Well this might be promising...

[Gene E. Bloch]

In message <[email protected]>, Gene E. Bloch
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:18:05 +0100, John Williamson wrote:

I had the micturation extracted when I built my own calculator from a
set of chips on a home etched PCB while I was at college.
I have trouble understanding that sentence.

AFAICT, micturation means a desire or need to urinate.

Any assistance will be welcome

=> "Taking the mickey" ...

Sorry, I don't speak English[1].

Fortunately, Google does,or at least knows someone who does.

Thanks for the clarification (and it was a clarification, thanks to
Google's buddy, http://www.phrases.org.uk).

[1] Although I *do* speak a vaguely related language

We'uns talk Merkin.

I'm on the West Coast, so I'm not sure what to call the language

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

"Dave "Crash" Dummy" wrote in message


When I was in high school, they mocked me because I carried a slide
rule.

And now someone might possibly mock you because you're using Windows
Live Mail, which screws up replies. Notice that your reply has
automatically disappeared from the quoted material.

I could have manually restored it, but that would've ruined the effect

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I was at a fast food restaurant and asked the cashier what sizes
they offered their chicken nuggets in. He replied 6, 10, and 20.
So I said that I'd take half a dozen and he replied that they
didn't have then in that size. Makes you wonder sometimes...

That's the trouble with having a superior vocabulary

Actually, your story scares me a little.

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:10:27 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

In message <[email protected]>, Gene E. Bloch
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:18:05 +0100, John Williamson wrote:

I had the micturation extracted when I built my own calculator from a
set of chips on a home etched PCB while I was at college.
I have trouble understanding that sentence.

AFAICT, micturation means a desire or need to urinate.

Any assistance will be welcome

=> "Taking the mickey" ...
Sorry, I don't speak English[1].

Fortunately, Google does,or at least knows someone who does.

Thanks for the clarification (and it was a clarification, thanks to
Google's buddy, http://www.phrases.org.uk).
[1] Although I *do* speak a vaguely related language

We'uns talk Merkin.

I'm on the West Coast, so I'm not sure what to call the language

Valley speak, fer shure!

 

[Paul]

And now someone might possibly mock you because you're using Windows
Live Mail

LOL. How to kick a guy when he's down.

*******

One of my favorite slide rule stories, comes from my
high school days. We're in a chem class, and one
of the "brainy" kids (on the Reach For The Top
team, with a reputation to protect), he has a
slide rule, and isn't afraid to use it. He holds
a slide rule, in a way that shows he has a slide
rule (up high), rather than holding it just to
get an answer.

"Spock - you need to hold it higher, so the other
kids can see you have one..."

http://cheerfulcurmudgeon.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/spock_e6b.jpg

The teacher poses a problem, which basically
amounts to multiplying some number by two. We
look over, and our brainiac has reached for
his slide rule, and starts multiplying by two.

The other kids in the class (also smart),
just look at him. He freezes, realizing he's
mistake, but it's too late. The look on his
face was priceless (that "busted!" look).
Needless to say, there was no need to repeat
this story to his face, as a put down
Like "Hey, bud, what's 2 times this..."

Good times. In band camp...

Paul

 

[Ken Blake]

Hi, Ken.

The first time I heard the word (and had to look it up) was when Jim P.
mentioned it a year or two ago. All of us old guys with BPH know about it -
even if we don't know that word. ;^{

Bing's references leave me confused, but it seems that micturation is the
urge, while micturition is the act. Maybe.

(But I don't know how micturation relates to Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 or Blue or
9. <g>

Well, a lot of people are micturated off at Windows 8. <g>

 

[Ken Blake]

First thing our teacher of slide-rule lore taught us: Precision is not
the same as accuracy.

Right! But very few people understand what the difference is.

 

[Bob I]

I was at a fast food restaurant and asked the cashier what sizes
they offered their chicken nuggets in. He replied 6, 10, and 20.
So I said that I'd take half a dozen and he replied that they
didn't have then in that size. Makes you wonder sometimes...

And they want to expend more money for that kind of education.

 

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per Gene E. Bloch:

That's the trouble with having a superior vocabulary

Actually, your story scares me a little.

Call me a closet sadist, but I think I actually get some gratification
out of the momentary panic that crosses the occasional cash register
operator's face after they ring up , say, a $3.77 purchase and I tender
a five-dollar bill and seventy-seven cents.

 

[(PeteCresswell)]

Per Wolf K:

First thing our teacher of slide-rule lore taught us: Precision is not
the same as accuracy.

I *think* I get it from context.... but how about spelling that one out?

 

[Ken Blake]

Per Wolf K:

I *think* I get it from context.... but how about spelling that one out?

I'm not the person you asked, but since it's one of my favorite
subjects, let me try to explain.

If something is 100 inches long and I measure it as 101 inches and you
measure it as 100.5, you are closer to the correct number and are
therefore more accurate that I am.

But if I measure it as 100.000 and you measure it as 100.00, I am more
precise than you are. 100.000 and 100.00 are, in one sense, the same
numbers. But in another sense, they denote a different level of
precision; it is more precise to measure something correctly to within
a thousandth of an inch than within a hundredth of an inch.

 

[R. C. White]

Hi, Ken.

I get it! If I measure it as 100.00, it might actually be 100.001 (or
99.995 or 100.004). Your 100.000 removes those possibilities; therefore, it
is more precise. But the actual length still might be 100.0001; another
digit of precision would reveal that.

Precisely? ;^}

RC


"Ken Blake" wrote in message

Per Wolf K:

I *think* I get it from context.... but how about spelling that one out?

I'm not the person you asked, but since it's one of my favorite
subjects, let me try to explain.

If something is 100 inches long and I measure it as 101 inches and you
measure it as 100.5, you are closer to the correct number and are
therefore more accurate that I am.

But if I measure it as 100.000 and you measure it as 100.00, I am more
precise than you are. 100.000 and 100.00 are, in one sense, the same
numbers. But in another sense, they denote a different level of
precision; it is more precise to measure something correctly to within
a thousandth of an inch than within a hundredth of an inch.

 

[Laszlo Lebrun]

First thing our teacher of slide-rule lore taught us: Precision is not
the same as accuracy.

OK: The logarithm tables with 6 digits were both precise and accurate.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:10:27 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

In message <[email protected]>, Gene E. Bloch
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:18:05 +0100, John Williamson wrote:

I had the micturation extracted when I built my own calculator from a
set of chips on a home etched PCB while I was at college.
I have trouble understanding that sentence.

AFAICT, micturation means a desire or need to urinate.

Any assistance will be welcome

=> "Taking the mickey" ...
Sorry, I don't speak English[1].

Fortunately, Google does,or at least knows someone who does.

Thanks for the clarification (and it was a clarification, thanks to
Google's buddy, http://www.phrases.org.uk).
[1] Although I *do* speak a vaguely related language

We'uns talk Merkin.

I'm on the West Coast, so I'm not sure what to call the language

Valley speak, fer shure!

Like, I'm all, how did you know that?

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Per Gene E. Bloch:

Call me a closet sadist, but I think I actually get some gratification
out of the momentary panic that crosses the occasional cash register
operator's face after they ring up , say, a $3.77 purchase and I tender
a five-dollar bill and seventy-seven cents.

I'm worse than you. I'll give them $5.27 and expect $1.50 change.

But in truth, I stopped doing that sort of thing. Easy for me, mind
boggling for the clerk.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

Hi, Ken.

I get it! If I measure it as 100.00, it might actually be 100.001 (or
99.995 or 100.004). Your 100.000 removes those possibilities; therefore, it
is more precise. But the actual length still might be 100.0001; another
digit of precision would reveal that.

Precisely? ;^}

RC

"Ken Blake" wrote in message



I'm not the person you asked, but since it's one of my favorite
subjects, let me try to explain.

If something is 100 inches long and I measure it as 101 inches and you
measure it as 100.5, you are closer to the correct number and are
therefore more accurate that I am.

But if I measure it as 100.000 and you measure it as 100.00, I am more
precise than you are. 100.000 and 100.00 are, in one sense, the same
numbers. But in another sense, they denote a different level of
precision; it is more precise to measure something correctly to within
a thousandth of an inch than within a hundredth of an inch.

Maybe. But if I measure it as 100.0001, that is very precise. However,
the actual length is 97.3022, so it is not at all accurate.

I used me as the subject there because I might very well make a
measurement as badly as that, but I'm 100.0000% sure that you aren't
that inaccurate

 

[Bob Henson]

Per Gene E. Bloch:

Call me a closet sadist, but I think I actually get some gratification
out of the momentary panic that crosses the occasional cash register
operator's face after they ring up , say, a $3.77 purchase and I tender
a five-dollar bill and seventy-seven cents.

I used to get the reverse bit of fun when working in my pharmacy. I
would often add up the price of several items in my head and ring up the
total on the till as it was much quicker. The older customers didn't
even notice, but the teenagers used to stare at me as though I had just
done something magical and against the laws of nature. One or two
actually asked me how I did it. Whilst laughing internally, I used to
explain to them with a straight face, and in the least patronising
manner I could muster, what I had done. I was even asked why they were
no longer taught to do it in school - I couldn't answer that without a
long political and sociological diatribe, so I just said I really didn't
know.

 

[SC Tom]

On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 06:52:50 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

Gene E. Bloch wrote:
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 23:10:27 +0100, J. P. Gilliver (John) wrote:

In message <[email protected]>, Gene E. Bloch
On Wed, 17 Apr 2013 19:18:05 +0100, John Williamson wrote:

I had the micturation extracted when I built my own calculator from
a
set of chips on a home etched PCB while I was at college.
I have trouble understanding that sentence.

AFAICT, micturation means a desire or need to urinate.

Any assistance will be welcome

=> "Taking the mickey" ...
Sorry, I don't speak English[1].

Fortunately, Google does,or at least knows someone who does.

Thanks for the clarification (and it was a clarification, thanks to
Google's buddy, http://www.phrases.org.uk).
[1] Although I *do* speak a vaguely related language

We'uns talk Merkin.

I'm on the West Coast, so I'm not sure what to call the language

Valley speak, fer shure!

Like, I'm all, how did you know that?

Uh, what ev . . .

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:11:03 -0400, Dave "Crash" Dummy wrote:

Sorry, I don't speak English[1].

Fortunately, Google does,or at least knows someone who does.

Thanks for the clarification (and it was a clarification, thanks to
Google's buddy, http://www.phrases.org.uk).
[1] Although I *do* speak a vaguely related language

We'uns talk Merkin.
I'm on the West Coast, so I'm not sure what to call the language

Valley speak, fer shure!

Like, I'm all, how did you know that?

I'm like, you know, multilingual, Dude! Totally rad!

 

[stones]

Hi, Ken.

The first time I heard the word (and had to look it up) was when Jim P.
mentioned it a year or two ago. All of us old guys with BPH know about
it - even if we don't know that word. ;^{

Bing's references leave me confused, but it seems that micturation is
the urge, while micturition is the act. Maybe.

(But I don't know how micturation relates to Windows 7, 8 or 8.1 or Blue
or 9. <g> Maybe John W. will explain it to us.)

Simple. It's what one wants to do to unwanted Windows 8 discs before
setting fire to them.