Hi there, Wonkeratti! It's time once again for another appalling Wonkette sci-blog.Check the seals on your pressure suit and come on in! At 11: 27 p.m. EDT Friday, NASA successfully launched a moon rocket exploration mission from the Space Coast.
Doesn't the Bureau of Standards maintain one for the "cubit"?
The value of what we now call &pi; was known with some accuracy even when Kings was written; as long as the units are consistent (oops, sorry, I meant the circumference was measured with the <i>imperial</i> cubit, the diameter as the standard cubit) the value should be the same. The problem for the &quot;biblical inerrancy&quot; people is that the value of 3 is fine for the story, but opens a gate of &quot;interpretations&quot; if accepted. Hence they will dote on the &quot;inner measurement&quot; vs the &quot;outer measurement&quot;. In the process, they contribute their own &quot;interpretation&quot;. But, to them that is an &quot;explanation&quot;.
And, yeah, it isn&#039;t as if we&#039;re looking at precisely calibrated instruments in any event. OTOH, it is from the bible and must be correct, no matter?
The lemur&#039;s face is priceless. I want to believe that&#039;s the look when John McCain&#039;s for POTUS was first informed that his campaign leadership recommended Sarah Palin as the GOP nominee for VP.
Yeah, and that business about the ratio of the diameter of a circle to its circumference? Which some ignerent folks say is &quot;&pi;&quot; and is &quot;irrational&quot; and even &quot;transcendental&quot;? Wal, the bible says it&#039;s nothing more than plain ol&#039; &quot;3&quot;. If it&#039;s in the Good Book I don&#039;t see how you can rightly see it any other way. Lessen&#039; of course, you&#039;re some kind of mooslem. Or papist.
Doesn&#039;t the Bureau of Standards maintain one for the &quot;cubit&quot;?
The value of what we now call &pi; was known with some accuracy even when Kings was written; as long as the units are consistent (oops, sorry, I meant the circumference was measured with the <i>imperial</i> cubit, the diameter as the standard cubit) the value should be the same. The problem for the &quot;biblical inerrancy&quot; people is that the value of 3 is fine for the story, but opens a gate of &quot;interpretations&quot; if accepted. Hence they will dote on the &quot;inner measurement&quot; vs the &quot;outer measurement&quot;. In the process, they contribute their own &quot;interpretation&quot;. But, to them that is an &quot;explanation&quot;.
And, yeah, it isn&#039;t as if we&#039;re looking at precisely calibrated instruments in any event. OTOH, it is from the bible and must be correct, no matter?
MPG is pretty good. Better than a Tesla, even.
So, what whould these space brains even think about? I mean, they&#039;d be sitting there with no input whatsoever from the outside world.
OMG -- they&#039;re teabaggers from space!!!!!
Perhaps the daughter of &quot;Mr. Boddy&quot; from Clue.
And of course again, whoever eventually wins in Syria will be pointing <i>their</i> weapons right at US.
I will never sleep again. Or go near an aquarium, ever again. Ever. Good old fashioned nightmare fuel.
The lemur&#039;s face is priceless. I want to believe that&#039;s the look when John McCain&#039;s for POTUS was first informed that his campaign leadership recommended Sarah Palin as the GOP nominee for VP.
Hopey you&#039;re right.
Wait&#039;ll the folks at the Murano Glass Works find out about this.
Brilliant.
I had an Al Spangler autograph glove.
They had to get up there before the Soviet ICBMs would have hit them in their silos or during the slowest part of their flight, I guess.
Somehow we survived the Cold War without destroying everything. So there&#039;s hope.
Yeah, and that business about the ratio of the diameter of a circle to its circumference? Which some ignerent folks say is &quot;&pi;&quot; and is &quot;irrational&quot; and even &quot;transcendental&quot;? Wal, the bible says it&#039;s nothing more than plain ol&#039; &quot;3&quot;. If it&#039;s in the Good Book I don&#039;t see how you can rightly see it any other way. Lessen&#039; of course, you&#039;re some kind of mooslem. Or papist.
And a Mr. Show skit was born.
So did the LADEE space rocket only cost 77 cents for every dollar, too?
Get FUNKEE.