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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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 Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:48 pm Post subject: 12.8 metre TV For Sale |
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What is up with people mixing up ' and "?
' = Foot
" = inches
You do not have a 42' TV. You do not have a laptop with a 17' screen.
42' is 42 feet is 12.8 meters.
If you don't know what feet and inches are use centimeters. If you're from the US and mix up ' and " please go back to elementary school. (I'm specifically mentioning the US because it's just about the only country that still uses the Imperial ("English") system of weights and measures.)
That is all for this PSA. |
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kingofcartoons
Joined: 23 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah, be careful or might end up with a hilariously tiny stage-prop ala Spinal Tap. |
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UknowsI
Joined: 16 Apr 2009
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:46 pm Post subject: Re: 12.8 metre TV For Sale |
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| Hyeon Een wrote: |
If you don't know what feet and inches are use centimeters. |
Do you think a 73 cm display is ok to use as an office monitor or will it be too large for my desk?
How many people can give an accurate answer to the question without looking up the size in inches? |
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morrisonhotel
Joined: 18 Jul 2009
Location: Gyeonggi-do
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| Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 9:51 pm Post subject: Re: 12.8 metre TV For Sale |
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| UknowsI wrote: |
will it be too large for my desk?
How many people can give an accurate answer to the question without looking up the size in inches? |
No one because you didn't tell us how large your desk is. |
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Hyeon Een
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:03 am Post subject: Re: 12.8 metre TV For Sale |
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| UknowsI wrote: |
| Hyeon Een wrote: |
If you don't know what feet and inches are use centimeters. |
Do you think a 73 cm display is ok to use as an office monitor or will it be too large for my desk?
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Better than a 42' one =) |
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CentralCali
Joined: 17 May 2007
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 12:44 am Post subject: |
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| OP: You think that's bad? Look at the far too many posts using ` for '. |
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murmanjake
Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 1:07 am Post subject: |
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| CentralCali wrote: |
| OP: You think that's bad? Look at the far too many posts using ` for '. |
Now I'm gonna kill what's left of my poor eyesight looking for that slight difference every time I see an apostrophe. |
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Oreovictim
Joined: 23 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Wed Mar 16, 2011 6:11 am Post subject: |
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| kingofcartoons wrote: |
| Yeah, be careful or might end up with a hilariously tiny stage-prop ala Spinal Tap. |
Argh! You beat me to that joke! |
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