This has shown up a month late on my search for news related to the metric system. If you were in London last month and had $13 000 or more to spare, you could have bought this, or at least inspected a copy of one of the foundation documents of the metric system.
Auction Preview: Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper at Forum Auctions, London, Sep 27
BY BLOUIN ARTINFO | September 24, 2018
>Pierre Mechain and Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre.
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>Base of the Decimal Metric System, or Measurement of the Meridian Arc between the Dunkirk and Barcelona Parallels, 3 vols., First edition, Paris, 1806-07-10; and Biot & Arago's Collection of Geodesic, Astronomical and Physical Observations, Paris, 1821, 4to (4)
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>Estimate: £10,000 - 15,000 ($13,200 - 19,800)
There is a slideshow of the items available for auction, but the image of Mechain and Delambre's book is barely recognisable as a book; too many .jpeg artifacts.
"4to" at the end of the description would mean the paper size, quarto.
Yes, in some ways, this is like comparing apples to oranges as the Batmen in the different films are at different stages in their lives, which does affect their perspectives. However, I feel Schumacher has a more understanding of the heart of Batman than Snyder does overall.
Snyder adapts the superficial/visual elements of an out-of-continuity miniseries that is meant to deconstruct superhero stories. The Dark Knight Returns is an intentionally more cynical view of the DC universe, where Bruce's unhinged personality is treated as fitting response to the moral decay of the world, including a Superman that acts as a pawn for the US president.
However, the story is about him reliving his glory days, him trying to revive the hero once with him, even with jagged edges. He still has a humanity to him that Snyder's Bruce Wayne/Batman didn't. Until the end of Batman v. Superman, it's nothing but unfettered rage. You might as well have given Frank Castle a Bat-suit and send him off to protect Gotham city.
Batman is far more than dark and grit.
While there are some glaring problems with the cartooniness of Joel Schumacher's movies, I think he gets the character. He gives Bruce Wayne specific nuances that make him compelling, however the many issues the movies have. Specifically, Schumacher gave/continued two arcs across the Batman quadrilogy.
The first is the struggle in identity. In Batman Forever, Bruce decides to leave his life as Batman and settle down with Chase Meridian. In one of the deleted scenes, Bruce confronts a giant bat, and a lingering shot of him face-to-face with bat. In the actual cut of the film, The Riddler reads Bruce's subconscious and sees the image of a bat. As much Bruce wants to believe he desires a normal life here, the dark knight is a part of who he is. He cannot leave the role of Batman without being who truly is. The issue of identity is something you see in the DCAU as well, especially in Batman Beyond where Bruce tells Terry that he still thinks of himself as Batman.
The second theme Schumacher looks at is keeping people at arm's length to protect them and really himself from losing them. This is especially true for Dick, with one film not allowing him to help Batman and another film hold Robin back during missions leading to tension. It's not just a lack of trust, but Bruce deathly afraid of letting anyone else getting hurt, to experience the trauma of losing his parents again, as well as the burden of any death being his f
... keep reading on reddit ➡I absolutely loved this game. I don't know how much my significantly lowered expectations or the fact that I got it for a mere $4 during the recent Steam holiday sale play into it, but I absolutely adored this title. It may just be the post-game glow, but this game did a lot of things right in my experience. So much so that I'd place is among Dragon Age - Origins and Mass Effect 2 as my favorite BioWare RPGs. I even enjoyed it more than I did Witcher 3, somehow, and I loved that game. I just don't recall feeling this enamored with it when all was said and done (I still haven't had a chance to play through the expansions though). Those are some big shoes to fill, so let me get into it...
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Firstly, full disclosure: I'm a somewhat sensitive person who can be swayed through more aesthetic, less concrete things. Good to be aware of that, I guess, but I often find myself liking things that many others did not because it happened to strike a particular nerve within me. It's sometimes hard to place exactly what a piece of media touched, but it often manifests in me preferring games like Dragon Age 2 over ones like Dragon Age Inquisition despite all of it's technical shortcomings in comparison.
I say this because I know Andromeda probably won't hit the same notes with some people, and that's totally fine. Things as seemingly simple as stirring music, beautiful vistas, compelling themes, etc., can seduce me to fall in love with a game, and Andromeda was not exception in these categories. And of course, the characters, Mass Effect — and BioWare games in general — are built foremost on characters, and Andromeda was certainly no slouch in this respect. From the grandpa-krogan Drack to the mysterious yet open book Jaal, Andromeda had loads of well written, well developed characters. I'm not going to pretend that the writing was perfect, but again, it struck a chord with me. Take what you will from that.
Most of this will probably end up focusing on the characters though, so I'll set aside that discussion for later. One last acknowledgement: I really appreciated the sense of novelty and exploration this game had to offer. I'm one of those people who legitimately enjoys just roaming the procedurally generated planets of No Man's Sky and scanning things, and this game has shades of that experience as well. It's a lot more directed, obviously, but it manages to toe the line pretty well between large, unexplored open worlds and a
... keep reading on reddit ➡I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.
Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.
Alot of great jokes get posted here! However just because you have a joke, doesn't mean it's a dad joke.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT NSFW, THIS IS ABOUT LONG JOKES, BLONDE JOKES, SEXUAL JOKES, KNOCK KNOCK JOKES, POLITICAL JOKES, ETC BEING POSTED IN A DAD JOKE SUB
Try telling these sexual jokes that get posted here, to your kid and see how your spouse likes it.. if that goes well, Try telling one of your friends kid about your sex life being like Coca cola, first it was normal, than light and now zero , and see if the parents are OK with you telling their kid the "dad joke"
I'm not even referencing the NSFW, I'm saying Dad jokes are corny, and sometimes painful, not sexual
So check out r/jokes for all types of jokes
r/unclejokes for dirty jokes
r/3amjokes for real weird and alot of OC
r/cleandadjokes If your really sick of seeing not dad jokes in r/dadjokes
Punchline !
Edit: this is not a post about NSFW , This is about jokes, knock knock jokes, blonde jokes, political jokes etc being posted in a dad joke sub
Edit 2: don't touch the thermostat
Do your worst!
Ants don’t even have the concept fathers, let alone a good dad joke. Keep r/ants out of my r/dadjokes.
But no, seriously. I understand rule 7 is great to have intelligent discussion, but sometimes it feels like 1 in 10 posts here is someone getting upset about the jokes on this sub. Let the mods deal with it, they regulate the sub.
They were cooked in Greece.
I'm surprised it hasn't decade.
How the hell am I suppose to know when it’s raining in Sweden?
Two muffins are in an oven, one muffin looks at the other and says "is it just me, or is it hot in here?"
Then the other muffin says "AHH, TALKING MUFFIN!!!"
Don't you know a good pun is its own reword?
For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.
I said "hey look, an escaPEA"
No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!
Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂
It really does, I swear!
And now I’m cannelloni
I read the Game Informer article about Horizon Forbidden West and wanted to share the gist of the new story additions and pictures with those who do not have a Game Informer subscription. Let me know your thoughts on all of this cool new info!
Story
First, let's discuss the new story info. Mechanics and gameplay info are at the bottom - I separated the two in case y'all were more interested in one over the other.
So the writers at Game Informer got to see a demo of HFW. The demo opens in a canyon called the Daunt, pictured above, which is described in the article to be in the "eastern edge of the Sundom" but the wiki refers to it as the western edge of the Sundom, so I believe this is a mistake on Game Informer's part. It wouldn't make sense to have an area in the game that's farther east than Zero Dawn's map since the main caveat of HFW is that we're exploring the Forbidden West not the Forbidden East.
Narrative director Ben McCaw says that the Daunt is the last stop before the Forbidden West, and that Aloy's objective is to go to the embassy at the Sundom's border, near Barren Light, to meet with members of a "hostile tribe" (likely the Tenakth) to "hopefully attain rite of passage through their lands." The article remarks that the Daunt is an "onboarding area" to introduce players to the new gameplay and mechanics. So, it sounds like this is one of the very first areas in the game, if not the first.
The Daunt is also described as having snowy terrain and mountains (contrary to the photo above) making it "harrowing to access on the best of days." In the demo, Aloy asks the guards to operate the cable car so she can go down to the valley so she can head on to Barren Light, but the guards say that the valley is infested with machines (resembling hogs, called Bristlebacks) that can only be stopped by acid arrows. Aloy convinces the guards to run the cable car and she heads down the valley, and the Game Informer writers note the breathtaking mountain and trees. Aloy runs into the Carja Sun-Priest at the bottom, who is supposed to run the embassy in Barren Light, and he refuses to go further until the machine problem is taken
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I just finished reading a tale of two cities. the ending was so powerful and poignant it gave me chills. I got the same feeling after reading hunchback of notre dame
What literary novels have given you the chills?
But that’s comparing apples to oranges
And boy are my arms legs.
Heard they've been doing some shady business.
but then I remembered it was ground this morning.
Edit: Thank you guys for the awards, they're much nicer than the cardboard sleeve I've been using and reassures me that my jokes aren't stale
Edit 2: I have already been made aware that Men In Black 3 has told a version of this joke before. If the joke is not new to you, please enjoy any of the single origin puns in the comments
In the most recent Mogul Money episode, the Final Trivia question was:
This country is geographically farther north, south, east, and west than Iceland.
Mizkif and Pokimane answered "Greenland," while QT answered "Russia."
When Ludwig gave the points to Mizkif and Pokimane for an incorrect answer and took points away from QT for a correct answer, you could say that my disappointment was immeasurable and my day was ruined.
So, Greenland should actually be an incorrect answer for the Final Trivia question, while Russia should actually be a correct answer. In this essay I will...
First of all, since we are dealing with relative distance among cardinal directions on a globe, there must be an established reference point. Otherwise any country would be farther north, south, east, and west than any other country. Since no reference was given by the question, we can assume to use the central point of Earth used by modern maps, 0 degrees latitude, 0 degrees longitude -- at the intersection of the equator and the prime meridian.
The reason Greenland should not be correct is because Greenland is not a sovereign country. It is a territory of Denmark. Therefore, Denmark would be an acceptable answer, but not Greenland. The question specifically stated "country," of which Greenland is not.
What about QT's answer? Russia is very obviously farther north, south, and east of Iceland, but it is also farther west. Russia is so large that it crosses the Antimeridian, meaning that Russia's westernmost point in relation to our reference is actually at the antimeridian -- 180 degrees longitude -- or 179.999... degrees west, if you prefer. In fact, Russia travels so far east, that she actually wraps around and reaches all the way to 169 degrees west of the prime meridian. So Russia is in fact farther north, south, east, and west of Iceland.
For this same reason, the United States would also be an acceptable answer to the question. The U.S. is very obviously farther west and south of Iceland. However, parts of Alaska are farther north than Iceland as well. Also, some parts of Alaska travel so far west that they wrap around the Antimeridian and start becoming far east. Additionally, American Samoa is an American territory that is undoubtedly much farther east than Iceland.
I don't think there are any other valid answers, since there isn't much owned territory north of Iceland. All of the other countries that own any territory farther north than Iceland (Canada, Norway, Sw
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They’re on standbi
A play on words.
My daughter, Chewbecca, not so much.
Pilot on me!!
Incredible character arcs and development. Consistently hilarious dialogue, with intermittent profound insight. McMurtry was sublty clever when it came to philosophizing, and inserting profundity, often without dialogue.
I won't spoil anything, but will say that the conclusion left some wanting from me. I am satisfied with it, and I still need to think on it more.
He is not McCarthy when it comes to visuals and thematic drama, but the setting was still well done. I am a huge McCarthy fan, and cannot help but hold his writing in my head as comparison when reading and digesting Lonesome Dove.
Anyways; incredible novel. Brutal, romantic, funny, tragic, and engrossing. Highly recommend.
Random thoughts: An excellent unofficial trilogy read, in any order, would be: Lonesome Dove (McMurtry), Blood Meridian (McCarthy), and Empire of the Summer Moon (non-fiction, Gwynne).
I wonder if this is shelved somewhere for a reboot screen adaptation. I hear good things about the miniseries from the 80s, and I will watch it eventually. Great cast. If done right, a contemporary reboot would crush on one of the streaming platforms.
What are everyone's thoughts?
Nothing, he was gladiator.
Yes, in some ways, this is like comparing apples to oranges as the Batmen in the different films are at different stages in their lives, which does affect their perspectives. However, I feel Schumacher has a more understanding of the heart of Batman than Snyder does overall.
Snyder adapts the superficial/visual elements of an out-of-continuity miniseries that is meant to deconstruct superhero stories. The Dark Knight Returns is an intentionally more cynical view of the DC universe, where Bruce's unhinged personality is treated as fitting response to the moral decay of the world, including a Superman that acts as a pawn for the US president.
However, the story is about him reliving his glory days, him trying to revive the hero once with him, even with jagged edges. He still has a humanity to him that Snyder's Bruce Wayne/Batman didn't. Until the end of Batman v. Superman, it's nothing but unfettered rage. You might as well have given Frank Castle a Bat-suit and send him off to protect Gotham city.
Batman is far more than dark and grit.
While there are some glaring problems with the cartooniness of Joel Schumacher's movies, I think he gets the character. He gives Bruce Wayne specific nuances that make him compelling, however the many issues the movies have. Specifically, Schumacher gave/continued two arcs across the Batman quadrilogy.
The first is the struggle in identity. In Batman Forever, Bruce decides to leave his life as Batman and settle down with Chase Meridian. In one of the deleted scenes, Bruce confronts a giant bat, and a lingering shot of him face-to-face with bat. In the actual cut of the film, The Riddler reads Bruce's subconscious and sees the image of a bat. As much Bruce wants to believe he desires a normal life here, the dark knight is a part of who he is. He cannot leave the role of Batman without being who truly is. The issue of identity is something you see in the DCAU as well, especially in Batman Beyond where Bruce tells Terry that he still thinks of himself as Batman.
The second theme Schumacher looks at is keeping people at arm's length to protect them and really himself from losing them. This is especially true for Dick, with one film not allowing him to help Batman and another film hold Robin back during missions leading to tension. It's not just a lack of trust, but Bruce deathly afraid of letting anyone else getting hurt, to experience the trauma of losing his parents again, as well as the burden of any death being his f
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