EPTWho really buys 12 ounce drinks? Surely you would want a pint since that is the measurement for liquids using the old system?
Do you use Imperial or Metric? - Page 12
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paradoxOO9
United Kingdom1123 Posts
Who really buys 12 ounce drinks? Surely you would want a pint since that is the measurement for liquids using the old system? | ||
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Excludos
Norway8247 Posts
On December 09 2011 18:10 Perdac Curall wrote: Actually it is the opposite. If you mean technically as in how to use it in a technical field, I can say in engineering which is my field that you MUST say 0.5 meters or even 0.231 meters and not 231 mm because in complex calculations you have to do everything in SI units otherwise the conversions can get complicated real fast, and the SI unit is the meter not mm or cm. I study in electrical engineering, and we use mm all the time. The only rule is that you have to be consistent, which is probably what you tried to describe above. You can't have something in meters, and then something else in mm, as that will break your brain in complex calculations. But if everything is in mm, and the answer you're looking for is in mm, there is absolutely no reason to not save yourself some trouble with decimals, and just use "mm" instead of "0.xx" or worse "xx * 10^-3" | ||
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AlecPyron
United States131 Posts
Anyway, we don't really use these systems because they're convenient or whatever, they were "imposed" to us, so we're stuck with them. | ||
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Hynda
Sweden2226 Posts
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pedduck
Thailand468 Posts
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Deleted_143
Australia256 Posts
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mjxn
Australia939 Posts
On December 09 2011 17:56 Rye. wrote: I personally would like to use kelvin instead of celcius, but that would confuse too many people. What benefit would a normal person gain from using Kelvin instead of Celsius? I don't think very much. | ||
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Laconic
United States32 Posts
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Excludos
Norway8247 Posts
On December 09 2011 18:19 mjxn wrote: What benefit would a normal person gain from using Kelvin instead of Celsius? I don't think very much. Kelvin is 100 times easier to use in calculations, as it starts at 0 at absolute 0, so it can only go up. Celsius starts 0 at water freezing point, so you end up going into minus a lot of the time. Most temperature based equations is based on kelvin for this reason. For every day use, theres no difference, but then again, the same can be said for imperial vs metric. Its in calculations it really makes any difference. | ||
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Lightwip
United States5497 Posts
On December 09 2011 18:19 mjxn wrote: What benefit would a normal person gain from using Kelvin instead of Celsius? I don't think very much. What is double the thermal energy of a substance at 20' C? This would be simple to do in Kelvin. | ||
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MandoRelease
France374 Posts
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EdSlyB
Portugal1621 Posts
On December 09 2011 13:32 Keyboard Warrior wrote:Technically, you don't say half meter but rather 50 centimeters or 500 millimeters. Not entirely true. We often use 'half' fraction. Half a meter, two and half kilometer, etc... And altought it isn't very used nowadays people used to apply quarters 'quarters' to some measures too. Metric, at home, at work and in all my country. | ||
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mjxn
Australia939 Posts
On December 09 2011 18:21 Excludos wrote: Kelvin is 100 times easier to use in calculations. For every day use, theres no difference, but then again, the same can be said for imperial vs metric. Its in calculations it really makes any difference. I'm referring to the everyday usage for people. 0°C is when water freezes, 100°C is when water boils. 15°C means I better wear a long sleeve shirt and 35°C is when I should chuck a sickie and head to the beach  | ||
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7mk
Germany10157 Posts
"Standard units are more practical and convenient. No one goes to the grocery to buy 400ml drink" If you didnt grow up with Imperial then thats just wrong. People who use metric no exactly how much 333 ml, or how much 500ml are, there's absolutely nothing impractical or inconvenient about it. "No one buys 5 meters of wood" Yea cause that doesnt make sense, just like you dont buy x feet of wood. Both of the "advantages" in the OP are entirely untrue, there is absolutely no advantage in imperial whatsoever, except for not having to change. But of course there's already been a billion TL threads about this and I dont even know why I posted this | ||
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Lightwip
United States5497 Posts
On December 09 2011 18:25 mjxn wrote: I'm referring to the everyday usage for people. 0°C is when water freezes, 100°C is when water boils. 15°C means I better wear a long sleeve shirt and 35°C is when I should chuck a sickie and head to the beach Just add 273 to each of those and you're golden. | ||
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NeoLearner
Belgium1847 Posts
On December 09 2011 13:32 Keyboard Warrior wrote: ... 2. Standard units are more practical and convenient. No one goes to the grocery to buy 400ml drink, instead, they buy it in 12 ounces. No one buys 5 meters of wood, instead, they buy it is 1x1x12, all in feet. .... This is true in both systems. In America the price for fabric (or something similar) is probably listed as dollar/yard. In Europe, the price is listed as euro/m. An American football field is 100 yards. A European soccer field is 100 meters. In America the speed signs say 60 mph max, in Europe they say 100khmh max. it's a matter of convention. When everyone uses the same system, they will make and sell the stuff in a convenient quantity. I think your thinking errors comes from looking at the metric system from a standard view point. For example, milk is sold in quarter liters, half liters, liters, 2 liters and 5 liters. Not in 354.882355 ml, which is what it would be if we would try to follow the standard system in Metric. As for wood, this is sold / meter. And if it's fire wood, instead of selling by the kubic meter, it is sold as "stère" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stere This is a kubic meter of stacked firewood. The more you know | ||
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neobowman
Canada3324 Posts
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micronesia
United States24767 Posts
I wonder if learning two systems of measurement at the same time has the same effect. My students use the American system in their every day lives and then metric in science class. The result? They are terrible at estimating quantities in metric because they are not used to them. Then again, they are bad at it using pounds/feet/etc also XD | ||
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adacan
United States117 Posts
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Excludos
Norway8247 Posts
On December 09 2011 18:32 adacan wrote: metric system was invented by communists and further developed by terrorists. God handed us down the standard system on the 5th day of creation. I know you're joking, but allow me to answer straight anyways  the nazis built all the best roads in europe.. | ||
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