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“OS spokesman Mark Greaves said it was not related to climate change.” I guess it would be related a bit more if sea levels rose by a few 100m s. (How does one

“OS spokesman Mark Greaves said it was not related to climate change.” I guess it would be related a bit more if sea levels rose by a few 100m s. (How does one pluralise lengths?) A strange puff piece for OS PR, maybe a few towns along this line will eek out a town festival as this congruence transacts the land.

tobyjsullivan 4y ago
> if sea levels rose by a few 100m s Not since the 1995 docudrama Waterworld have I heard such an ambitious prediction. Accurate maps and compasses will certainly be important at that point.
- JJMcJ 4y ago
  200 meters would flood the entire Mississippi Valley into Wisconsin, not to mention the ocean reaching inland to flood the entire Great Lakes. It might be disruptive.
  - floydnoel 4y ago
    If all the sea ice in the world melted the water would rise 70 meters. I think that’s something like what the post you’re replying to is alluding.
    - bombcar 4y ago
      We’re going to import ice from Mars!
      - tobyjsullivan 4y ago
        I think at that point we'll be exporting it from mars. > "We've run out of space for the garbage ice. Where should we put the next lot, sir?" > "The nation of Earth says they'll recycle it for cheap; send it there. And Gary, don't ask any questions about what they do with it."
masswerk 4y ago
I was absolutely in awe when reading this sentence: how is this even supposed to be related? Disclaimer: The fact that these characters are or are not appearing on your display screen may be or may not be related to climate change; it may also be aliens.
- tobyjsullivan 4y ago
  Ocean currents affect the Earth's magnetic field - though I think they are one of the less significant factors.
gumby 4y ago
> a few 100m s. (How does one pluralise lengths?) Simple: in written English you don't; in spoken English you do. "6 cm long" is pronounced "six centimetres long". Hmm, actually not just English: it seems don't speak a language that declines si units. Perhaps because they modify ordinal numbers, while when using cardinal numbers we do (one person, two people).
- d1sxeyes 4y ago
  You can indeed pluralise lengths, it's just when you write numbers as digits, you specify a specific value. You couldn't say for example that "a widget costs a few £100". What's written would sound odd spoken too: a few one hundred metres. "a few hundred metres" is perfectly acceptable, but means "a [few hundred] metres", not "a few [hundred metres]". 100m has the meaning of "[(one/a) hundred metres]", so you can't modify it. Note that you also wouldn't say (for example) that you "walked a 100m" (at least, not without an implied additional word like 'race').

tobyjsullivan 4y ago

> if sea levels rose by a few 100m s Not since the 1995 docudrama Waterworld have I heard such an ambitious prediction. Accurate maps and compasses will certainly be important at that point.

JJMcJ 4y ago
200 meters would flood the entire Mississippi Valley into Wisconsin, not to mention the ocean reaching inland to flood the entire Great Lakes. It might be disruptive.
- floydnoel 4y ago
  If all the sea ice in the world melted the water would rise 70 meters. I think that’s something like what the post you’re replying to is alluding.
  - bombcar 4y ago
    We’re going to import ice from Mars!
    - tobyjsullivan 4y ago
      I think at that point we'll be exporting it from mars. > "We've run out of space for the garbage ice. Where should we put the next lot, sir?" > "The nation of Earth says they'll recycle it for cheap; send it there. And Gary, don't ask any questions about what they do with it."

masswerk 4y ago

I was absolutely in awe when reading this sentence: how is this even supposed to be related? Disclaimer: The fact that these characters are or are not appearing on your display screen may be or may not be related to climate change; it may also be aliens.

tobyjsullivan 4y ago
Ocean currents affect the Earth's magnetic field - though I think they are one of the less significant factors.

gumby 4y ago

> a few 100m s. (How does one pluralise lengths?) Simple: in written English you don't; in spoken English you do. "6 cm long" is pronounced "six centimetres long". Hmm, actually not just English: it seems don't speak a language that declines si units. Perhaps because they modify ordinal numbers, while when using cardinal numbers we do (one person, two people).

d1sxeyes 4y ago
You can indeed pluralise lengths, it's just when you write numbers as digits, you specify a specific value. You couldn't say for example that "a widget costs a few £100". What's written would sound odd spoken too: a few one hundred metres. "a few hundred metres" is perfectly acceptable, but means "a [few hundred] metres", not "a few [hundred metres]". 100m has the meaning of "[(one/a) hundred metres]", so you can't modify it. Note that you also wouldn't say (for example) that you "walked a 100m" (at least, not without an implied additional word like 'race').