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| − | Don't forget - there's also a sugro-nanit, and Sbp did some calculations over in the Cranee Historical Society. We do have two phantoms, nanit and sugro-nanit, and I'm wondering if this entry supersedes them - it seems silly to actually define an "inch" in a lexicon, especially when we've got a global entry like the following. How do players feel about removing those terms as definable phantoms? --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 09:44, 21 Sep 2004 (EDT)
| + | == Chesix System in units.dat format == |
| | + | Add the following to your system's /usr/share/units.dat (must be root): |
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| − | Also, your comment about "being able to survive without writing" is broken. The Nitenmangrey are from -900 EC, which is far too soon for writing to have developed. Similarly, the originating Nitenmangrey entry, Aquentravalkeration, says that "since documents from that period remain undeciphered". A document presumes writing. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 09:59, 21 Sep 2004 (EDT)
| + | # Chesix System of Measures |
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| | + | nanit 20 cm |
| | + | sugro- 201168|25 |
| | + | quiendsrod 1|3657 sugro-nanit |
| | + | lunanit 11 kunanit |
| | + | kunanit 9 unanit |
| | + | unanit 16 nanit |
| | + | inanit 1|11 nanit |
| | + | kinanit 1|9 inanit |
| | + | linanit 1|13 kinanit |
| | + | lele 9 lunanits |
| | + | gyup 1|1331 wurp waterdensity |
| | + | lugyup 1|0.86037 wurp waterdensity |
| | + | wurp nanit^3 |
| | + | yip degC |
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| − | Based on his Talk discussion over on Cranee, Sbp is suggesting that a nanit is 20 cm, which would be the size of a Bindlet Ball (as per the Bindlett Ball entry, making it roughly half a foot). That would make your Rod 340 cm, or 11 feet, which seems like more of a hUuUUGe staff (larger than most normal staffs), as opposed to a single-handed rod. --[[User:Morbus Iff|Morbus Iff]] 10:05, 21 Sep 2004 (EDT)
| + | Then the units program will understand Chesix as well as SI (metric), Imperial, and U.S. Customary units. |
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| − | I'd like to the Cranee Historical Society nanit/sugro-nanit entries on measurement, and this entry, combined into a single measurement page. After that, I'd suggest the existing phantoms for nanit and sugro-nanit be redirected to that common page. Conceptually, a single page of weights and measures, seems to make more sense in an encyclopedia than individual entries. --[[User:Qwentyth Pyre|Qwentyth Pyre]] 18:54, 21 Sep 2004 (EDT)
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| − | Morbus, I had started with the proposition that a Bindelt Ball would be 10cm and worked from there. On the whole, I am happy to make adjustments to the measurment system to fit in with what we know. The existing differences have occured because we didn't have anything before. I was hoping after this entry was complete to start a discussion about the nanit/sugro nanit phantoms as I think they should either point to this page or be removed. As for my sentence about surviving without writing - you are correct - it is broken. I shall fix as many of the inconsistencies as I can find. Happy to take suggestions from anyone. [[User:Dok|Dok]] 19:16, 21 Sep 2004 (EDT)
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| − | I agree with [[User:Qwentyth Pyre|Qwentyth]] on this one. A single point of reference is best. Also, it's nice to have something to relate it all to! Knowing that the system is, more or less, based on a 10cm Bindelt Ball makes it all more sensible.
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| − | Thank you --[[User:PhineasCrank|Doctor Phineas Crank]] 21:48, 21 Sep 2004 (EDT)
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| − | For whatever it's worth, I was thinking that a Bindlet Ball was around the same size as a soccerball (football for you yurpeens) or a basketball. That would make it in the range of 20cm, rather than 10cm. However, if this makes the entire universe slightly off-kilter, then I can adjust my world view. After all, one of the necessary consequences of this form of fiction is that things can get defined after I've already written about them, right?
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Chesix System in units.dat format
Add the following to your system's /usr/share/units.dat (must be root):
# Chesix System of Measures
nanit 20 cm
sugro- 201168|25
quiendsrod 1|3657 sugro-nanit
lunanit 11 kunanit
kunanit 9 unanit
unanit 16 nanit
inanit 1|11 nanit
kinanit 1|9 inanit
linanit 1|13 kinanit
lele 9 lunanits
gyup 1|1331 wurp waterdensity
lugyup 1|0.86037 wurp waterdensity
wurp nanit^3
yip degC
Then the units program will understand Chesix as well as SI (metric), Imperial, and U.S. Customary units.
