EPTDo you use Imperial or Metric? - Page 41
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WightyCity
Canada887 Posts
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Rabbitmaster
1357 Posts
On December 09 2011 13:43 Keyboard Warrior wrote: please tell me where i can buy 0.3x0.3x3.6 meter wood In most countries? Since most countries switched to metric years ago? VERY us-centric op tbh. Personally i dont see any advantage in not using metric since i was raised with it all my life and it makes alot more sense. | ||
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Tef
Sweden443 Posts
1. Standard goes more naturally with fractions - quarter of a pint, half foot, etc. Technically, you don't say half meter but rather 50 centimeters or 500 millimeters. 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. The pros for Standard are only pros because you are used to it, it has nothing to do with a "foot or thumb" being easier to understand. As in what to use, use what is natural, when I am in the US I try to use Standard in conversations to be understood and the opposite in Sweden. But there are a few exceptions here, screens and bicycle tires are still meassured in "thumbs". | ||
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SF-Fork
Russian Federation1401 Posts
On December 11 2011 03:52 Forikorder wrote: i use both styles in my work as a cook 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 How is F more accurate than C for cooking? I mean, in C you use 0 for freezing ater and 100 for boiling, while in F you use 32 and 212. I would say a 0-100 system is easier to measure than 32-212... EDIT: according to wiki the F scale is official only in the US, Cayman Islands and Belize. Now that's stuborness. | ||
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LordAben
20 Posts
![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/k5FiL.jpg) Personally i was raised up using the standard measurements but after taking the time to understand the metric system, it simply just makes more sense to use it, and does not take long to learn. | ||
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Talho
Belgium592 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. Let me ask you something, if I buy 1 liter water, I know the content of it is 1dm³. Can you these same fast conversions with these ounce stuff ? | ||
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Diks
Belgium1880 Posts
It's not very popular in Europe and I really doubt it will ever be. Can you do physic's and mathematic's formulas using this ? | ||
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Tamehr
Canada63 Posts
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Paragleiber
413 Posts
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Rinrun
Canada3509 Posts
Measurements I give to Standard though- screens, lumber, etc. | ||
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B.I.G.
3251 Posts
As for the US, they probably didnt want to adopt the system used by the people they just declared independence from. What im trying to say is that its just the way history turned out... | ||
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shineq
United Kingdom1453 Posts
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SunTzuEU
Sweden221 Posts
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. No, not in America, but in the rest of the world people do. :p It's just like with everything else, Wireless networking frequencies used etc. etc. America uses a different standard than all the rest of the world for completely unknown reasons. | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On December 11 2011 06:33 SunTzuEU wrote: 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. No, not in America, but in the rest of the world people do. :p It's just like with everything else, Wireless networking frequencies used etc. etc. America uses a different standard than all the rest of the world for completely unknown reasons. US is one of the few countries that doesn't use metric... So the original poster has probably never been outside of the US. | ||
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oneofthem
Cayman Islands24199 Posts
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TheGiftedApe
United States1243 Posts
I dunno I use both don't really care, both are good for what they are. Measuring something very accurately always use metric and decimals. Trying to give an estimate of distance, I just fine miles/inches much easier than their metric counterparts, cause I grew up with those distances.(ie, gas station is about 2 miles east down this road, etc) Everyone in america knows the metric system and uses it everyday so no need to start flame war jeez, people these days, can't we all just get along. | ||
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gyth
657 Posts
On December 11 2011 06:15 Diks wrote: Can you do physic's and mathematic's formulas using this ? Yes! People had been doing math and science for millennia before metric. That metric people think it would be difficult to do math in imperial is a little disturbing. Sure, it is slightly more complex and a waste of time, but it isn't hard. P.S. if by "do" you meant "get published", then probably not. | ||
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Lyzon
United Kingdom440 Posts
Example... id rather be going 100mph then 160kph, might sound stupid to some but for those who live in the UK, you can probably back me up here  | ||
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gyth
657 Posts
On December 11 2011 06:57 oneofthem wrote: the earth is measured in pounds so if you don't use standard the world disappears LOL, so what is the weight of the Earth in your gravitational field? | ||
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VTPerfect
United States487 Posts
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