Nicotine Level and Mister Twelve Fingers

[PaulBHC]

How the heck did nic levels ever become base 12? 100mg/liter should have been metric i.e. base 10. We would have 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5. Not 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 6, 3.
Wouldn't the math be easier?

 

[Boletus]

I have wondered the same thing myself. As Douglas Adams said, god works in mysterious ways, but he prefers using whole numbers and always uses a base 10 numbering system.

 

[dannyv45]

How the heck did nic levels ever become base 12? 100mg/liter should have been metric i.e. base 10. We would have 50, 40, 30, 20, 10, 5. Not 48, 36, 24, 18, 12, 6, 3.
Wouldn't the math be easier?

Like every thing else. It starts with the first person establishing a procedure and if no one questions it, It becomes rule. I for one never took it as rule so If I'm 10,12,14mg It don't wig me out.

What really gets me is when people harp on if your not right on the money with exactly the correct mg with your final mix it won't taste right. Believe me + or - 1 or 2 mg won't make a difference. This science does not need to be as exacting as people lead you to believe.

 

[1vapeatatime]

Could you imagine if there were 12 commandments, instead of 10? No fun at all

 

[PaulBHC]

Ever see History of the World Part I ?

 

[Nic-holio]

(tech geek humor)

I saw a t-shirt once that said:

There are 10 kinds of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.

But I agree, I've wondered that myself. Maybe since a lot of larger quantity bottles are multiples of 4, 8, or 16 ounces (at least in the USA).

 

[squee]

Ever see History of the World Part I ?

Don't get saucy with me, Bernaise

 

[r77r7r]

When this topic was addressed awhile back it got mildly interesting but didn't seem to change anything in the DIY world.

I'm with Danny- 10,12, 14mg/ml- I can't tell the diff.

 

[Tranquility Base]

I can do with Ten Days of Christmas, those extra two days are overkill.

 

[PaulBHC]

I'm old enough to remember that the USA was going to go metric in the 70s. Then in 79-80 with gas over a dollar, it was sold by the liter because the mechanical pumps didn't go over a dollar.

We still have miles and pounds and gallons and dozens.

I've been in places in Canada where they price by the kilo and sell by the pound. Or reverse.

 

[Sgt.Rock]

Never understood that either...

My DIY mixes are typically multiples of 5

 

[dannyv45]

There are actually 24 levels 1 - 24 Then there are the levels for the hard core suicidal power vapers 25 - 50. This level grows exponentially depending on the level of mental instability

Don't take this seriously I'm just being humorous.