tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Mar 13 11:00:58 2002
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Re: KLBC: Higher numbers
- From: [email protected]
- Subject: Re: KLBC: Higher numbers
- Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 16:00:58 GMT
I'm sensing a little discontent in SuStel's responses to my posts...
> From: <[email protected]>
..
> > My suspicion is that a Klingon would never need such large numbers because
> > if the numbers start to get that big, a Klingon would just change to a unit
> > of measurement more appropriate to that scale of measurement. This would
> > explain why we don't have a relationship between a qelI'qam and an 'uj.
>
> No, it's just that he hasn't defined a /qelI'qam/, and an /'uj/ isn't
> exactly clearly defined. With both of those, we could work out the
> conversion ourselves.
I've explicitly asked Okrand if there was a specific number of 'uj in a
qelI'qam, saying it was fine if he got back to us later on the number. I also
suggested a number approaching an even number of one in the other that he might
find acceptable. He didn't just say that he didn't know the number yet or
choose to accept one. He explicitly said that Klingons don't think about 'uj
and qelI'qam as different sizes of the same measurement. There are things they
measure with qelI'qammey and things they measure with 'ujmey and they don't
convert from one to the other. There is no conversion number between these two
units of measure. Likely, there would be a fraction of an 'uj left at the end
if someone were to actually measure one against the other, and even then, the
margin of error would likely screw things up.
Yep. That's a weird idea, but that's how it was explained to me. I am
paraphrasing, so maybe I got it wrong, or maybe he's changed his mind. I don't
remember if the conversation was at a qep'a' or at the time of the HolQeD
interview. I'd be as delighted as you if he gave us either a conversion number
or more precise conversion numbers to metric or English standard, but it seems
pretty clear that he's not interested in helping us out here. He doesn't want
this to matter.
> SuStel
> Stardate 2194.9
Will