Why do people call it mileage and not kilometerage?

[Printer Bandit]

Abortion leftover from italian and brasil parents...

disappointing.

 

[shortylickens]

Hmm.. maybe because I like big butts and I cannot lie.

:hmm:

Well played sir.

 

[Jeff7]

Kilometerage.
Meterage.

Metridge. Nice and easy to pronounce.

 

[-Slacker-]

Doesn't 'kilometrage' mean how many kilometers you've driven your car?

 

[0roo0roo]

metric is a scientific scale, not a human one.

hot day is 100f or 37c

unit conversion..who gives a damn....change for the sake of change.

 

[Jeff7]

metric is a scientific scale, not a human one.

hot day is 100f or 37c

unit conversion..who gives a damn....change for the sake of change.

Except that most of the civilized world, and even the third world, uses metric.

Our technological society doesn't do so well with systems that were originally calibrated based on some guy's body. It's kind of difficult to maintain NIST-level standards that way.

 

[0roo0roo]

Except that most of the civilized world, and even the third world, uses metric.

Our technological society doesn't do so well with systems that were originally calibrated based on some guy's body. It's kind of difficult to maintain NIST-level standards that way.

and they forced over to that system for no practical reason.

it makes no difference to the average person that unit conversion is harder without metric, people live in day to day earth temperature range, not metric range. 0-100 is human scale.

How many inches in a mile? who cares.

in practical every day living there is no benefit to metric.

 

[Jeff7]

and they forced over to that system for no practical reason.

it makes no difference to the average person that unit conversion is harder without metric, people live in day to day earth temperature range, not metric range. 0-100 is human scale.

How many inches in a mile? who cares.

in practical every day living there is no benefit to metric.

Imperial sucks from a design side, at least I thought so.

Every time you have to convert units, it can introduce errors. And every time someone forgets to convert units, it can introduce much bigger errors.

There's a very good reason that the rest of the world uses metric: It's simply a better system. Imperial is antiquated, convoluted, and obsolete.


It's interesting too how much metric already is used in the US without a second thought. Pills are sold in milligrams, not grains. Soda comes in 2-liter bottles, and ounces. Engine displacement is measured in cubic centimeters and liters. Electrical power is measured in watts, not horsepower.

 

[SparkyJJO]

WW2?

You can't win in Iraq, Afghanistan...and others...just to murder some innocent people in some places, where you're not afraid to get back too much...
And you fantasize about winning WWII?

Baseball "World Series" Have they seen a map? At least of "World" of baseball series?

Last I checked, Germany, Italy, and Japan all lost. We won ("We" as in the allied powers). No fantasy there, just pure fact. Sorry if it bothers you

Imperial sucks from a design side, at least I thought so.

Every time you have to convert units, it can introduce errors. And every time someone forgets to convert units, it can introduce much bigger errors.

There's a very good reason that the rest of the world uses metric: It's simply a better system. Imperial is antiquated, convoluted, and obsolete.


It's interesting too how much metric already is used in the US without a second thought. Pills are sold in milligrams, not grains. Soda comes in 2-liter bottles, and ounces. Engine displacement is measured in cubic centimeters and liters. Electrical power is measured in watts, not horsepower.

I love it when it is all mixed up, such as a 5.7 liter V8 producing 400 horsepower