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#1 posted Oct 6th 2021, 16:18:04
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While we debate how to pronounce GPRO and whether or not we should even play the game, I believe there is a far more pressing issue on our hands.
It seems as though the entirety of the GPRO player base is ignorant of the proper way to report a measurement. Statements such as “my driver is 72kg” or “I lost 0.3s in quali” are just as common as they are infuriating. This is not what you learned in school, boys and girls!
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reminds us in the Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI):
There is a space between the numerical value and unit symbol, even when the value is used as an adjective, except in the case of superscript units for plane angle.
https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/pdf/sp811.pdf
Your driver does not mass 65kg but rather 65 kg. You did not fill your car with 108l but with 108 l. And you did not gain 43ms in Q1 but 43 ms. Even the track temperature should read 23 °C rather than 23°C.
Thank you and may Vlad forever bless GPRO.
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#2 posted Oct 6th 2021, 16:35:08
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Another good point raised there @Brad Marshall (E). I'm also a grammar fanatic & I hope saint Vlad sorts this out soon.
#StVlad
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#3 posted Oct 6th 2021, 16:44:30
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Getting schooled by an American on correct use of metric values... Oof.
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#4 posted Oct 6th 2021, 17:00:12
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Quote ( Brad Marshall @ October 6th 2021,16:18:04 ) The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reminds us in the Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI)
My gut instinct screams that if it were the International Institute of Standards and Technology, we might be bound by these rules outside of the USA (or should that be U.S.A., or even U. S. A.?).
Ultimately, however, I'm grateful for the fact that I just don't give a sh monkeys!! :p
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#5 posted Oct 6th 2021, 17:04:15
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Quote ( Brad Marshall @ October 6th 2021,16:18:04 ) There is a space between the numerical value and unit symbol, even when the value is used as an adjective, except in the case of superscript units for plane angle.
Typical Elitist remark ;)
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#6 posted Oct 6th 2021, 17:06:56
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Did you update your profile picture especially for this post, Brad?
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#7 posted Oct 6th 2021, 17:11:29
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Quote ( Twig Fahaji @ October 6th 2021,17:06:56 ) Did you update your profile picture especially for this post, Brad?
If you put a hat on him, he's Walter White....
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#8 posted Oct 6th 2021, 17:13:05
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Quote (Twiggers @ October 6th 2021,17:04:15 ) Did you update your profile picture especially for this post, Brad?
That one is for the ladies, Twiggers!
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#9 posted Oct 6th 2021, 17:14:05
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Quote ( Brad Marshall @ October 6th 2021,16:18:04 )
This is not what you learned in school, boys and girls!
How many things do we use that we learn in school ?
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Quote ( Brad Marshall @ October 6th 2021,16:18:04 )
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) reminds us in the Guide for the Use of the International System of Units (SI):
https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/pdf/sp811.pdf
Your driver does not mass 65kg but rather 65 kg. You did not fill your car with 108l but with 108 l. And you did not gain 43ms in Q1 but 43 ms. Even the track temperature should read 23 °C rather than 23°C.
Actually, "108 l" is also wrong according to the NIST, at least if you typed it in the USA. It should be "108 L" instead. ;)
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One fake GPRO problem at a time, Adam!
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Quote ( Brad Marshall @ October 6th 2021,17:16:36 ) One fake GPRO problem at a time, Adam!
Sorry, the chance to indulge in editor porn was too tempting to ignore.
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Quote ( Adam Harter @ October 6th 2021,17:18:44 ) Quote ( Brad Marshall @ October 6th 2021,17:16:36 )
One fake GPRO problem at a time, Adam!
Sorry, the chance to indulge in editor porn was too tempting to ignore.
@Brad Marshall (E) JUNIOR ALERT!!!
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Are you sure it shouldn't be 23° C?
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I'm sure you'd get on really well with Peter Hitchens
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Quote ( Cameron Halsall @ October 6th 2021,17:51:08 ) I'm sure you'd get on really well with Peter Hitchens
who's Peter Hitchens?
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Quote ( Bogdan Hutanu @ October 6th 2021,17:46:41 ) Are you sure it shouldn't be 23° C?
I can't tell if this is editor-bait, but I'll take it at face value.
No, never put a space between the degree symbol and the "C" in Celsius. The measurement unit is "degrees Celsius" so the space would make no sense.
Style guides (such as Oxford or Chicago) I believe recommend writing temperatures without any spaces, e.g. 23ºC. But NIST recommends the space between the number and the degree symbol as Brad posted.
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Brad I’m confused none of these measurements are in feet, inches, pounds, or touchdowns
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Brad is not American confirmed. We knew all along!
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Erk, If I remember it went something like four touchdowns = (stripper) pole position.
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Thank you Brad. You should be rewarded with 5kg of 8oz ravioli sauce in a 5L esky.
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Quote ( Ricardo Antunes @ October 6th 2021,18:05:45 ) Brad is not American confirmed. We knew all along!
explains why he’s capable of being an elite
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I'm French Canadian like Alain.
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Quote ( Sonny Long @ October 6th 2021,17:52:41 ) Quote ( Cameron Halsall @ October 6th 2021,17:51:08 )
I'm sure you'd get on really well with Peter Hitchens
who's Peter Hitchens?
A man who spends all his time complaining on twitter that we don't live in the 1950s anymore
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The space between number and unit needs to be non-breaking! Otherwise, such horrors as
"The volume of the tank is 180
dm³, but everyone knows that."
would be permitted.
Chaos! Anarchy!
I'm appalled that the NIST doesn't lose one word about this. Until they fix this, I refuse to adhere to their incomplete and erroneous rules!
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I will follow Jens.
From now on, i will count my s lap times as m
1 38 ms 900
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Quote ( Cameron Halsall @ October 6th 2021,22:37:15 ) Quote ( Sonny Long @ October 6th 2021,17:52:41 )
Quote ( Cameron Halsall @ October 6th 2021,17:51:08 )
I'm sure you'd get on really well with Peter Hitchens
who's Peter Hitchens?
A man who spends all his time complaining on twitter that we don't live in the 1950s anymore
yeah, sounds like Donald Trump to me, haha :)
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Quote ( Ricardo Antunes @ October 7th 2021,01:11:44 ) I will follow Jens.
From now on, i will count my s lap times as m
1 38 ms 900
1 what? 138 ms? 1 lightyear 38 ms?
I'd prefer 98 seconds 900 milliseconds in this case
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