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Adrian Tuddenham

Jan 1, 1970
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Fred Abse said:
Irrelevant outside of the UK.

The original poster was ridiculing my use of the expression "official
publication" There is no higher authority in the UK than the monarch
and, in 1938, His Majesty's Stationery Office was the official organ for
publishing national and international standards. This gave the American
(Bell System) definition of the decibel the full weight of UK acceptance
- there could not be a more "official" way of endorsing it than that.

If you think that the UK standards system is irrelevant, presumably the
same applies to American standards (anywhere outside America) and we may
as well forget about international standards and all go our own way.
 
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Adrian Tuddenham

Jan 1, 1970
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[...]
Don't blame the standard; there is only one true standard where the dB
is concerned. The mess-up has been caused by sloppy thinking, bad
teaching (and the ignorance it perpetuates) and failure to see or
explain the larger picture when taking convenient short-cuts.

Care to cite your "one true standard:?

I will quote from an official publication which cites it, as I do not
have acces to the original international agreement:

"an official publication" ROTFLOL!

<"official publication" snipped>
[reinstated]

"Admiralty Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy" (H.M.S.O. 1938)

I presume that you are feigning ignorance because it suits your cause
-if you did not already know the significance of a publication by
"H.M.S.O." you should have checked before replying.

Another stupid Euorpeon heard from. Do you have any idea what the
word "an" means? I want *THE*. ...what an idiot...

I had hoped that your ignorance wasn't genuine. As it now appears to be
the real thing, and you seem to have brought it to an unusually high
state of perfection, I can see why you feel proud to flaunt it so
blatently.
 
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Fred Abse

Jan 1, 1970
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If you think that the UK standards system is irrelevant, presumably the
same applies to American standards (anywhere outside America)

Quite true. Neither the British Standards Institution, or the National
Institute of Standards and Technology have any authority outside the UK,
and USA, respectively.

The British Admiralty Handbook you quoted had no regulatory authority
outside the Royal Navy, and its contractors, let alone the UK as a whole.

According to Wikipedia, the decibel was defined in the NBS(predecessor to
NIST)yearbook of 1931, seven years prior to your reference.
and we may
as well forget about international standards and all go our own way.

*International* standards are the province of the ISO.
 
The original poster was ridiculing my use of the expression "official
publication"

Try reading again, this time for comprehension. You said "An official
publication". There are *millions* of "official" publications. I was
laughing *at* you because you thought it was somehow *the* "official
publication". The fact that you don't know the difference, is sad.
There is no higher authority in the UK than the monarch
and, in 1938, His Majesty's Stationery Office was the official organ for
publishing national and international standards. This gave the American
(Bell System) definition of the decibel the full weight of UK acceptance
- there could not be a more "official" way of endorsing it than that.

Good Lord, anyone who believes that claptrap is hopeless.
If you think that the UK standards system is irrelevant, presumably the
same applies to American standards (anywhere outside America) and we may
as well forget about international standards and all go our own way.

The UK is about as irrelevant as irrelevant can get.
 
[...]
Don't blame the standard; there is only one true standard where the dB
is concerned. The mess-up has been caused by sloppy thinking, bad
teaching (and the ignorance it perpetuates) and failure to see or
explain the larger picture when taking convenient short-cuts.

Care to cite your "one true standard:?

I will quote from an official publication which cites it, as I do not
have acces to the original international agreement:

"an official publication" ROTFLOL!

<"official publication" snipped>

[reinstated]

"Admiralty Handbook of Wireless Telegraphy" (H.M.S.O. 1938)

I presume that you are feigning ignorance because it suits your cause
-if you did not already know the significance of a publication by
"H.M.S.O." you should have checked before replying.

Another stupid Euorpeon heard from. Do you have any idea what the
word "an" means? I want *THE*. ...what an idiot...

I had hoped that your ignorance wasn't genuine.

Clearly you don't know the meaning of that word, either. I take it
that English isn't your first language.
As it now appears to be
the real thing, and you seem to have brought it to an unusually high
state of perfection, I can see why you feel proud to flaunt it so
blatently.

You get your ass caught in a crack of your making and blame others.
Typical Eurotrash.
 
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Martin Brown

Jan 1, 1970
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Irrelevant outside of the UK.

Although in this case all the HMSO Navy book does is reference an
established measurement standard based on work at Bell Labs in the USA.

Had they been waxing lyrical about the convenience of the Jar as a
standard measure of capacitance then you might have had a point.
 
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Jamie

Jan 1, 1970
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Jim said:
The U.K. is a technologically has-been nation... and we're next,
thanks to Obama :-( Remember the U.K. "brain-drain"?

...Jim Thompson
Brain dead people are much easier to control however, when it gets to
that point, is when the kingdom comes tumbling down and all the
politicians will blame the little people for being brain dead.

You see, it's a double edged sword, it only ends when the corrupted
politicians (that's most of them) end.

Jamie
 
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josephkk

Jan 1, 1970
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In other words, fully ISO-f**ked-up ;-)

...Jim Thompson

Plus the cis-, trans-, para-, and meta- variations as well.

SCNR It is one of my favorite chemistry jokes.

?-)
 
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rickman

Jan 1, 1970
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Try reading again, this time for comprehension. You said "An official
publication". There are *millions* of "official" publications. I was
laughing *at* you because you thought it was somehow *the* "official
publication". The fact that you don't know the difference, is sad.


Good Lord, anyone who believes that claptrap is hopeless.


The UK is about as irrelevant as irrelevant can get.

I was enjoying reading this thread and was rather surprised at how long
it ran without a rude word. But, sure enough, the children just can't
all play nice together.
 
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rickman

Jan 1, 1970
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I had hoped that your ignorance wasn't genuine. As it now appears to be
the real thing, and you seem to have brought it to an unusually high
state of perfection, I can see why you feel proud to flaunt it so
blatently.

You will soon get to know the crowd here. krw's favorite word is
"idiot". Someday I'll do an analysis of his word usage, I'll bet
"idiot" is in the top 10.
 
You will soon get to know the crowd here. krw's favorite word is
"idiot". Someday I'll do an analysis of his word usage, I'll bet
"idiot" is in the top 10.

It's not surprising since I'm often responding to your idiocy.
 
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