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[OT] EDN cover art FAIL

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Rich Webb

Jan 1, 1970
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For those of y'all still on the mailing list, take a closer look at the
cover of the current (15 Dec) edition of EDN. I guess that nobody in
their design review process thought to check the temperature scales. How
embarrassing...
 
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MrTallyman

Jan 1, 1970
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So what's so funny with that picture? I'm probably too slow to find anything
worth a buzz...

Why so much excitement? Did I miss something?

Your puberty?

Scale mismatch
 
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Clifford Heath

Jan 1, 1970
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Rich said:
For those of y'all still on the mailing list, take a closer look at the
cover of the current (15 Dec) edition of EDN. I guess that nobody in
their design review process thought to check the temperature scales. How
embarrassing...

What's the problem? I see a thermometer reading 100F, with parallax error
so it looks like 120F.
 
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Sergey Kubushyn

Jan 1, 1970
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MrTallyman said:
Your puberty?

Scale mismatch

So what? What accuracy do you expect from a graphic art? 0.1%? 0.000001%?

And there is also parallax involved. Did you learn in school what parallax,
perspective, etc. are?

It might come as suprise to you but all those monsters on SciFi pieces of
art are also out of scale. Sometimes even more than 5%....

And did you ever wonder where the censors were when approving e.g. Salvador
Dali pictures? Did they ever measure the roundness of that melted clock?
 
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tm

Jan 1, 1970
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Sergey Kubushyn said:
So what? What accuracy do you expect from a graphic art? 0.1%? 0.000001%?

And there is also parallax involved. Did you learn in school what
parallax,
perspective, etc. are?

It might come as suprise to you but all those monsters on SciFi pieces of
art are also out of scale. Sometimes even more than 5%....

And did you ever wonder where the censors were when approving e.g.
Salvador
Dali pictures? Did they ever measure the roundness of that melted clock?


Minus 40° F does not equal minus 30° C.
 
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Rich Webb

Jan 1, 1970
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What's the problem? I see a thermometer reading 100F, with parallax error
so it looks like 120F.

"Dang, Marsha, it's -40 degrees outside!"
"Celsius or Fahrenheit, John?"
"Yup."
"Oh, John."
"Marsha!"

The top of the scales may even be correct (120 F is about 49 C and one
could be generous and assume that is how it's aligned) but the freezing
point is an obvious clue, even if one doesn't have the "-40" factoid
readily to hand.
 
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Sergey Kubushyn

Jan 1, 1970
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tm said:
Minus 40? F does not equal minus 30? C.

So what? It's not a scientific chart, it's just a graphic art.
 
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Rich Webb

Jan 1, 1970
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So what? It's not a scientific chart, it's just a graphic art.

True, it's just funny that EDN, the self-styled "Voice of the Engineer"
would have such an obvious mistake. If it had been on People Magazine,
that's one thing, but no alarms went off there? Ouch.
 
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Spehro Pefhany

Jan 1, 1970
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True, it's just funny that EDN, the self-styled "Voice of the Engineer"
would have such an obvious mistake. If it had been on People Magazine,
that's one thing, but no alarms went off there? Ouch.

Hopefully this isn't indicative of the Ryerson engineering students
get:

http://i.imgur.com/JurWd.jpg

They've only been allowed to grant degrees since the 70s.



Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
 
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Clifford Heath

Jan 1, 1970
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Rich said:
The top of the scales may even be correct (120 F is about 49 C and one
could be generous and assume that is how it's aligned) but the freezing
point is an obvious clue, even if one doesn't have the "-40" factoid
readily to hand.

D'oh! I was thinking, yep, that's hot, not even looking at the cold side.
 
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MrTallyman

Jan 1, 1970
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So what? What accuracy do you expect from a graphic art? 0.1%? 0.000001%?


Calling -40 -30 is more than your stupid numerics.

Get a clue.
 
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MrTallyman

Jan 1, 1970
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And there is also parallax involved.

Wrong, dumbfuck. You can squirm all you want. Too bad that it will be
to zero effect.
Did you learn in school what parallax,
perspective, etc. are?

Did you, you retarded ****?
 
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MrTallyman

Jan 1, 1970
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It might come as suprise to you but all those monsters on SciFi pieces of
art are also out of scale. Sometimes even more than 5%....

And did you ever wonder where the censors were when approving e.g. Salvador
Dali pictures? Did they ever measure the roundness of that melted clock?


You are pretty much a goddamned retard, and you did not even need
inebriants.

The only melted clock in this thread so far, is the one between your
ears.

Any idiot can see what is wrong with the picture. Any sane,
intelligent person certainly can.

It is blatantly obvious that you qualify below either of those points
of reference.

Now stop trying to act all smart (you ain't), and try to go figure out
what is wrong with the picture, asswipe.
 
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MrTallyman

Jan 1, 1970
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"Dang, Marsha, it's -40 degrees outside!"
"Celsius or Fahrenheit, John?"
"Yup."
"Oh, John."
"Marsha!"


"We can't get mawwied..."
 
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MrTallyman

Jan 1, 1970
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So what? It's not a scientific chart, it's just a graphic art.

You're not a scientific old fart, you're just a 'well below lay person'
mentality dumbfucktard that thinks that technical scales are "art".

Trust me, you are NOT the "Illustrating Man".

All you have illustrated here is your inability to grasp things, and
then you run 'round in circles trying to make it look like your lack of
knowledge was harmless.

Don't want dopes like you working at my company, chucko.

Had you fessed up to the error.... MAYBE.

Right now, you are as bad, if not worse than the Obama retard is.
 
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Martin Brown

Jan 1, 1970
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So what? What accuracy do you expect from a graphic art? 0.1%? 0.000001%?

The extent of the scale mismatch is 10 degrees. Typical of a US
education not to be able to get basic units conversion right.

-40F = -40C is a well known fixed point on the temperature scale.

It is an engineering magazine after all.

Regards,
Martin Brown
 
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Rich Grise

Jan 1, 1970
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Sergey said:
So what's so funny with that picture? I'm probably too slow to find
anything worth a buzz...

Why so much excitement? Did I miss something?
I'm guessing they think that since they say "Top 100," that that thermometer
should be showing 100, rather than 120 or whatever. It's a total
non-sequitur, but that seldom dissuades the nitpickers. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich
 
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Chieftain of the Carpet Crawlers

Jan 1, 1970
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I'm guessing they think that since they say "Top 100," that that thermometer
should be showing 100, rather than 120 or whatever. It's a total
non-sequitur, but that seldom dissuades the nitpickers. ;-)

Cheers!
Rich


Jeez, Grise. nobody thought that YOU would be as retarded as the other
idiot!

You are even worse!

How can you claim to be a scientist and not catch the BLATANT error in
that photo, you dumb fucking JACKWAGON!?

A third grade math kid could catch it!
 
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