Killer Wench wrote: » I've driven at speeds up to and over 80 miles per hour (oh Montana!) on sparsely populated highways (oh Montana!). Going at a constant rate of speed, I still dealt with the car being pulled due to wind, the shifting of gears because of hills and mountains, and other variables that resulted in 80 MPH not equating to an hour of travel. Maybe an hour and a few minutes.
Aquarius34 wrote: » That was staged, so therefore it's wasn't really funny... Wasted 2 minutes of my life watching that.
iDave wrote: » Tough question. Lets see how to calculate the answer
rob w wrote: » Stop, your making me hungry!
Zillah wrote: » I think some people simply lacks the gene that allows them to understand the concept of hypotheticals.
Bipolar Joe wrote: » This thread is a perfect example of how a topic can become awful. Subject. Crap joke. Current affairs post (Affair may as current as 800 years). People actually getting the idea of the thread. DEFENDERS OF ALL THE THINGS!! ARGUE THE NORM' NO MATTER WHAT!!!! People trying to look clever. Smug asshole. Balls to the lot of you.
Killer Wench wrote: » I think we are in agreement. When they make a footlong sub, they probably roll out the bread and cut it at the 12 inch mark. Some people may cut it just a centimeter or two short of a foot. Or, someone didn't let the bread rise long enough and the chain assumes that the bread reaches the 12 inch mark upon rising. Then again, maybe it's the oven that impacts whether a twelve inches of dough becomes or remains 12 inches of bread. The point is, you still buy a 12 inch sub because that is the standard measurement used by the chain, but there are variables that impact whether or not you got yourself 12 inches of goodness.
rob w wrote: » I don't know, I don't normally whip out the ruler to measure, but if they advertised them as all foot longs are a constant of 12in, well then yes I would. Just like I'm saying the speed would need to be constant, hypothetical situation obviously, very difficult/near impossible to achieve driving on a motorway.
Killer Wench wrote: » It is relevant because the speedometer remains at 80 MPH which is what people use to determine their rate of speed.
Killer Wench wrote: » It's a simple rate of measurement. When you go to Subway and buy a footlong, do you honestly believe that every footlong is actually a footlong or 12 inches?
Zillah wrote: » Your speed is either constant or it is not. In the hypothetical the speed is constant. In your fascinating Montana anecdote the speed is not. Sorry your story isn't relevant.
Ghandee wrote: » If it takes two men an hour to dig a hole, how long does it take one man to dig half a hole?
rob w wrote: » That's fine, and I understand the concept of variables and the effect they have, but the simple fact of the matter is that is that if you travel anywhere in anything at a constant speed of 80mph you will travel 80miles in one hour. It's not called "miles per hour" for the laugh!
rob w wrote: » Exactly! The post I quoted said if you travelled "80mph for 80 miles", it didnt say you stopped, slowed down etc., then you wouldnt be travelling at "80mph for 80 miles":rolleyes:
biko wrote: » Old.