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On October 15 2012 15:45 jdseemoreglass wrote:Show nested quote +On October 15 2012 15:16 DeCoder wrote:
Actually that "the rest of the world vs USA" argument is inaccurate.
Along with the USA, the imperial system is used in
- Liberia
- Myanmar
I wonder who's going to be the last to change over?
Compiled reasons why the Metric system (*cough gay*) sucks and why Imperial is better. 1) When I measure, I measure like a man. Not like some girly European socialist. "Ooh, let's have some crumpets and walk a kilometer holding hands!" Pfff. 2) Kids love Fruit By The Foot. You want to give kids Fruit By The Meter? We already have an obesity epidemic you insensitive pricks. 3) Would you rather have your circumcised dick measured in manly inches or centimeters? That's what I thought. 4) Would you rather say you drank a fucking GALLON of Red Bull or 3.78 liters of English tea? Pfff again Europeans... 5) One meter is equal to the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. WHAT IN THE ROYAL FUCK? An inch is about the length of your thumb, and a foot is about, you guessed it, your foot. You can put away your particle accelerator now. 6) One degree Celsius is equal to the fraction of 1/273.16 “of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.” .... I... just... No. Fuck you celsius. Fuck you. 7) "Cause I would walk 500 kilometers and I would walk 500 more, just to be the man who walked 1000 kilometers to end up at your door." Hey, that's catchy! 8) I know what pounds per inch means. It makes sense. Who knows what the fuck a "Pascal" or a "Newton per meter" is? Enjoy having your tires blow out while you try to figure it out. That's tyres for people with small dicks. 9) Hey, Metric lovers. When are you gonna switch to a base-10 clock to measure time? Hypocrits. 10) Edit: Actually, no. Fuck number ten. 11) How many apostles did Jesus have again? 10? Even God uses Imperial. 12) "OMG it's SO hot, it's 38.4 degrees outside!" Again, fuck you celsius. USA, Liberia, Myanmar 1-0 Rest of the world.
Best post of this thread! Good job!
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On October 15 2012 16:20 FataLe wrote:
Imperial, not even once.
Temperature, is far more accurate in Imperial terms, that's about the only thing I'd give credit to.
I just love that stupid argument! Why on earth would imperial, or even for that matter metric, be more precise? When you measuring temperature the only difference between them is scaling and zero temperature. Both of which are irrelevant to precision and if you do want more precision just zoom in on the decimals. Another dent to this theory is that thermometers used in the USA are the same to those used elsewhere (it's true). From an accuracy standpoint it would mean that imperial user and the metric user could pinpoint the precise temperature only to down to a certain margin based upon the quality of the thermometer.
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Most people in my country don't know how long is an inch or a yard. Some don't even know they are length measures.
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Anyone want to explore the "metric" time system?
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Is there any country in the world who uses the "imperial (foot,inch...)" as an official system? If not maybe they should ask themselves why the other 193 countries uses the metric system.
Or is this one of the "naa we are america (fuck yea!) everyone else is so stupid to not use our thing"?
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I don't get why you guys talk about temperature and time since both the metric and imperial units are units to measure length and mass.
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On October 15 2012 17:06 Necosarius wrote:
I don't get why you guys talk about temperature and time since both the metric and imperial units are units to measure length and mass.
Don't try to explain science to people ! The unit of time is the second in both system and the unit of temperature is the Kelvin also in both system. Celsius and Fahrenheit are scales adapted to our day-life.
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On October 15 2012 17:01 USvBleakill wrote:
Is there any country in the world who uses the "imperial (foot,inch...)" as an official system? If not maybe they should ask themselves why the other 193 countries uses the metric system.
Or is this one of the "naa we are america (fuck yea!) everyone else is so stupid to not use our thing"?
Only Communists use the metric system, son
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On October 15 2012 15:45 jdseemoreglass wrote:Show nested quote +On October 15 2012 15:16 DeCoder wrote:
Actually that "the rest of the world vs USA" argument is inaccurate.
Along with the USA, the imperial system is used in
- Liberia
- Myanmar
I wonder who's going to be the last to change over?
Compiled reasons why the Metric system (*cough gay*) sucks and why Imperial is better. 1) When I measure, I measure like a man. Not like some girly European socialist. "Ooh, let's have some crumpets and walk a kilometer holding hands!" Pfff. 2) Kids love Fruit By The Foot. You want to give kids Fruit By The Meter? We already have an obesity epidemic you insensitive pricks. 3) Would you rather have your circumcised dick measured in manly inches or centimeters? That's what I thought. 4) Would you rather say you drank a fucking GALLON of Red Bull or 3.78 liters of English tea? Pfff again Europeans... 5) One meter is equal to the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. WHAT IN THE ROYAL FUCK? An inch is about the length of your thumb, and a foot is about, you guessed it, your foot. You can put away your particle accelerator now. 6) One degree Celsius is equal to the fraction of 1/273.16 “of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.” .... I... just... No. Fuck you celsius. Fuck you. 7) "Cause I would walk 500 kilometers and I would walk 500 more, just to be the man who walked 1000 kilometers to end up at your door." Hey, that's catchy! 8) I know what pounds per inch means. It makes sense. Who knows what the fuck a "Pascal" or a "Newton per meter" is? Enjoy having your tires blow out while you try to figure it out. That's tyres for people with small dicks. 9) Hey, Metric lovers. When are you gonna switch to a base-10 clock to measure time? Hypocrits. 10) Edit: Actually, no. Fuck number ten. 11) How many apostles did Jesus have again? 10? Even God uses Imperial. 12) "OMG it's SO hot, it's 38.4 degrees outside!" Again, fuck you celsius. USA, Liberia, Myanmar 1-0 Rest of the world.
Dat Edit! So good. :D
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On October 15 2012 16:53 S:klogW wrote:
Anyone want to explore the "metric" time system?
What's wrong there?
A second is the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom.
A minute is the duration of 551,557,906,200 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom.
An hour is the duration of 33,093,474,372,000 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom.
A day is the duration of 794,243,384,928,000 periods of the radiation corresponding to the transition between the two hyperfine levels of the ground state of the caesium 133 atom.
etc.
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quick someone make this thread cyclical
Point out the just as arbitrary choices used for the base of the measurements. Making no real distinction
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On October 15 2012 18:41 semantics wrote:
quick someone make this thread cyclical
Point out the just as arbitrary choices used for the base of the measurements. Making no real distinction
There is of course the Natural Unit of measure for non-arbitrary constants.
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On December 09 2011 13:32 Keyboard Warrior wrote:
Advantages of Standard
1. Imperial 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. Imperial 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.
1. In theory, you seem to be right. But in real life, i drink a glass of 0,33 l of water. That's a third, and I don't really need more accuracy. So in daily life it has never bothered me at all. Also half a liter is a pretty common term.
2. Where I live, i buy 400ml or 500ml or 1 l milk, and we actually buy our wood in stere (which is m³). So if i buy 5 stere, it would be 1x1x5, all in meter. I don't see any problem there.
What it comes down to is that you can use both systems, and can get used to both systems. However, conversions seem to be far easier in metric, and that seems to be all there is to it.
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CGS is the way to go, yo.
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Everybody here uses metrics and it's much more easier.
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On October 15 2012 12:29 micronesia wrote:Show nested quote +On October 15 2012 12:06 NeMeSiS3 wrote:On October 15 2012 12:04 micronesia wrote:On October 15 2012 12:01 GT350 wrote:
What irritates me is how NASA and other established institutions use 128,097 feet/24 miles during the Felix Baumgartner's record skydiving.
Why? I learned that metric is efficient and universal from grade school. But why are institutions still using other forms, especially the hideous imperial unit of measurement? People know how big a foot or a mile is (in fact, even an alien wouldn't have much trouble understanding feet.... can't say the same for meters XD) but they don't know how big a meter or a km is. Obviously this is an oversimplification, but that's generally what it is. I would argue your opinion is wrong. You are equating because of your specific knowledge that an alien would be able to easily understand imperial. Imperial is an absolutely astoundingly awful system of measurement. You can't possibly argue that an alien would find moving up by 10's harder than "Well this is 12, that is 24 and here is 1000 and well 4 make a x and 5 make a z" . I don't see why you think I made such a claim. All I meant was a 'foot' is somewhat self explanatory... it's roughly the length of a human foot. A 'meter' by itself doesn't mean anything as recognizable. I'm not saying feet are better than meters lol... you all need to calm down. Why is this such a touchy subject? Do we need to add it to the list with religion and the like?
The thing is that your statement is grossly inaccurate as 1 foot is 30.48 cm long. If you were to gather 50 men and 50 women from your workplace, school, etc. i hardly doubt that you would find more than a few people among those 100, who has a foot that is 30.48 cm +/- 5mm.
The average US woman uses a size 9 shoe, which is approximately equal to a foot length of 25.3 cm (or 10 inches). This makes for a 15.3% difference between the average female foot length and the measure 1 foot.
In other words:
If an average american woman was to measure 10 feet (3.04 meter), based on the length of her own feet, she would 20.4 inches (51.8 cm) off. This means that if you were to measure 3 meters based on your foot size, you would be closer to 4 meters than 3 meters.
I think the reason that this is somewhat of a touchy subject, is because of the fact that americans from time to time tend to claim that the american way of doing things is the best, even though it is obviously not. And that is pretty much the case when it comes to measurement systems. Even though the metric system is by far the most convenient, and most widespread, americans still claim that the "standard" system is the best. Needless to say this is not the case for all americans.
sources:
http://www.i18nguy.com/l10n/shoes.html
http://www.statisticbrain.com/shoe-size-averages/
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On October 15 2012 15:45 jdseemoreglass wrote:Show nested quote +On October 15 2012 15:16 DeCoder wrote:
Actually that "the rest of the world vs USA" argument is inaccurate.
Along with the USA, the imperial system is used in
- Liberia
- Myanmar
I wonder who's going to be the last to change over?
Compiled reasons why the Metric system (*cough gay*) sucks and why Imperial is better. 1) When I measure, I measure like a man. Not like some girly European socialist. "Ooh, let's have some crumpets and walk a kilometer holding hands!" Pfff. 2) Kids love Fruit By The Foot. You want to give kids Fruit By The Meter? We already have an obesity epidemic you insensitive pricks. 3) Would you rather have your circumcised dick measured in manly inches or centimeters? That's what I thought. 4) Would you rather say you drank a fucking GALLON of Red Bull or 3.78 liters of English tea? Pfff again Europeans... 5) One meter is equal to the distance that light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 of a second. WHAT IN THE ROYAL FUCK? An inch is about the length of your thumb, and a foot is about, you guessed it, your foot. You can put away your particle accelerator now. 6) One degree Celsius is equal to the fraction of 1/273.16 “of the thermodynamic temperature of the triple point of water.” .... I... just... No. Fuck you celsius. Fuck you. 7) "Cause I would walk 500 kilometers and I would walk 500 more, just to be the man who walked 1000 kilometers to end up at your door." Hey, that's catchy! 8) I know what pounds per inch means. It makes sense. Who knows what the fuck a "Pascal" or a "Newton per meter" is? Enjoy having your tires blow out while you try to figure it out. That's tyres for people with small dicks. 9) Hey, Metric lovers. When are you gonna switch to a base-10 clock to measure time? Hypocrits. 10) Edit: Actually, no. Fuck number ten. 11) How many apostles did Jesus have again? 10? Even God uses Imperial. 12) "OMG it's SO hot, it's 38.4 degrees outside!" Again, fuck you celsius. USA, Liberia, Myanmar 1-0 Rest of the world.
Best post ever.
You just made my day.
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Time to move into the 21st century guys..... Imperial is a joke.
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