EPTDo you use Imperial or Metric? - Page 42
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Hynda
Sweden2226 Posts
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DerNebel
Denmark648 Posts
On December 11 2011 07:26 Hynda wrote: can't believe there is an actual debate about this. One system was made up to be a better system than the other, that is the entire reason for it existing. The majority of people went "this system is bollocks, lets make up one that makes sense." It's not exactly a debate. It's more like the first post making some ignorant remarks and the rest of the thread going "HERPA DERPA what is this i dont even". Metric is just better. It was designed to be better for both everyday and scientific use and the succeded. The only reason someone would think "Standard"" (imperial) is easier to work with under any circumstance is because of habit. | ||
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Frigo
Hungary1023 Posts
The worst imperial can offer is when measuring heights of people. Another of my pet peeves is retarded date formats like mm-dd-yyyy or dd-mm-yyyy. Apart from being an ISO standard, the only reasonable date format is yyyy-mm-dd. | ||
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Floobie
England296 Posts
In England (Much like the USA), Imperial was the norm, but we changed to metric. I grew up learning Imperial and kind of switched to Metric in my childhood. I know most Metric measurements but as i said, i still use Imperial for some things, and i find myself freely changing whether i use Imperial or Metric depending on who im talking to. Like my dad i would give the measurement in inchs, but my sister i would give it in centimetres. | ||
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Gummy
United States2180 Posts
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Yorbon
Netherlands4272 Posts
But besides, I use metric, because I learned it that way and everyting in society here is handled that way (as far as I know, there might be exceptions). And unlike someone mentioned in this thread, I DO get a 400 ml drink. I think there is nothing wrong with either of them. I'm convinced in daily life both of them are used because of habit, not because one is better, or more logical. I agree the metrical system is easier for scientific purposes, but in daily life, it doesn't make any difference | ||
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Sufficiency
Canada23833 Posts
On December 11 2011 08:20 Gummy wrote: People who use Imperial instead of Metric, should be crushed under 2000 pounds of stone and have their bodies dragged 7 miles until their corpses are bloodied and unrecognizable. I assume you are just trying to be funny/sarcastic. | ||
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JayJay_90
Germany1632 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. wtf of course i do that :D | ||
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Ghostcom
Denmark4783 Posts
On December 11 2011 08:05 Frigo wrote: We do measure drinks in deciliters and liters: 2dl, 3dl, half a liter, 1l, 2l. It's pretty convenient actually. The worst imperial can offer is when measuring heights of people. Another of my pet peeves is retarded date formats like mm-dd-yyyy or dd-mm-yyyy. Apart from being an ISO standard, the only reasonable date format is yyyy-mm-dd. Why in the world is yyyy-mm-dd better than dd-mm-yyyy? | ||
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hmunkey
United Kingdom1973 Posts
I think the point being made was simply that imperial units lend themselves to everyday use better, at least in practical usage. Metric is a lot more logical but it's not scaled as well to the amounts/distances we normally measure. It doesn't really matter either way since metric is the standard unit for anything scientific or international in the same way English is the universal language. When it really matters people use metric. | ||
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hmunkey
United Kingdom1973 Posts
On December 11 2011 08:42 Ghostcom wrote: Why in the world is yyyy-mm-dd better than dd-mm-yyyy? I think because we read right-to-left, so we start at the largest and go to the smallest to pinpoint the date logically? I'd prefer day first since I'd usually already know the year and month offhand though. | ||
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bertu
Brazil871 Posts
On December 11 2011 08:42 Ghostcom wrote: Why in the world is yyyy-mm-dd better than dd-mm-yyyy? I use yyyy-mm-dd for naming files ("yyyymmddFILENAME.XXX"), so than they get sorted correctly (newer to older) when organized by name in windows. | ||
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Imbattable
Germany85 Posts
On December 11 2011 08:42 Ghostcom wrote: Why in the world is yyyy-mm-dd better than dd-mm-yyyy? Could be because you get more precise going from left to right, just with other time units: Hour:Minute:Second I always get confused by mm-dd-yy xD | ||
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Grajen
Sweden24 Posts
On December 11 2011 08:46 hmunkey wrote: I think the point being made was simply that imperial units lend themselves to everyday use better, at least in practical usage. Metric is a lot more logical but it's not scaled as well to the amounts/distances we normally measure. It doesn't really matter either way since metric is the standard unit for anything scientific or international in the same way English is the universal language. When it really matters people use metric. At least in Sweden metric works very well for practical usage and lends itself much better for everyday use than the imperial would. I often buy 1 liter of milk, 1 or 1/2 kg potatoes or 1 meter planks. Depending on what system the country uses I guess things gets scaled to fit the system better. Its easier to market 1 liter milk than 0.789 liters of milk, therefore people sell 1 liter of milk. If I would use imperial in Sweden I would have to buy 1.76 pt of milk (if the milk stays the same volume) | ||
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hmunkey
United Kingdom1973 Posts
On December 11 2011 08:47 DontGiveUp wrote: I use yyyy-mm-dd for naming files ("yyyymmddFILENAME.XXX"), so than they get sorted correctly (newer to older) when organized by name in windows. You can just sort by date created (or modified) and name them normally... It has the same effect but doesn't look as silly. | ||
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THM
Bulgaria1131 Posts
On December 11 2011 08:20 Gummy wrote: People who use Imperial instead of Metric, should be crushed under 2000 pounds of stone and have their bodies dragged 7 miles until their corpses are bloodied and unrecognizable. I agree with this. Also, as a person above said, HERPA DERPA what is this i don't even  But yeah, here in Bulgaria everyone uses metric and I don't understand why people would think "standard" is more convenient. | ||
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hmunkey
United Kingdom1973 Posts
On December 11 2011 08:51 Grajen wrote: At least in Sweden metric works very well for practical usage and lends itself much better for everyday use than the imperial would. I often buy 1 liter of milk, 1 or 1/2 kg potatoes or 1 meter planks. Depending on what system the country uses I guess things gets scaled to fit the system better. Its easier to market 1 liter milk than 0.789 liters of milk, therefore people sell 1 liter of milk. Yeah but that's one of the big barriers to switching. No company in the US wants to be the first to switch to a new measurement since they would inevitably lose money. Any change in what you sell leads to changes in purchasing. This is why packaging and design change so rarely. On December 11 2011 05:51 SF-Fork wrote: 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. It's more accurate because there are more units. Going from 32 - 212 has a lot more steps than 0 - 100 so unless you want to use decimals, F allows you to be more accurate. Of course C is a lot more logical, but that doesn't really apply to the accuracy. | ||
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Pulimuli
Sweden2766 Posts
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amd098
Korea (North)1366 Posts
i HATE standard, we NEED metric why do i measure my liquids for work in ml, l, and so on, but then i get to a store and do gallons and pints? wtf this makes no sense, quarts, pints, ugh and physics problems back in college that used standard, omfg that was so imba, i hated that stuff foot pound? slug? wtf a slug is a small creature with no spine... ugh | ||
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bertu
Brazil871 Posts
On December 11 2011 08:52 hmunkey wrote: You can just sort by date created (or modified) and name them normally... It has the same effect but doesn't look as silly. That is what I used to do, but sometimes I would open an old file, see a mistake and fix it, and this would screw up the chronological order using the sort by date method. | ||
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