The Tokyo Sky Tree (東京スカイツリ), photographed from near the Asakusa metro stop. Apparently when it is completed it will be over 2,000 feet tall. Apparently right now it's only 500 meters or so.
The Tokyo Sky Tree (東京スカイツリ), photographed from near the Asakusa metro stop. Apparently when it is completed it will be over 2,000 feet tall. Apparently right now it's only 500 meters or so.
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... but why? What is it?
— Catherine Hovell
It's a broadcasting tower. Apparently the old one is a mere 1,100 feet tall, and as such it no longer has good line of sight to many parts of Tokyo.
— John Hovell
Your mix of meters and feet confused me; I was thinking it was getting to 2000 meters, which would be... ridiculous, really.
— Catherine Hovell
Says the engineer whose industry uses units like kips per square meter furlong-acres.
— John Hovell
Well that's just silly. Kips and meters don't go together, and I have never used a furlong or an acre in real life.
— Catherine Hovell
I totally remember you quoting something in units that mixed SI and US Standard....
— John Hovell