Do you hate the metric system?

[Goosemaster]

Originally posted by: joshsquall

Originally posted by: GML3G0

Originally posted by: Goosemaster

Originally posted by: Syringer

Originally posted by: compnovice

Originally posted by: joshsquall
Screw the metric system.
Miles > kilometers
Pounds > kilograms
Quarts > liters
English > metric

Are you sure you graduated from high school?

Uh, did you? That's the proper analogy..

But in any case, the OP is an idiot.

no it is not


He mixed derivatives of metric units with single units in the english system...



miles relates to meters
pounds relates to grams
quarts relates to liters....


consistency

ummm, technically, kilograms are the basic unit for mass.

meter-kilogram-second

Yep, you're right. Grams are the commonly accepted laboratory unit.

<---looks like a douche right now

Originally posted by: Rastus
Blackcentimeters

LOFL

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: HamburgerBoy

Originally posted by: Rastus
Blackcentimeters

LMAO!

:thumbsup:

 

[ElFenix]

with calculators who gives a rat's ass how hard it is to convert from inches to cubic miles?

 

[drinkmorejava]

hasn't there been like an offical presidential committee or something since the 80's to try and convert the US to metric

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: chambersc
i happen to feel the exact opposite of you.

 

[thecrecarc]

Originally posted by: jimbob200521
The metric system is the sh!t. Conversions are easier, units are easier.

yes, metric is poop

 

[IronWing]

RCH FTW!

 

[mercanucaribe]

How many of you nkow how many feet or inches are in a mile? Hell, even if you know one, you have to get out a calculator to figure out the other. Forget about square yards in an acre or ounces in a ton.

Off the top of my head I can say that there are 100,000 cm in a kilometer, 10,000 square meters in a hectare, 100,000,000 square centimeters in a hecture, and 100 hectares in a square kilometer.

 

[DainBramaged]

Originally posted by: chambersc
i happen to feel the exact opposite of you.

me too

 

[Ornery]

Originally posted by: dug777

stfu n00b

metric>*

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    Length : 2700, 2400 and 1800 mm
    
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Uh yeah, that's nice & simple there... :roll:

BTW, what square drive are your metric sockets?

 

[DanceMan]

Originally posted by: five40

Originally posted by: Bateluer
I think I will add my two cents to this thread too.

Metric system is far superior to the US Customary system. There is no debate on this.

The US is just too stubborn, or lazy, to do whats necessary to completely change over.

1) Stop teaching US Customary in schools, remove it from all text books.
2) Replace it with the metric system.
3) Cease selling of all products using US Customary measurements. No more tape measures with 1/16th of an inch.
4) Wait for all the stubborn old people to . . . filter out of the world.

Tell us how you really feel.

Uh, what you said above was EXACTLY done in the 1980s. We were taught metric system in the fourth grade. I won an award for guessing how many milliliters were in a cup of lemonade. I have no problem thinking in metric, and I even know off the top of my head some of the conversions (2.5 centimeters in an inch, 2.2 pounds in a kilogram, etc).

I had heard that folks had trouble buying gas in liters, and building trade folks were having to go back and forth with conversions. So it went quietly away.

 

[Sundog]

Metric >*

 

[vi edit]

Base 10 FTW. (okay, so the standard system is techically base 10 too)

I just wish we'd finally bury this dead horse and get rid of that PITA standard system we have.

 

[stan394]

Originally posted by: chambersc
i happen to feel the exact opposite of you.

 

[imported_yetti]

Originally posted by: chambersc
i happen to feel the exact opposite of you.

 

[BriGy86]

convert.exe FTW!

google it

 

[So]

Originally posted by: Rastus
Blackcentimeters

...does not like this system of measurement?

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
*sigh*
And, whether the basis is grams or kilograms depends on whether you're using CGS or MKS
centimeter-gram-seconds
or
meter-kilogram-seconds.

Furthermore, what's the weight of 1 cubic mile of water? (do it without googling... I doubt you can, oh mighty master of the American system)
But, any high school kid in physics could quickly calculate the weight of 1 cubic kilometer of water.

oh? What temperature water? Fresh or salt?

It would be awfully nice if the English system went away, just like all those other archaic measurement systems from medieval times.

 

[blakeatwork]

Originally posted by: IGBT
..what is it? 3.8 liters to a gallon of gas?? How much is a liter of gas in Canada??

about $0.82/ltr where I live...

I use both, depending on the context...

Weight/Height, standard, or stones
Distance/Velocity, metric
Volume, metric

Obviously, living in Canada means everything is in metric, with standard equivs for the old people..

 

[habib89]

how can a system where 12 inches = 1 foot and 3 feet = 1 yard be better than a 100 cm = 1 m and 1000 m = 1km... you have ten fingers don't you?

 

[So]

Look, it's like the QWERTY keyboard. Yes, it's less efficient than other choices, but we as a people decided 'hey, we don't think that the gain from changing is worth the cost of changing'

and guess what? You're all in a pissing debate over a SYSTEM OF MEASUREMENT! Fer chrissakes, if you're too dim to remember the conversions between a few units (inches to feet) then the metric system isn't going to help you. Yes, the metric system IS slightly more efficient, in that it's quicker, but it really shouldn't be that big of a deal.

You all need to take a step back and look at yourselves.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: DanceMan
Uh, what you said above was EXACTLY done in the 1980s. We were taught metric system in the fourth grade. I won an award for guessing how many milliliters were in a cup of lemonade. I have no problem thinking in metric, and I even know off the top of my head some of the conversions (2.5 centimeters in an inch, 2.2 pounds in a kilogram, etc).

I had heard that folks had trouble buying gas in liters, and building trade folks were having to go back and forth with conversions. So it went quietly away.

2.54 centimeters in an inch, BIATCH!

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
convert.exe FTW!

google it

Google does unit conversions too

 

[IAteYourMother]

Originally posted by: Atomicus
Obviously not an engineer's perspective.

I think it is time for the US to let go of their insecurities and go with a unit system that almost every other nation uses.

I'm not sure why you think that, but I'm pretty damn sure we're not using SAE because of our "insecurities"

 

[Tiamat]

My dorm has a limit of 1 pint of hard alcohol per person per suite.

Who the F*** measures hard liquor in pints? Unless I have been under some rock, I have only seen hard liquor capacity in units of mL or L.