<div dir="ltr">My ruler isn't a rectangle; it looks very similar to this one: <a href="https://www.eckersleys.com.au/site/assets/media/Products/Draftex/Draftex_Rolling_Ruler/DRA-Rolling-Ruler_7602226.jpg">https://www.eckersleys.com.au/site/assets/media/Products/Draftex/Draftex_Rolling_Ruler/DRA-Rolling-Ruler_7602226.jpg</a><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-c163c169-2442-a05a-a320-481906cb1ce7"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">But I doubt that is any "more Klingon" than any other ruler :-P.</p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">-QISta'</p></span></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Michael Roney, Jr. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:nahqun@gmail.com" target="_blank">nahqun@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><span class="">On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 3:47 PM, Benjamin Atkinson <<a href="mailto:benjamin.atkinson@gmail.com" target="_blank">benjamin.atkinson@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>> Should a Klingon ruler double as a weapon?</span><span class=""><div>On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 4:32 PM, Felix Malmenbeck <<a href="mailto:felixm@kth.se" target="_blank">felixm@kth.se</a>> wrote:<br></div><div>> Depends on the end-user, I suppose, but I personally would advise against it; rulers are rulers and weapons are weapons.</div></span><span class="">On Wed, Nov 2, 2016 at 5:27 PM, Alan Anderson <<a href="mailto:qunchuy@alcaco.net" target="_blank">qunchuy@alcaco.net</a>> wrote:<br>> There is no essential difference between a tool and a weapon. reH nuHmey tu'lu'.<br><br></span>I can stab someone with a pencil, and that would make it a weapon, but that's not the function we normally use it for.<div>So, while a ruler could also be used as a weapon, I wouldn't spend time designing it to double as one.</div><div>I would honestly just make a standard wood/metal/plastic rectangular ruler, but with 'uj instead of inches.</div><div><br></div><div>The ruler needs to be able to </div><div>1) measure the distance between two points with a standard unit of measure.</div><div>2) aid in the drawing of straight lines.</div><div><br></div><div>While one could spend time trying to make it "more Klingon", I really think the goal needs to be a functional ruler/straight edge.</div><div><br></div><div>Now, if someone is familiar with a functional ruler that isn't a rectangle, that might be worth looking into.<span class=""><br><br>--<br>~Michael Roney, Jr.<br>Freelance Translator</span></div></div>
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