EPTDo you use Imperial or Metric? - Page 43
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BearStorm
United States795 Posts
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Fatalize
France5210 Posts
This word alone describes well how awful the "standart" system is. Can't even believe some people use this. | ||
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turdburgler
England6749 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. again, wat?! how is a foot or a yard any more practical than a meter? | ||
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revy
United States1524 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. How many stones of stones would that be? | ||
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Hittegods
Stockholm4641 Posts
142, duuuuh! | ||
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Wihl
Sweden472 Posts
Are you from any of these countries? http://i.imgur.com/Dy0VH.jpg | ||
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MrSalamandra
United Kingdom412 Posts
On December 11 2011 08:54 hmunkey wrote: 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. 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. That doesn't really make it more accurate, just allows for more increments of temperature if, for some reason, you decide it's impossible to use non-integers. So really it only solves a problem that doesn't exist. You are allowed to use decimals. Plus for cooking, it's not so delicate a process that you need that many increments. You could mostly go up in increments of 10°C and be fine, food doesn't explode because you're cooking it 0.5°C hotter than is ideal. | ||
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MasterBlasterCaster
United States568 Posts
I was under the impression that the US was the last country that used standard... is that true? | ||
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Meteora.GB
Canada2479 Posts
I use standard (isn't it called imperial?) for measuring my own height and all. | ||
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GreEny K
Germany7312 Posts
On December 11 2011 05:30 thoradycus wrote: metric, couldnt really give a fuck about "standard" Metric is the standard. | ||
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Nosforit
Canada260 Posts
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Eogris
United States148 Posts
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iLikeRain
Denmark504 Posts
The only reason some countries are still using the imperial is that it's too big a burden. But it's a very bad and flawed system. | ||
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Kireak
Sweden358 Posts
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ZpuX
Sweden1230 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. Uhm, what kind of real problem does not involve looking up constants hehe? I mean, it's not really a problem to use slug/ft^2 and stuff like that when the numbers are of decent magnitude. But when you are to calculate really big numbers or really small numbers, then it gets way more efficient to use a system where you can easily scale the number from 10 000m to 10km. | ||
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gyth
657 Posts
On December 11 2011 10:44 ZpuX wrote: But when you are to calculate really big numbers or really small numbers, then it gets way more efficient to use a system where you can easily scale the number from 10 000m to 10km. Or just use scientific notation. | ||
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Darthsanta13
United States564 Posts
But yeah, looking forward to the day when we Americans convert over to a more logical system. But I'm not holding my breath. | ||
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aethereality
Canada62 Posts
-40 is reaaaaallly cold, and equal to -40 Fahrenheit. -20 starts to nip at the skin a bit -10 is pleasantly cold, snowman weather 0 degrees is the temperature at which water freezes. 10 degrees is a little bit chilly 20 degrees is a perfect summer day 28 degrees is sweat-dripping weather (around 82 degrees F) 35 degrees is air-conditioner killing, extreme, sweltering, desert heat 40 degrees is awful | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
On December 11 2011 12:16 aethereality wrote: For anyone used to Fahrenheit that has issues understanding Celsius, it is quite easy if you just remember the following: -40 is reaaaaallly cold, and equal to -40 Fahrenheit. 0 degrees is the temperature at which water freezes. 10 degrees is a little bit chilly 20 degrees is a perfect summer day 28 degrees is sweat-dripping weather (around 82 degrees F) 35 degrees is air-conditioner killing, extreme, sweltering, desert heat 40 degrees is awful 82f is sweat dripping weather that's a perfect summer day. | ||
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Dfgj
Singapore5922 Posts
On December 11 2011 12:16 aethereality wrote: For anyone used to Fahrenheit that has issues understanding Celsius, it is quite easy if you just remember the following: -40 is reaaaaallly cold, and equal to -40 Fahrenheit. -20 starts to nip at the skin a bit -10 is pleasantly cold, snowman weather 0 degrees is the temperature at which water freezes. 10 degrees is a little bit chilly 20 degrees is a perfect summer day 28 degrees is sweat-dripping weather (around 82 degrees F) 35 degrees is air-conditioner killing, extreme, sweltering, desert heat 40 degrees is awful 10 is fuck i need a coat 20 is air-conditioned rooms 28 is a normal day 35 is hot out 40 is desert-ish, or in the sun on the hottest days in Singapore | ||
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