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In this high-tension game show, competitors vie for the
title of Measurement Estimate Master. They are handed
various objects, and estimate their length, mass, weight,
density, volume, luminescence, voltage, etc. The closest to
the actual number wins. In the final challenge, the
advancing
competitors have to cut wood to a called-for
size with no visual aides, using oddly-sized tools.
Finally a place where those with a gift for eyeballing
precision can demonstrate their talent and be celebrated.
Estimation_20Skills
by hippo [calum, May 05 2022]
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It looks to me like you're shorting him just a bit, [Voice] |
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I once parked my car with the bumper quite close to
the wall of a parking garage. My friend was a bit
concerned at how close I came. I told him to relax,
that I had, like, 4 inches to spare. He got out, looked
at it, and said it looked like it that was exactly what it
was. We measured with a piece of graphing paper
homework that was in the car. I was under 1/8 in off. |
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//handed//
Maybe for Round 1. Purely "by eye" is the real challenge;
bodyparts of a known size can be used if you can handle or
touch an object (eg. outside my handspan is conveniently
200mm).
[RayfordSteele]; I do that sort of thing in a virtual sense. I
sketch some part in CAD, then apply dimensions. It scares me
how close I get, sometimes less than 0.1mm off (on a length
of ~100mm or more). |
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Maybe I should've called it "Size Queens." |
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It's a CAD and engineering thing, I think. There
should be some kind of award for it. |
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When I was young there were often games like this at village fetes, there would be a huge glass jar full of sweeties and you would pay 10p to guess how many sweeties were in the jar. Closest guess won the lot. I always entered but never won. |
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Yeah we did that quite a bit. |
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You son of a bitch, I'm in! [+] |
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Something I'd actually be good at [+]. |
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Your title really sounds like an anagram. |
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+ This is very good for some thing I am not very
good at! |
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Like seriously... it's all I know.
I would rock this. |
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Not bragging, because I might totally be delusional but, given previous experience... |
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//title really sounds like an anagram.// |
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But it is, for the particularly shy and modest keeper of the
most
prudish bordello. She is the:
tamest maitresse |
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I used to work at a manufacturing outfit where we did something similar. An employee would grab a piece of scrap metal, and walk it around the plant asking people to put up a dollar, and estimate the length or thickness of the scrap piece - closest estimate got all the money. |
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We would guess the weight of nearly empty welding gas cylinders, etc. |
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A car version of this would be fun: |
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Steve things this sideswiped Camry can be repaired for
under $2k, but has he factored in the blind-spot monitoring
mirror? Find out after the break on Estimate-My-Wreck! |
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//It scares me how close I get,// |
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Having recently got into 3D drawing, I can see how this
happens. The world of manufactured things is surprisingly
predictable once you get into the minds of the designers.
The world is less metric than it pretends to
be, and that lends itself to certain metric measurements.
100
& 150mm are usually just 4" & 6", or maybe a mix of both is
used for clearances, I've measured plenty of things where
the
housing is 25.4mm and the rotating thing 25mm for
example. |
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About 8.3 inches from the top edge of the page. |
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