"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
04/27/2016 at 14:48 • Filed to: None
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"Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo" (rustyvandura)
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In this story on the way-believable Business Insider website, the author claims that the atmosphere on Mars is “1,000 times thinner” than Earth’s atmospher.
1,000 times thinner.
Are they saying that the atmosphere density on Mars is 1/1000th that of earth? I hear this all the time: Something costs three times less. I think it’s a common mistake. What do you engineer-types think?
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BmanUltima's car still hasn't been fixed yet, he'll get on it tomorrow, honest.
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
04/27/2016 at 14:50 |
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Shamoononon drives like a farmer
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
04/27/2016 at 15:00 |
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I think it’s just bad use of language. It’s easier to say “1000 times..” than 1/1000th... I agree with you in that they mean 1/1000th. I’m in machine software engineering and I can’t recall ever hearing that.
cazzyodo
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
04/27/2016 at 15:04 |
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I think what’s even better is the hyperlink where it says “1000 times thinner” brings you to a site that does not even say that.
It says that atmospheric pressure is a fraction of what it is on Earth: 7.5 to 1000 millibars.
Ash78, voting early and often
> Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo
04/27/2016 at 15:09 |
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I don't know nothing about no math, but I do know my stocks can go up 1,000% but they can only go down 100%. What do I got to lose?!
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> Shamoononon drives like a farmer
04/27/2016 at 15:28 |
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They say it on the radio and TV frequently, but probably not in the real world.
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> cazzyodo
04/27/2016 at 15:29 |
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More hard-hitting Business Insider journalism.
I like BI, though, because they mention lots of things. Whenever they mention something really interesting, I look for a better source.
Rainbow
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04/27/2016 at 15:48 |
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Really, it’s meaningless. I remember seeing some flush-less urinals that claimed to save “three times as much water as a standard toilet.”
But exactly how much water does a standard toilet save me? Absolutely none.
I’m assuming they mean that a standard toilet uses three times as much water as this one does.
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> Rainbow
04/27/2016 at 15:57 |
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That would be exactly my take. Or that the new toidie used one-third the water of the old toidie.