EPTDo you use Imperial or Metric? - Page 5
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Fontong
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Voltaire
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koreasilver
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The_LiNk
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On December 09 2011 14:34 Fontong wrote: The only good thing about imperial, in my opinion, is Fahrenheit. The weather rarely goes above 100, so that's basically a max and you can go off that. Not having freezing at zero is a pain though :/ A good system for casual temperature measurement would have the hottest weather for temperate climes at 100 degrees and freezing at zero. Very easy to tell how the weather is. There is a temperature measurement system that has freezing at zero. It's called Celsius. Everyone else in the world uses that too. | ||
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Pkol
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Do they teach metric at all in American schools? | ||
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semantics
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On December 09 2011 14:35 The_LiNk wrote: There is a temperature measurement system that has freezing at zero. It's called Celsius. Everyone else in the world uses that too. 0.03 you mean if i remember correctly. | ||
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sinistrorsey2
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Mazer
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On December 09 2011 14:34 Fontong wrote: The only good thing about imperial, in my opinion, is Fahrenheit. The weather rarely goes above 100, so that's basically a max and you can go off that. Not having freezing at zero is a pain though :/ A good system for casual temperature measurement would have the hottest weather for temperate climes at 100 degrees and freezing at zero. Very easy to tell how the weather is. Or you can set 100 to be something consistent like I dunno, the boiling point of water at a certain pressure since you're already using 0 for the freezing point of water at a certain pressure. | ||
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theBALLS
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paperwing
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valheru
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Cramsy
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speedphlux
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Fontong
United States6454 Posts
On December 09 2011 14:38 Mazer wrote: Or you can set 100 to be something consistent like I dunno, the boiling point of water at a certain pressure since you're already using 0 for the freezing point of water at a certain pressure. Seems like everyone decided to gloss over my post. "A good system for casual" Causal. As in day to day, as in the most important temperature for most people will be the temperature of the weather. I only mean that it's nice to have 100 degrees as a general cap for the weather and freezing at zero. Jesus, people are so touchy about their systems of measurement. I don't even think anyone in this thread is really arguing that imperial > metric, as that is basically impossible to argue. I simply mentioned practically the only convenience of using the imperial system. | ||
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semantics
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On December 09 2011 14:38 Mazer wrote: Or you can set 100 to be something consistent like I dunno, the boiling point of water at a certain pressure since you're already using 0 for the freezing point of water at a certain pressure. That assumes pressure to be constant which it's not in the real world, so it's not really idea to say it feels like this tempeature which is why there are things like wind sheer calculations in weather and crap. Really outside of science units there is very few solid reasons for why you should use metric over imperial. | ||
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
On December 09 2011 14:37 Pkol wrote: Pretty much echoing what everyone else is saying. It's pretty much the US and Liberia that haven't gone Metric yet. It makes more sense etc etc etc. Do they teach metric at all in American schools? Yes, you have to learn it in science courses like chemistry since we don't measure things in imperial in chemistry even in the US and I'm pretty sure most physics courses teach you metric distance measurements. However those students not going into the sciences in university will more than likely forget how to convert imperial measurements to metric measurements and go on using imperial. You don't see metric anywhere else so it's difficult to retain the information. | ||
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JustinL
Australia58 Posts
I had no idea Americans are told the imperial system is called 'standard'. It is as far away from standard as you can get. | ||
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MeteorRise
Canada611 Posts
On December 09 2011 14:03 AxelTVx wrote: Height is the only thing I don't use metric for. I always say 5"X instead of how many cm tall This exactly. As a Canadian I lived my life surrounded by the metric system, and standard always felt a little silly. However, I still think of my height in feet, and weight in pounds. Other than these two exceptions, I use the metric system as a "default" way to measure things in my mind. I wish the entire world would simply switch to metric, then at least we would all be on the same page. | ||
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Malgrif
Canada1095 Posts
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DoctorHelvetica
United States15034 Posts
On December 09 2011 14:46 JustinL wrote: The imperial system is only around because people can't be bothered changing. It's hilarious reading some American people reply that imperial makes more sense. It only makes sense to you because you have been using it since you were a kid. from an unbiased perspective, metric just makes more sense to use. You can do more complex calculations in your head with it. SI units are based off it. I had no idea Americans are told the imperial system is called 'standard'. It is as far away from standard as you can get. We aren't told anything. I was never taught that our measurement system had a name. We used what we used (ounces, feet, inches, etc.) and the other system was called metric but I was never taught the origin of our system or the name of it. I think my chemistry teacher in highschool might have made some passing references to the origins of our american measurement system though. | ||
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