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Gas gauge

August 19, 2008 -

Gas gaugeBecause I have nothing to write about, I thought I'd show you my gas gauge. For a half tank, it reads "1/2", which is fine. But for a full tank, it reads "1/1". Something about that feels off to me. I know there's a joke here that I really should be making, but I'm feeling less than inspired today. All my creativity is being poured into a different website which I'm hoping to launch by the end of this month.

This is perhaps the most boring blog post evar. Due to that, I grace you with this link.

Comments on Gas gauge
 
Comment Tue, August 19 - 1:55 PM by Frank
I want a gas gauge that displays "FAIL" when it gets to empty.
 
Comment Tue, August 19 - 5:47 PM by tagger
Just to keep things even, I suppose it should read 0/2--1/2--2/2 or maybe 0/4--1/4--2/4--3/4--4/4.

What the hell ever happened to just plain old E--|--|--|--F ?

Everybody knows that kids are just too stupid to do fractions because of water fluoridation, a Commie plot, and them A-tomic bombs.

The metric system was invented by a bunch of Evil Frenchmen to eliminate fractions, right?



 
Comment Tue, August 19 - 7:09 PM by pmd
Well, at least it isn't binary. I imagine that would get frustrating.
 
Comment Tue, August 19 - 7:26 PM by tagger
It would? Really?

0 = Empty

1 = Full

Simple as it gets.
 
Comment Tue, August 19 - 8:21 PM by pmd
Full...
Full...
Full...
Full...
Click...
Empty...
Stall.

:)
 
Comment Tue, August 19 - 8:26 PM by pmd
... On second thought, you could install perhaps 4 or 8 binary fuel gauges running in a horizontal like across your dash, but that would make too much sense.
 
Comment Wed, August 20 - 7:20 AM by tagger
OK, then . . .

Three LEDs on the dashboard--

X = ON, O = OFF

XXX = Full
XXO = 6/7
XOX = 5/7
XOO = 4/7
OXX = 3/7
OXO = 2/7
OOX = 1/7
OOO = Empty
 
Comment Wed, August 20 - 6:49 PM by pmd
I was trying to avoid that solution, but the more I think about it... The more I like it. :)
 
Comment Thu, August 21 - 12:26 PM by Greg
Just saw another gas gauge which read '0', '1/2' and '4/4'