EPTDo you use Imperial or Metric? - Page 19
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BlindSC2
United Kingdom435 Posts
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smileyyy
Germany1816 Posts
On December 09 2011 21:29 ishboh wrote: i use standard like a boss. 5280 feet in a mile bro, what's not to make sense? what kind of feet ?:D is there an archtype of a foot with a standard size. Where is it kept then haha. The BIG Advantage of the SI is that all 7 base units are completely defined. 1 metre is the path the light travels in vaccum in 1⁄299,792,458 second 1 second = has been defined to be the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom etc. It means everybody can "recreate" the measurements we took in 1k years. All other units you use in science are derived from the 7 base units. I mean stuff like 1 N = 1kg*m/s² etc. | ||
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valaki
Hungary2476 Posts
How? How many feet/yard are equals one mile? And 15? 69? If you can't respond to this instantly, then it's not really convenient and practical. | ||
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Ramuh
Germany238 Posts
 Germany uses very few "non" metric units, like a pound, where a pound represents half a kilo, i am not sure why that is. | ||
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Shagg
Finland825 Posts
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Saethwyr
United Kingdom18 Posts
buying things is all over the place too: Milk you buy in pints (1,2,4,6) Soda you buy in Litres (500ml, 1, 1.5, 2, 3) Because of crazy stuff like this I use both . I do love how crazy imperial is though: 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, 22 yards in a chain, 10 chains in a furlong, 8 furlongs in a mile, making it a nice round 1760 yards per mile! One last random thing: its always bugged me that we buy fuel in litres and measure its consumption in miles per gallon :D | ||
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shucklesors
Singapore1176 Posts
Yes, I buy a litre of milk at the supermarket, property prices are discussed with 'per sq. m.' as the ONLY measurement form in its jargon, and in my Asian school we say 'oh he's about one point seven five i think,' and although i know its very common in the U.S. and those neighboring it, you will never hear 'five inch eight' or anything like that, except maybe among my school's basketballers lol. The way you call that 'Standard' almost strikes resemblance with China back in the early 1900's. | ||
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smokeyhoodoo
United States1021 Posts
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Nagisama
Canada4481 Posts
Do wish that everything switches over to metric though, it makes so much more sense than imperial/standard. Only problem is everyone (the US) is use to it and it would be difficult to switch over. | ||
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TheLOLas
United States646 Posts
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xsnac
Barbados1365 Posts
 have no ideea why " standard is standard since only usa uses that sistem " a funny immage i have found over the internet .. hope i wont get ban :-s please dont ban me![[image loading]](http://www.funnyphotos.net.au/images/advantages-of-the-metric-system1.jpg) i didnt wanted to insult anybody with " retard rollercoster " is just the immage from the site .. | ||
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2WeaK
Canada550 Posts
On December 09 2011 22:23 Nagisama wrote: Although most people I've noticed still talk about height and weight in ft/inches and pounds. ie 5'4, 145 lbs (Probably not all Canadians, but some that I know). Cooking is also a big one in Canada. A cup of this, 3/4 a cup, 2 teaspoons, etc... Instead of just giving us the straight up quantities in ml -.- I hate that. | ||
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CharlieBrownsc
Canada598 Posts
I don't see how "half a metre" is any less valid than "half a foot" | ||
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Dfgj
Singapore5922 Posts
On December 09 2011 22:05 shucklesors wrote: Is it really called standard? Have you heard of the S.I. unit? I might be horribly wrong here, but isn't that Standard International, which is basically the 'metric' as you called it? I learnt about it in Chemistry class and it uses the 'metric' system as you defined in OP. This is what I understand. I've never heard of the Imperial system called 'standard'. | ||
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revy
United States1524 Posts
Home - Imperial primarily. I've gotten pretty good going back and forth, but America really needs to switch to metric. | ||
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Steel
Japan2283 Posts
Standard system not practical AT ALL. Both in science and for every day life. The worst is cooking... System International FTW!! | ||
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shabby
Norway6402 Posts
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revy
United States1524 Posts
On December 09 2011 22:05 shucklesors wrote: Is it really called standard? Have you heard of the S.I. unit? I might be horribly wrong here, but isn't that Standard International, which is basically the 'metric' as you called it? I learnt about it in Chemistry class and it uses the 'metric' system as you defined in OP. Yes, I buy a litre of milk at the supermarket, property prices are discussed with 'per sq. m.' as the ONLY measurement form in its jargon, and in my Asian school we say 'oh he's about one point seven five i think,' and although i know its very common in the U.S. and those neighboring it, you will never hear 'five inch eight' or anything like that, except maybe among my school's basketballers lol. The way you call that 'Standard' almost strikes resemblance with China back in the early 1900's. System International = SI not Standard. | ||
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HuggyBear
Australia377 Posts
On December 09 2011 22:35 xsnac wrote: i use metric have no ideea why " standard is standard since only usa uses that sistem " a funny immage i have found over the internet .. hope i wont get ban :-s please dont ban meThis is the reason its preferable to use Metric. "Standard" becomes a nuisance when you need precision and tolerance, not to mention when you need modelling and real world scaling. | ||
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Tufas
Austria2259 Posts
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