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[kengr]

Fri, 18:36: Photo: girljanitor: youarenotyou: mattreadsthings: fagglet: historicaltimes: "Disability activists abandon... http://t.co/db1azhH73D

The photos were in black and white because until the switch to digital, most newspaper photos were *taken* with black & white film because it was much cheaper to process, and cheaper to print black & white in the paper.

It's *still* cheaper to print B&W. But with digital cameras, at least the original photo will be color.

Fri, 19:36: nox-artemis: did-you-kno: Source This was a topic in the only useful math class I’ve ever taken. In my case… http://t.co/3damZTviMk Well calculators can fail. Also, a skill that math classes *can* teach you (but isn't emphasized nearly enough) is to get a feel for what the right answer should be. Not the exact numbers, but what "range" the answer should be in

[kengr]

Just hit an example of not having a "feel" for the numbers. In a story this guy had a gate 80 feet high, 100 feet wide and 2 feet thick. And talked about the incredibly heavy gate halves weight "one to two tons".

Hint. That gate has a volume of 16,000 cubic feet. At 2 tons, each half would weigh only a couple of *ounces* per cubic foot each. Cotton balls weigh more than that.

If it was steel, it'd weigh around 1700 tons each.

Ipointed this out and also pointed out that a 2 ton chunk of steel would be a cube about 25 inches on a side.

[kengr]

Sat, 08:44: versacemon: White complected http://t.co/hWLhhFrlyL

Yes? It's a real word. It means that they have a white complexion (ie white appearing skin)