Who keeps the Metric System down?

[Siva]

I think any good science student or drug addict knows the metric system is superior.

 

[glugglug]

Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Unfortunately all the fvcktards in this country will see "80" and not have dual-speedos (or even any idea that the signs aren't in miles per hour any more) and push their cars to twice the speed limit

That would be a GOOD thing. Speed limits have always been designed around revenue enhancement, not safety.

 

[marcello]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
On philosophical principal I dislike the metric system. It was and is a fix for something that is not broken. Just because people are too lazy to do proper conversions with the Imperial system they had to change things. Thant and Fahrenheit is more precise than Centegrade (180 degrees between boiling and freezing versus 100 for Centigrade).

Of course, there's nothing wrong inherently with the metric system. It's just kinda pointless.

ZV

Wrong. Fahrenheit and Centigrade are equally accurate. Any mathmetician can tell you that. There are the same amount of numbers in between 0 and 100 and 0 and 180. Infinity. Hence, they are equally accurate.

 

[zugzoog]

Originally posted by: fisher


none of those really sound french tho. ass.

Pastuerisation doesn't sound French?

Derived from Louis Pasteur.

Ok, we'll just get rid of the ones that sound French e.g.

Le Chatelier's Principle
Descartes' method
Measurement of radition - the Curie
Measurement of electrical current - the Ampere


Sorry, I just find that the rejection of an idea/concept/method because of what it sounds like and not on it's merits to be just a tad short-sighted.

EDIT

Ooops forgot

Laplace transforms
and calorie [French, from Latin calor, heat. See caloric.] that one definitely has to go.....

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: marcello

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
On philosophical principal I dislike the metric system. It was and is a fix for something that is not broken. Just because people are too lazy to do proper conversions with the Imperial system they had to change things. Thant and Fahrenheit is more precise than Centegrade (180 degrees between boiling and freezing versus 100 for Centigrade).

Of course, there's nothing wrong inherently with the metric system. It's just kinda pointless.

ZV

Wrong. Fahrenheit and Centigrade are equally accurate. Any mathmetician can tell you that. There are the same amount of numbers in between 0 and 100 and 0 and 180. Infinity. Hence, they are equally accurate.

You're committing the amateur mistake of confusing accuracy with precision.

Fahrenheit and Centigrade are indeed identially accurate, but Fahrenheit is more _precise_.

ZV

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: marcello

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
On philosophical principal I dislike the metric system. It was and is a fix for something that is not broken. Just because people are too lazy to do proper conversions with the Imperial system they had to change things. Thant and Fahrenheit is more precise than Centegrade (180 degrees between boiling and freezing versus 100 for Centigrade).

Of course, there's nothing wrong inherently with the metric system. It's just kinda pointless.

ZV

Wrong. Fahrenheit and Centigrade are equally accurate. Any mathmetician can tell you that. There are the same amount of numbers in between 0 and 100 and 0 and 180. Infinity. Hence, they are equally accurate.

You're committing the amateur mistake of confusing accuracy with precision.

Fahrenheit and Centigrade are indeed identially accurate, but Fahrenheit is more _precise_.

ZV

How is it more precise?

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: magomago
I'm used to both. Although temperature I prefer fareignheght because...that is how I was taught I can't gauge "living" temperature in Celcius as an in Fareigntheight. But oddly enough I always think of water boiling at 100 degrees and 0 Degrees...never -32 and 212. Though when I'm doing anything else related to temperature beyond seeing the forecast I prefer Celcius. But weights I can think of both, same with distance....

The SI Unit of Temperature is the Kelvin. And the freezing point of water is 32F, not -32F.

Edit: Oh God I missed that bastardization -- it's "Fahrenheit", not whatever you have there. And umm, "Celsius".

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: magomago
I'm used to both. Although temperature I prefer fareignheght because...that is how I was taught I can't gauge "living" temperature in Celcius as an in Fareigntheight. But oddly enough I always think of water boiling at 100 degrees and 0 Degrees...never -32 and 212. Though when I'm doing anything else related to temperature beyond seeing the forecast I prefer Celcius. But weights I can think of both, same with distance....

The SI Unit of Temperature is the Kelvin. And the freezing point of water is 32F, not -32F.

Edit: Oh God I missed that bastardization -- it's "Fahrenheit", not whatever you have there. And umm, "Celsius".

Why are "unit" and "temperature" capitalized?

EDIT: 32°F

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: magomago
I'm used to both. Although temperature I prefer fareignheght because...that is how I was taught I can't gauge "living" temperature in Celcius as an in Fareigntheight. But oddly enough I always think of water boiling at 100 degrees and 0 Degrees...never -32 and 212. Though when I'm doing anything else related to temperature beyond seeing the forecast I prefer Celcius. But weights I can think of both, same with distance....

The SI Unit of Temperature is the Kelvin. And the freezing point of water is 32F, not -32F.

Edit: Oh God I missed that bastardization -- it's "Fahrenheit", not whatever you have there. And umm, "Celsius".

Why are "unit" and "temperature" capitalized?

EDIT: 32°F

Thanks for the degree sign, I was too lazy to get it. I Have a Habit of Capitalizing Stuff Which Really Doesn't Warrant Capitalization.

 

[dderidex]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: marcello

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
On philosophical principal I dislike the metric system. It was and is a fix for something that is not broken. Just because people are too lazy to do proper conversions with the Imperial system they had to change things. Thant and Fahrenheit is more precise than Centegrade (180 degrees between boiling and freezing versus 100 for Centigrade).

Of course, there's nothing wrong inherently with the metric system. It's just kinda pointless.

ZV

Wrong. Fahrenheit and Centigrade are equally accurate. Any mathmetician can tell you that. There are the same amount of numbers in between 0 and 100 and 0 and 180. Infinity. Hence, they are equally accurate.

You're committing the amateur mistake of confusing accuracy with precision.

Fahrenheit and Centigrade are indeed identially accurate, but Fahrenheit is more _precise_.

ZV

How is it more precise?

Because given the same number of decimal positions, Fahrenheit is more accurate.
IE., with no decimal places Fahrenheit has 180 readings between freezing and boiling while Celsius only has 100. With one decimal place, Fahrenheit has 1800 readings between freezing and boilding while Celsius only have 1000. Et al.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
Of course, there's nothing wrong inherently with the metric system. It's just kinda pointless.

ZV

pointless? you don't think an international standard for measurement has a point?

 

[JustAnAverageGuy]

Originally posted by: Lonyo
I use inches, feet, miles, meters, centimeters, pounds, stone and kilograms :/

What's a stone?

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy

Originally posted by: Lonyo
I use inches, feet, miles, meters, centimeters, pounds, stone and kilograms :/

What's a stone?

14 pounds

 

[Mookow]

My belief, as an American, is that if I have to start understanding the metric system, then the terrorists have already won.

 

[Train]

Originally posted by: Howard

Originally posted by: JustAnAverageGuy

Originally posted by: Lonyo
I use inches, feet, miles, meters, centimeters, pounds, stone and kilograms :/

What's a stone?

14 pounds

no, thats a rock

 

[zugzoog]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: marcello

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt
On philosophical principal I dislike the metric system. It was and is a fix for something that is not broken. Just because people are too lazy to do proper conversions with the Imperial system they had to change things. Thant and Fahrenheit is more precise than Centegrade (180 degrees between boiling and freezing versus 100 for Centigrade).

Of course, there's nothing wrong inherently with the metric system. It's just kinda pointless.

ZV

Wrong. Fahrenheit and Centigrade are equally accurate. Any mathmetician can tell you that. There are the same amount of numbers in between 0 and 100 and 0 and 180. Infinity. Hence, they are equally accurate.

You're committing the amateur mistake of confusing accuracy with precision.

Fahrenheit and Centigrade are indeed identially accurate, but Fahrenheit is more _precise_.

ZV

Therefore Millimetres are more precise than inches....

 

[eelw]

Precision is only as good as the scale on the thermometer no matter using centigrade or fahrenheit.