between safety and disaster.

 

[oz_mark]

Pounds and Kilograms easily confused....

And not picked up by several people, including when quoting the SG of the fuel (which is where the miscalculation was)! It was the newest 767 in the AC fleet and the only one using metric fuel measures.

Who would have thought that Boeing would make a metric plane.

 

[NM]

Who would have thought that Boeing would make a metric plane.

Only partly metric ... the altimeter is still in feet . And the speed is indicated in nautical miles .

 

[Mal]

Less than 400 posts left now ... we are getting towards the home stretch:

Who will it be?

Yada Yada 15/05/06 @ 10:00am (AEST)
Mal 16/05/06 @ 12:00pm (AEST)
Kiwi Flyer 17/05/06 @ 2:00pm (AEST)
JohnK 22/05/06 @ 11:27am (AEST)
serfty 24/05/06 @ 11:30am (AEST)

The tension mounts in the arena!

 

[NM]

The tension mounts in the arena!

And the thick plottens ...

Since I did not vote, I can;t be accused of inappropriately influencing the result .

 

[oz_mark]

Frenzied Friday :? when was that?

Wednesday about a month ago .

I am sure there is possibly some theorem in the idea of metric time, but why is an event on a Wednesday referred to as Frezied Friday?

 

[JohnK]

Less than 400 posts left now ... we are getting towards the home stretch:

Who will it be?

Yada Yada 15/05/06 @ 10:00am (AEST)
Mal 16/05/06 @ 12:00pm (AEST)
Kiwi Flyer 17/05/06 @ 2:00pm (AEST)
JohnK 22/05/06 @ 11:27am (AEST)
serfty 24/05/06 @ 11:30am (AEST)

The tension mounts in the arena!

Sorry to say but Yada Yada is out of the contest now.

I am still in with a chance but serfty would have to be in the box seat. It all depends on the posting rate over the next few days.

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

Frenzied Friday :? when was that?

Wednesday about a month ago .

I am sure there is possibly some theorem in the idea of metric time, but why is an event on a Wednesday referred to as Frezied Friday?

I'd like an answer to this too.

 

[Kiwi Flyer]

I did not know metric time varied by height. Must be a pain to reset all the time when in a/c climbing/descending, or is the difference small enough to ignore?

The adjustment is simple. Its the rounding error that makes it difficult for overweight people.

Why is that? Does metric time depend on weight as well, or fat fingers make it hard to adjust watch, or a correlation between weight and smarts?

 

[serfty]

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We've lost the easy post conter and only have the one that does not include deleted posts.

And to make things more interesting, the post counter is in the 86,000's; this post is #86448.

 

[QF WP]

Where did you get 86K-odd post count from, serfty ..according to the screen shot you posted, it's: Posts: 29,263