EPTOn December 11 2011 01:45 Blix wrote:
three and a quarter dozen pages to be precise ;-)
three and a quarter dozen pages to be precise ;-)
Rofl! Awesome comment with best respons of the entire thread :D
Well done sir!
Do you use Imperial or Metric? - Page 40
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Cereb
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Rofl! Awesome comment with best respons of the entire thread :D Well done sir! | ||
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gyth
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On December 11 2011 01:06 Caphe wrote: Metric of course, it just makes much more sense. Easy to memorize and way less confusing. Once our professor gave us some structure analysis problems that he's taken out of an American books. Man, the units in their confused the hell out of our class O_O. Are metric people so spoiled by a simple system that they can't do non-trivial unit conversions? Maybe understanding a more complex system really does elucidate the fine points. | ||
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Bleak
Turkey3059 Posts
On December 10 2011 23:02 Cheticus wrote: I'm an engineer that designs nuclear submarines for the US; Can I say that you have the most badass job in the world? | ||
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Fission
Canada1184 Posts
On December 11 2011 03:15 gyth wrote: Are metric people so spoiled by a simple system that they can't do non-trivial unit conversions? Maybe understanding a more complex system really does elucidate the fine points. Imperial isn't more "complex", what does that even mean? It just uses extremely random and arbitrary numbers for most of the units, which makes it a pain to manipulate. | ||
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ManTrain
Denmark126 Posts
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Forikorder
Canada8840 Posts
when weighing things its better to use grams since its easier to get more accurate and for temprerature its better to use F for the same reason | ||
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Eternalmisfit
United States643 Posts
On December 11 2011 03:53 TeaGreen wrote: I'm in school for engineering. I have to use both. ): I taught fluids mechanics as a TA in university and I have yet to find an undergrad student who had a liking for English units. The amount of tedious unit conversions required to solve any fluid mechanics problem is enough to annoy most of them and hate English units with a passion. Most of the engineering curriculum at my university is based on the metric system but most professors are either required to or by choice include around English units in approx 10% of the fluids problems. I know I am using 'English' units instead of standard units but that is because they are called so widely across the academic circles I have been. | ||
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gyth
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On December 11 2011 03:46 Fission wrote: Imperial isn't more "complex", what does that even mean? It just uses extremely random and arbitrary numbers for most of the units, which makes it a pain to manipulate. It means that dealing with random and arbitrary numbers makes you better at dealing with random and arbitrary numbers. A useful skill once you get to problems that involve looking up density/heat capacity/young's modulus/dielectric constant/whatever. | ||
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Maenander
Germany4926 Posts
On December 11 2011 04:15 gyth wrote: It means that dealing with random and arbitrary numbers makes you better at dealing with random and arbitrary numbers. A useful skill once you get to problems that involve looking up density/heat capacity/young's modulus/dielectric constant/whatever. Physicists actually tend to chose the most expedient set of units to concentrate on the real problems at hand  | ||
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DarkPlasmaBall
United States45708 Posts
On December 11 2011 03:46 Fission wrote: Imperial isn't more "complex", what does that even mean? It just uses extremely random and arbitrary numbers for most of the units, which makes it a pain to manipulate. It's funny because you asked a question and then answered it all by yourself. + Show Spoiler + | ||
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