After checking out the flick on imdb, I decided to take a look..... My kind of video. I'm #179 on the reserve list at our local library, who owns about 12 copies.... It must have a cult following, I had never heard of it before, and it certainly hasn't shown up on any of my trans-atlantic/pacific United flights as an option :p .

BTW, yes, grams/pounds are mass, not weight.... Weight needs to factor in the force of gravity.

Let's not confuse them, folks...

The whole metric thing was based on 1cc of distilled water weighing 1mg and occupying 1ml of volume.

I'm convinced I could take a Wile E. Coyote Acme anvil in my Freedom Baggie with "3.4oz" on the side of it and get through most checkpoints.

[QUOTE=wb8iny;7389868] I'm #179 on the reserve list at our local library, who owns about 12 copies.... QUOTE]

Blockbuster? Hollywood video? Cable MoD?

Anvils aren't liquid. :)

Though I do wish mercury were easier to obtain in quantity. ;)

1 cc of water = 1g, not 1 mg.

Strange place to find out Mike Judge made a 'new' film. But then again, I think it was 2002 before I found Office Space.

Thanks for the link, although I'm almost afraid to watch it for fear of massive depression.

True. But here on earth, the difference is semantic.

Clean Up at Security Aisle 3
 

What happens when a pax takes a 1 oz hotel shampoo bottle, relabels it "Contents: 5000 US Gallons", and hands it to the JFK dude above in an Approved Kwart Kip Zip? :D

Sorry, I beg to differ with you. You are of b a factor of a thousand. You probably meant that 1cc of water has a mass of 1 gram.

I bet that the aforementioned dude would confiscate the shampoo bottle because ... how is he supposed to know if 5000 US gallons is less or more than 100ml?

I'm also willing to bet that you could re-label all of your shampoo mini-bottles with words to the effect of "Contents: 99ml liquid sarin" and walk straight past 99% of airport security dudes without any questions. (But be ready for a shower of bullets coming your way when you meet the exception to this rule).

:) - just so you know that this is intended as humour.

[QUOTE] Originally Posted by FliesWay2Much View Post
Let's not confuse them, folks...

The whole metric thing was based on 1cc of distilled water weighing 1mg and occupying 1ml of volume.[/QUOTE]

My bad -- I typed too fast last night. It's 1 gram of weight -- not 1mg

[QUOTE=FliesWay2Much;7394099]As I was corrected by Yaatri, its 1 gram of mass. But as I posted earlier, the difference between mass and weight on earth (near sea-level) is semantic.

this is madness!!

[QUOTE=osxanalyst;7394418]No it's not - it is quite important. It is just our everyday life experience is 9.8 m/sec^2 and that is only at sea level and also where all the mass/weight conversions are supposedly done.

And for the the mass of mL record, 1 g at 4 degrees C. Water is unique in that its density is a maximum instead of more or less linear function as most other compounds.

[QUOTE=carpboy;7400326]Like I said, semantic. My undergrad degree was in Mech Engineering with a focus on fluid mechanics, so I know all the scientific nuances. But for the everyday person the distinction between the two is irrelevant.