Dimensional Problems
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I just had a bizarre on-line chat with Microsoft. I was looking at the Australian web page for the Surface Pro 3 and noticed an interesting set of dimensions. Clickety[^] In case they fix them up before you get there, the dimensions were listed as: 7.93 x 11.5 x 9.14mm Someone forget to convert all three measurements to millimetres, which is fine I suppose. I tried to do the right thing and tell them so they could get it fixed. It took me about 15 minutes to convince the on-line chat guy that something was wrong. A short excerpt... Me: The dimensions listed for the Surface are truly tiny. I think someone has messed up inches and mm. John: Dimensions: 7.93 x 11.5 x 9.14mm Weight: 079kg Me: They're the ones. John: Those are the accurate dimensions. Me: Wow! That makes the Surface about the size of a pea. Don't you think that the 7.93 and 11.5 are supposed to be inches? John: That is just the exterior of the device. Me: Are you sure? John: Yes, I have the figures here. Me: Can I suggest that you get a ruler and draw a 7.93 mm line, an 11.5 mm line and a 9.14 mm line. Imagine the box that they would make. It's going to be pretty small. John: I don't have a ruler. Me: Look. You just need to forward this on to the web developers. These figures are obviously wrong. We kept going for a while yet. Eventually I think that he got the message but who knows. I just couldn't believe it took so long. Serves me right for trying to help.
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Paul Hooper wrote:
Serves me right for trying to help.
Serves you right for trying to help. :rolleyes:
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Your first mistake was assuming Microsoft cared. Your second mistake was assuming the person you were talking to actually knows anything besides "how to (fill in blank) for dummies". Did he ask you to reboot? :-D
Corporal Agarn wrote:
Did he ask you to reboot? :-D
I love that one... Imagine calling your doctor, telling him about chest pains (Or some other random thing), and getting the reply, "Have you tried turning it off and on?"
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Corporal Agarn wrote:
Did he ask you to reboot? :-D
I love that one... Imagine calling your doctor, telling him about chest pains (Or some other random thing), and getting the reply, "Have you tried turning it off and on?"
Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)I remember someone on here a few years ago saying they had been in hospital after their heart started beating ridiculously fast and they had to stop his heart and start it again to make it beat properly again. As he put it they effectively turned him off and on again.
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I remember someone on here a few years ago saying they had been in hospital after their heart started beating ridiculously fast and they had to stop his heart and start it again to make it beat properly again. As he put it they effectively turned him off and on again.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
So the ol' three-finger salute works in medicine too! Excellent!
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I remember someone on here a few years ago saying they had been in hospital after their heart started beating ridiculously fast and they had to stop his heart and start it again to make it beat properly again. As he put it they effectively turned him off and on again.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
Actually that is more common than you would think.
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Paul Hooper wrote:
Someone forget to convert all three measurements to millimetres
Not quite - only 2 are in inches 1 is already in millimetres. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Surface_Pro_3[^]
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
pwasser wrote:
only 2 are in inches 1 is already in millimetres.
Oh man, that just makes it even worse! :laugh: Marc
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Paul Hooper wrote:
Someone forget to convert all three measurements to millimetres
Not quite - only 2 are in inches 1 is already in millimetres. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Surface_Pro_3[^]
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
clearly it was an automated conversion; and since the first two numbers were dimensionless they didn't need changed. :doh:
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Paul Hooper wrote:
Someone forget to convert all three measurements to millimetres
Not quite - only 2 are in inches 1 is already in millimetres. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Surface_Pro_3[^]
Peter Wasser "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts." - Bertrand Russell
Hence "not all".
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I just had a bizarre on-line chat with Microsoft. I was looking at the Australian web page for the Surface Pro 3 and noticed an interesting set of dimensions. Clickety[^] In case they fix them up before you get there, the dimensions were listed as: 7.93 x 11.5 x 9.14mm Someone forget to convert all three measurements to millimetres, which is fine I suppose. I tried to do the right thing and tell them so they could get it fixed. It took me about 15 minutes to convince the on-line chat guy that something was wrong. A short excerpt... Me: The dimensions listed for the Surface are truly tiny. I think someone has messed up inches and mm. John: Dimensions: 7.93 x 11.5 x 9.14mm Weight: 079kg Me: They're the ones. John: Those are the accurate dimensions. Me: Wow! That makes the Surface about the size of a pea. Don't you think that the 7.93 and 11.5 are supposed to be inches? John: That is just the exterior of the device. Me: Are you sure? John: Yes, I have the figures here. Me: Can I suggest that you get a ruler and draw a 7.93 mm line, an 11.5 mm line and a 9.14 mm line. Imagine the box that they would make. It's going to be pretty small. John: I don't have a ruler. Me: Look. You just need to forward this on to the web developers. These figures are obviously wrong. We kept going for a while yet. Eventually I think that he got the message but who knows. I just couldn't believe it took so long. Serves me right for trying to help.
Paul Hooper If you spend your whole life looking over your shoulder, they will get you from the front instead.
Shirley it's "unless otherwise noted, all dimensions are in 'impreial units'". (But you can't pay with imperial credits.)
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I just had a bizarre on-line chat with Microsoft. I was looking at the Australian web page for the Surface Pro 3 and noticed an interesting set of dimensions. Clickety[^] In case they fix them up before you get there, the dimensions were listed as: 7.93 x 11.5 x 9.14mm Someone forget to convert all three measurements to millimetres, which is fine I suppose. I tried to do the right thing and tell them so they could get it fixed. It took me about 15 minutes to convince the on-line chat guy that something was wrong. A short excerpt... Me: The dimensions listed for the Surface are truly tiny. I think someone has messed up inches and mm. John: Dimensions: 7.93 x 11.5 x 9.14mm Weight: 079kg Me: They're the ones. John: Those are the accurate dimensions. Me: Wow! That makes the Surface about the size of a pea. Don't you think that the 7.93 and 11.5 are supposed to be inches? John: That is just the exterior of the device. Me: Are you sure? John: Yes, I have the figures here. Me: Can I suggest that you get a ruler and draw a 7.93 mm line, an 11.5 mm line and a 9.14 mm line. Imagine the box that they would make. It's going to be pretty small. John: I don't have a ruler. Me: Look. You just need to forward this on to the web developers. These figures are obviously wrong. We kept going for a while yet. Eventually I think that he got the message but who knows. I just couldn't believe it took so long. Serves me right for trying to help.
Paul Hooper If you spend your whole life looking over your shoulder, they will get you from the front instead.
That's one case where Twitter is actually useful:
@MicrosoftStore[^] wrote:
Thanks for pointing that out. :) Surface Pro 3's dimensions are 292.1mm x 201.4mm x 9.1mm
They still haven't fixed the original page, though.
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I just had a bizarre on-line chat with Microsoft. I was looking at the Australian web page for the Surface Pro 3 and noticed an interesting set of dimensions. Clickety[^] In case they fix them up before you get there, the dimensions were listed as: 7.93 x 11.5 x 9.14mm Someone forget to convert all three measurements to millimetres, which is fine I suppose. I tried to do the right thing and tell them so they could get it fixed. It took me about 15 minutes to convince the on-line chat guy that something was wrong. A short excerpt... Me: The dimensions listed for the Surface are truly tiny. I think someone has messed up inches and mm. John: Dimensions: 7.93 x 11.5 x 9.14mm Weight: 079kg Me: They're the ones. John: Those are the accurate dimensions. Me: Wow! That makes the Surface about the size of a pea. Don't you think that the 7.93 and 11.5 are supposed to be inches? John: That is just the exterior of the device. Me: Are you sure? John: Yes, I have the figures here. Me: Can I suggest that you get a ruler and draw a 7.93 mm line, an 11.5 mm line and a 9.14 mm line. Imagine the box that they would make. It's going to be pretty small. John: I don't have a ruler. Me: Look. You just need to forward this on to the web developers. These figures are obviously wrong. We kept going for a while yet. Eventually I think that he got the message but who knows. I just couldn't believe it took so long. Serves me right for trying to help.
Paul Hooper If you spend your whole life looking over your shoulder, they will get you from the front instead.
Since dwarf-tossing was outlawed in Australia, they have all gone to work for Microsoft Au. They have been given Windows Phones made to look like Surface Pros in order to help them feel height-enabled.
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