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| number = 2526 | | number = 2526 | ||
| date = October 8, 2021 | | date = October 8, 2021 | ||
− | | title = | + | | title = Tsp vs Tbsp |
| image = tsp_vs_tbsp.png | | image = tsp_vs_tbsp.png | ||
| titletext = It's like one teraspoon / when all you need is a kilonife | | titletext = It's like one teraspoon / when all you need is a kilonife | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | This | + | {{incomplete|Created by ALANIS TURINGETTE - Please change this comment when editing this page. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} |
+ | This comic plays a joke on the common liquid measurements of {{w|teaspoon}}s (tsp) and {{w|tablespoon}}s (tbsp), which are commonly confused. In the US, a teaspoon is defined as 4.9 mL (0.18 imp fl oz; 0.17 US fl oz) while a tablespoon is defined as 14.8 ml (0.50 US fl oz; 3 tsp). | ||
− | + | It also plays a joke on metric prefixes (based on powers of 10) versus binary prefixes (based on powers of 2), which are also a common source of confusion (see also [[394: Kilobyte]]). In the International System of Units (SI), T (for ''tera-'') signifies a multiplier of 10<sup>12</sup> (that is, 1 000 000 000 000), while Ti (''tebi-'', for ''terabinary''), and not Tb, is an ISO standard binary prefix meaning 2<sup>30</sup> (that is, 1024<sup>3</sup> = 1 099 511 627 776). | |
− | + | The title text is a play on a lyric from the Alanis Morissette song "{{w|Ironic (song)|Ironic}}": "It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife." Randall changes the line to "teraspoon" and "kilonife". The knife being translated as k nife with k meaning kilo, hence kilonife instead of kiloknife! | |
− | If "spoon" is understood as US teaspoon, then one teraspoon will be | + | If "spoon" is understood as US teaspoon, then one teraspoon will be 4928.9 cubic meters (1.302 million US gallons or 3.996 acre-feet) and a binary teraspoon will be 5292.4 cubic meters (1.398 Mgal or 4.291 acre-ft). If the US tablespoon is taken as base unit, a teraspoon will be 14 786.8 cubic meters and a binary teraspoon 15 877.2 cubic meters – roughly equivalent to six Olympic-size swimming pools. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
+ | {{incomplete transcript|Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | ||
+ | :Cooking tips: tsp vs tbsp | ||
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:<big>Tsp</big> | :<big>Tsp</big> | ||
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[[Category:Computers]] | [[Category:Computers]] | ||
[[Category:Tips]] | [[Category:Tips]] | ||
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[[Category:Food]] | [[Category:Food]] |