[Xfce-i18n] confusing

[Harald Judt]

Hi,

Am 21.01.2013 09:10, schrieb Kevin Brubeck Unhammer:
> Саша Петровић <salepetronije at gmail.com> writes:
>
>> „The air that makes up the atmosphere exerts a pressure on the surface
>> below it...“ ? „below it“- It is illogical. The air pressure in all
>> directions IN the atmosphere. _______________________________________________
>
> I don't think it's illogical, it just focuses on the important details.
> If I'm standing at 0 meters above sea level, I will have about 100 km of
> air on my head:
>
> AIR
> AIR
> AIR
> AIR
> AIR
> […]
> AIR
> AIR
> AIR
> AIR
> AIR
> .O.
> \|/
> .|.
> /.\
> SEA
>
> Since air also weighs something, carrying around this amount of air
> exerts a pressure on my head (1,000 kg, says Wikipedia[1]). If I climb
> above sea level, I'll have less pressure on my head. I believe that's
> the pressure that's meant in the ../panel-plugin/weather-config.c:1417
> string.
>
> Yes, pressure is exerted in the other directions too, but that's
> cancelled out (disregarding wind for the moment …) and is less important
> when the discussion is about altitude.
>
>
> [1]  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmospheric_pressure
>
>
> -Kevin
>
>
> A: Yes.
>> Q: Are you sure?
>>> A: Because it reverses the logical flow of conversation.
>>>> Q: Why is top posting annoying in email?

I agree with Kevin (gravity pulls to the center of the planet), but have 
nevertheless revised the description for pressure a bit in one of the 
last commits to sound a bit less clumsy.

Harald

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