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Dozo
Formerly medical physicist, formerly lighting physicist, formerly astronomer, formerly metrology engineer in semiconductor industry. Now research programmer. If it's more than a nanometer, it's not accurate. If it is not metric, it's evil.
Libertarians in the US.?
Can someone please explain to me why libertarians in the US seem to defend all civil liberties except homosexuality. Ron Paul, Ayn Rand, they all seem biased again just this one liberty. How come? In what way is it consistent with their other views?
4 AnswersPolitics9 years agoShould Yahoo Answers conserve leading spaces?
Wouldn't it be nice if Yahoo answers conserved leading spaces and tabs so that code posted in a question would be more readable?
2 AnswersProgramming & Design9 years agoWhat's the best beer in the world?
5 AnswersPolls & Surveys10 years agoIf parallel universes exist, is the number countable?
Taking quantum mechanice. Assume that God does not throw dice and parallel universes exist. Surely their number must be infinite, but would it be countable infinite or uncountable infinite?
4 AnswersPhysics10 years agoWhy can I vote for my own answer as best answer?
5 AnswersYahoo Answers10 years agoWould it be possible to turn off the 'Hmm...it looks like you have a lot of punctuation.' message?
Would it be possible to turn off the 'Hmm...it looks like you have a lot of punctuation.' message in the physics and mathematics section of Yahoo answers?
1 AnswerPhysics10 years agoHow can we convince people to use metric units and their correct symbols?
I believe the world would be a better place were where people understand each other better if we would all use S.I. units. What do you find a convincing argument for using metric units in a particular situation.
For instance I convinced a pilot that using meters for altitude and kilometers for distance made using a glide ratio trivial. Calculating what airport he can reach if his engine fails is something be can do without a calculator if he uses metric units.
Using m/s for car speed would be great for safety. Not only could one immediately see how many seconds it takes to get to that crossroads in 250 m, but also one would be able to guess the time it takes to slow down given a certain deceleration close to g = 9.8 m/s^2.
Do you have more examples that I can use to convince people?
2 AnswersPhysics1 decade ago