Dumb Question..How Much is a 1/4 Ounce Digitally?

[DreadedHermie]

I can gather I was shorted 1/2 of a tenth.

Nope.

All we can assume is that your "quarter" weighs more than .2oz, but less than .3oz.

Your scale could be dead on. (don't really know...)
And your "quarter" could weight exactly a quarter oz. (.25oz.)

Think about it: how's your scale gonna display .25 when it can't show enough numbers?

You need a scale with more precision, for weighing such small quantities. It's like you're trying to weigh a sesame seed on a scale that's designed to weigh an entire Big Mac. Or, to put it in terms Hermie can relate to, it's like trying to weigh a stripper on a truck scale. She's too light to even register on the truck scale, but does she weigh "zero?" My face says differently.

Let's continue this analogy, because Hermie is now having pleasant mental pictures.

Let's weigh the dancer on our bathroom scale. It says she weighs 120 lbs, in her stiletto heels with a pocketful of condoms. Let's ask her to "hold" our quarter oz. What's the scale gonna say? 120.015625 pounds? Naw, it's probably still gonna say 120 lbs.

Let's say she decides to dance for us, and we start giving her dollar bills. (Dollar bills weigh about 1 gram each.) By the time we've tipped her about 454 bucks (usually about 10 minutes if Hermie thinks she's hot) she'll trip the scale at 121 lbs. Is this making any sense?

Or, do like NextLine sez and get a scale from the headshop.

Your current scale cannot tell you what you want to know.

BTW, WTF is a "granual?" You made that up, right?

[passitplz]

Nope.

All we can assume is that your "quarter" weighs more than .2oz, but less than .3oz.

Your scale could be dead on. (don't really know...)
And your "quarter" could weight exactly a quarter oz. (.25oz.)

Think about it: how's your scale gonna display .25 when it can't show enough numbers?

Actually, he was shorted. It could be by just a little bit or a little more but he was positively shorted atleast somewhat. The reason being, if the sack was a true quarter ounce, then the scale would have read .3 because .25 (a quarter ounce) would have rounded up to .3 on his scale, but it rounded down to .2 meaning his sack weighed anywhere from .15 of an ounce to .24 of an ounce

[Weezard]

Nope.

All we can assume is that your "quarter" weighs more than .2oz, but less than .3oz.

Your scale could be dead on. (don't really know...)
And your "quarter" could weight exactly a quarter oz. (.25oz.)

Think about it: how's your scale gonna display .25 when it can't show enough numbers?

You need a scale with more precision, for weighing such small quantities. It's like you're trying to weigh a sesame seed on a scale that's designed to weigh an entire Big Mac. Or, to put it in terms Hermie can relate to, it's like trying to weigh a stripper on a truck scale. She's too light to even register on the truck scale, but does she weigh "zero?" My face says differently.

Let's continue this analogy, because Hermie is now having pleasant mental pictures.

Let's weigh the dancer on our bathroom scale. It says she weighs 120 lbs, in her stiletto heels with a pocketful of condoms. Let's ask her to "hold" our quarter oz. What's the scale gonna say? 120.015625 pounds? Naw, it's probably still gonna say 120 lbs.

Let's say she decides to dance for us, and we start giving her dollar bills. (Dollar bills weigh about 1 gram each.) By the time we've tipped her about 454 bucks (usually about 10 minutes if Hermie thinks she's hot) she'll trip the scale at 121 lbs. Is this making any sense?

Or, do like NextLine sez and get a scale from the headshop.

Your current scale cannot tell you what you want to know.

BTW, WTF is a "granual?" You made that up, right?

Um,
Perhaps them granules are nooculoor?
The "non_rounding concept" appears even more complex that the inverse square law.
I want some of what passitplz is smokin'!:stoned::stoned::stoned:

So you beat your head on dis stone wall cause it feel good when you stop?

Aloha,

Wee 'zard

[DreadedHermie]

"Authorities today speculate the turf war was precipitated by an alleged shorted delivery in a narcotics transaction..." :rambo:

[TheMagnanimous]

While this imprecise rounding scale may be part of the problem, I think the bigger problem here is your unfamiliarity with math/weight.

Assuming you got .2 oz's not .25 oz's you lost more than a gram..... not a "granule". Then again if you don't know what grams are.... well for comparison, it's like losing a pretty good joint's worth.

You might want to first just go to wikipedia and read about grams, ounces and pounds and how those all fit together, get all that straight in your head before proceeding.

[JohnnyZ]

Dude just go buy a new scale already. It sounds like it might be easier for you than doing all this complicated mathematics.

[Italiano715]

Dude just go buy a new scale already. It sounds like it might be easier for you than doing all this complicated mathematics.

Yeah, I agree... I said that in one of my posts awhile back and now everybody wants to do math! LOL

Not taking away from those who tried to help him, but yeah, either way you look at it, he's being shorted or getting too much.

[RedLocks]

a kitchen scale isnt really that great for weighing ounces, get a pocket scale

agreed

[bombdiggity]

this thread makes me feel brilliant