Like for example if I want to design something on CAD software and I measure something IRL to be represented in that software, if I was to measure it in inches and it's say 5 inches and 4 lines on the tape then I can't just put 5.4 because there is more than 10 lines. Have to figure out the fraction crap and do conversions. Or I can just measure in cm and be done.
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Metric is just so much more logical because everything is base on 10. That's how normal numbers work too. Trying to measure something in inches then having to reproduce it in a way where you want to make calculations is like pulling teeth, I just end up converting to cm, it's just easier. Like for example if I want to design something on CAD software and I measure something IRL to be represented in that software, if I was to measure it in inches and it's say 5 inches and 4 lines on the tape then I can't just put 5.4 because there is more than 10 lines. Have to figure out the fraction crap and do conversions. Or I can just measure in cm and be done.
Unfortunately a lot of standards are based on both so in some situations it makes more sense to use imperial if strictly dealing with it. Like windows and doors come in inches so I'm not going to measure in cm.
I need a board cut from 3ft and 9/16 down to 2 feet and 5/8ths.
How much do I need to take off?
You can get yourself an engineers tape. They're in decimal feet. No reason not to use metric in Canuckistan though.
They both have their places. Imperial units seem crazy but they have their place. Which is better binary or decimal? The answer depends on the use.
Imperial units are great when you don't want math but you want to scale something up.
If metric was so great because it is based on 10s, why aren't you proposing we go to a metric clock and metric calendar?
- Want to double a receipe? No problem. Just change cups to pints, pints to quarts, quarts to gallons, etc. No math needed. Want to cut a receipe in half? Again, easy with no math at all. Pints become cups, cups become 1/2 cups, 1/4 cups become tablespoons, etc. The only problem comes with that stupid 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon definition.
- Want to scale up/down on measurements? Pretty easy. Half of a foot = 6 inches and there is a line on your ruler for it. A third of a foot = 4 inches, again there is a line for you. A fourth of a foot = 2 inches, again a line is there. Try to draw a line at precisely a third of a meter, you can't easilly as you are guessing where a line at 33.33 cm would be on your ruler.
- Weather is great in Fahrenheit. Below 0°F is deadly and above 100°F is deadly. Temperatures in the middle are pretty mild. Metric temperatures suck for weather. Below -18°C is deadly, above 38°C is deadly (how crappy is that to use?) Plus 1°C is just too large of a temperature jump so you really need decimal places.
I need a board cut from 3ft and 9/16 down to 2 feet and 5/8ths.
How much do I need to take off?
Ugh, I'm glad I left "tenths" behind when I quit land surveying.
I can't remember if a gallon is 144 oz. or 160 oz.