[meteorite-list] Ad Announcing the "Count" cube Scale / Orientation cube

[Shawn Alan]

Hi Tom,
 
I think with the naming thing is cool, I like it, but what can be confusing is the standard size being converted to the "new" inch size from the standard cm size which is used with metal cubes. Yes, you did convey to the viewers the "new" inch size by only inscribing INCH on one side. Now when the viewer wins the "new" inch cube he/she will only be able to use the inch side that is inscribed because if the other sides are used people will think that its a cm cube size which is the standard size that has been used in orientation cubes for many decades. Now by introducing a new orientation cube size this could make things confusing on referencing the size of a meteorite in relation with the "new" inch orientation cube.
 
Shawn Alan  
 
 
[meteorite-list] Ad Announcing the "Count" cube Scale / Orientation cube
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Sun Mar 14 23:56:59 EDT 2010 

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Hi Shawn, I am having fun with the whole naming thing. 

The one inch cube has "1 INCH" stamped on it on the "T" side. 

It is my understanding that a scale cube can be any size that is 
appropriate to represent the sample. No rules. Many are not marked and the size of 
the reference item (cube or otherwise) is conveyed to the image viewers in 
the text accompanying the photo. 

Tom 



In a message dated 3/14/2010 9:50:33 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, 
photophlow at yahoo.com writes: 
Hi Tom and List, 

I like the direction your going with the wooden orientation cubes, however 
I have a question. You had said...... 

"First off, I want you all to know I am not taking this 
seriously, just having fun with it." 

Now when you say your just just having fun with this and not taking this 
seriously, is this in reference to the sizes of the new orientation cubes? 
Why I ask is because when I was looking at some of the images that you had 
posted on eBay with the new inch orientation cubes, I wasn't able to tell 
which one was the inch cube and which on was the cm cube.I think this could 
cause problems with documenting the size by using the inch orientation cubes 
instead of cm cubes for reference of size. I feel there is a reason why in 
science and meteorite science the metric system is used as a standard 
practices for measuring/documentation, if there wasn't standard size in 
measuring, science would be a mess. 

Now I think if you made the inch orientation cube ornate looking and 
pushed the humor by altering it so it doesn't resemble the cm wooden orientation 
cubes, I could see people not getting confused with the inch orientation 
cube and they would see the humor in it. 

Shawn Alan 


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Hi List, First off, I want you all to know I am not taking this 
seriously, just having fun with it. 

About a month ago I came up with the "Martin" cube. A wood centimeter 
scale / orientation cube that would look good next to historic meteorites. 
Hence the nick name "Martin Cube". 

Well as it happened, I had just sent Count some Martin cubes when he made 
his fantastic record setting 14.7 Kg Nevada chondrite find. I got to 
thinking the little centimeter cube would look rather insignificant next 
to the 
monster. So I made some 1 inch cubes. 

(I wanted to stay metric but I also wanted to keep to even numbers or the 
whole scale easy size reference thing goes out the window. One inch is 
about 25mm.) 

I listed some on eBay in sets of three cubes; 1 Martin Cube, 1 new style 
cube with "CM" to designate centimeter and 1 Count Cube (The big one!). 

The link is at 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260569117864&ssPageName=S 

TRK:MESELX:IT 

Thanks, Tom 


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