1'6" does not equal 16"

"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck) 01/31/2017 at 15:29 • Filed to: Math

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Comes over to help work on your car and only drinks beer > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/31/2017 at 15:31

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Stupid base 12 math....

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/31/2017 at 15:34

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lol wat is standard stud spacing

LOREM IPSUM > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/31/2017 at 15:34

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16, 18... close enough. What’s a couple of inches amongst friends?

HammerheadFistpunch > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/31/2017 at 15:35

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well, to be fair. 1'6' doesn’t mean 1 foot 6 inches...

Tripper > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/31/2017 at 15:37

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In a lot of the buildings I’ve worked on 16" doesn’t equal 16" either.

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/31/2017 at 15:39

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But 6" + 2" = 8", which is the “Cent.”

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch 01/31/2017 at 15:45

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Lol

Future next gen S2000 owner > LOREM IPSUM 01/31/2017 at 15:46

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That’s what I said.

- She

vicali > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/31/2017 at 15:47

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LimitedTimeOnly @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/31/2017 at 15:48

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Timely - was just working with a contractor about this exact measurement today.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > vicali 01/31/2017 at 15:57

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This reference may go over most folks heads but I know it.

duurtlang > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/31/2017 at 15:59

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Silly Neanderthals. Get with the metric system already!

Tekamul > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/31/2017 at 16:01

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At only 18" it can’t go over anybody’s head. That’s the problem.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Tekamul 01/31/2017 at 16:03

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vicali > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/31/2017 at 16:07

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Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > vicali 01/31/2017 at 16:10

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Such a fantastic movie.

vondon302 > Highlander-Datsuns are Forever 01/31/2017 at 16:11

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Me too. lol we’re old.

benjrblant > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/31/2017 at 16:23

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So, if 12 inches in a foot isn’t confusing enough, I’m currently using some drafting software that requires numeric input in the format of FFIISS. That’s two digits for feet, two digits for inches, and two digits for sixteenths of an inch. So, if you wanted to input 1'6 1/2", it would be 010608. 10'8 1/4" would be 100804. Yay, imperial measure.

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 01/31/2017 at 16:30

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Go metric or go home.

punkgoose17 > duurtlang 01/31/2017 at 16:40

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But 8' is much easier than 2.4384 m. But honestly as an engineer I hate the USCS system.

duurtlang > punkgoose17 01/31/2017 at 16:43

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And 8 meters is much easier than 26.2467192 feet...

punkgoose17 > duurtlang 01/31/2017 at 18:47

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Nothing in the U.S. is a standard 8 meters, but many things in construction are 8 feet (lumber, plywood, drywall).

duurtlang > punkgoose17 01/31/2017 at 19:06

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I can imagine it’s hard to convert to metric, but better now than later, right?

punkgoose17 > duurtlang 01/31/2017 at 19:28

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I am trying to at work. I am working on pushing the machine shop along at work. Zoidberg does something with house I think the construction industry will be the last in the U.S.