The three countries that don't use the metric system

[Colt45]

I wish we would switch. It makes much more sence. I use metric almost everday in the engineering field working on foreign projects. It will never catch on in America though because i dont think people can relate to it in terms of perception. When someone says 10' i can imagine what that is in my head. When someone says 3048mm i just go even though they are the same thing. Im sure if we taught it in schools it would eventaully catch on as older generations die out, but even then i think its a tough sell.

A metre is close enough to a yard for seat of the pants measurement, if that helps you visualize things.

10' = 3.3yd ~= 3.3m (3m, but close enough for "how far is that rock" sort of things).

 

[Scotteq]

How fast is 100kph?

62mph

 

[HAL9000]

What's retarded is chiding someone for using a different system from you... when you can't even stick to one system yourself.

But that's our Hal.

Hey! I didn't write that post. I've done nothing.

 

[sdifox]

How fast is 100kph?

100kmph you mean?

27.7777...cm/second, so almost 11" per second.


douh, forgot 2 zeroes.......so 27.7777...m/second or about 91'/s


<==math fail

 

[Drako]

27.7777...cm/second, so almost 11" per second.

Wow, math fail

 

[sdifox]

Wow, math fail

douh, forgot 2 zeroes.......so 27.7777...m/second or about 91'/s

 

[Drako]

dough, forgot 2 zeroes...

Yeah, I did not think 100kph was so slow :biggrin:

 

[sdifox]

Yeah, I did not think 100kph was so slow :biggrin:

I have no idea how fast 11"/second is :awe:

 

[soulcougher73]

I tend to (gently) disagree: I lived in Japan for the better part of a decade where, with the exception of certain cultural measures like a Tsubo (= 1 tatami mat), they are wholly Metric. I didn't have a problem with the system once I had enough time with it to relate a measure to personal experience. i.e. - Once I internalized that 185cm was how tall I am, and got a feel for how fast 50kph/100kph was, etc.. it really wasn't much of an issue.

It's really just a matter of living it for a while.

That is probably true but i dont live it. I just see it on a drawing or spec sheet. Im sure if i were on a project site id get more familiar with it in person.

 

[Scotteq]

I have no idea how fast 11"/second is :awe:

eleven inches... one second...

Spoiler

= a Black Guy with a Hair Trigger?????

 

[soulcougher73]

Makes more cents

Man this shit you guys latch onto is absurd. Grow up fucking Grammar Nazis. The point was made and understoond. That is all that matters.

 

[Scotteq]

That is probably true but i dont live it. I just see it on a drawing or spec sheet. Im sure if i were on a project site id get more familiar with it in person.

/agreed

 

[SphinxnihpS]

100kmph you mean?

27.7777...cm/second, so almost 11" per second.


douh, forgot 2 zeroes.......so 27.7777...m/second or about 91'/s


<==math fail

No. The unit was clearly kph.

Thanks for all the conversion though. I couldn't do that on google or anything, like my calculator, or in my head...

Ahh the simply pleasure of fishing for minnows and catching some muskies...

 

[sdifox]

No. The unit was clearly kph.

Thanks for all the conversion though. I couldn't do that on google or anything, like my calculator, or in my head...

Ahh the simply pleasure of fishing for minnows and catching some muskies...

never seen kph before, always used km/h

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Man this shit you guys latch onto is absurd. Grow up fucking Grammar Nazis. The point was made and understoond. That is all that matters.

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[SphinxnihpS]

never seen kph before, always used km/h

I've never seen it either. That's why I asked.

 

[sdifox]

I've never seen it either. That's why I asked.

<== double pwned

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Thanks for playing

 

[fatpat268]

A metre is close enough to a yard for seat of the pants measurement, if that helps you visualize things.

10' = 3.3yd ~= 3.3m (3m, but close enough for "how far is that rock" sort of things).

Yep, I do the same thing. I relate 1m to 1yd.

Also, 1 Liter = ~1 quart, and 100 km/h = ~60 mph. With a little mental math, I can relate a lot of metric measurements in imperial measurements.

 

[zanejohnson]

Yep, I do the same thing. I relate 1m to 1yd.

Also, 1 Liter = ~1 quart, and 100 km/h = ~60 mph. With a little mental math, I can relate a lot of metric measurements in imperial measurements.

yep, this is how i do it.