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re: Converting the US to the metric system
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:58 am to theantiquetiger
Posted on 8/12/18 at 10:58 am to theantiquetiger
quote:
ot quite, I tried it with -40, came out to -56
-40x2 = -80
-80 - 10% = -72
-72 + 32 = -40
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Posted on 8/12/18 at 1:56 pm to DavidTheGnome
The goal is by 1980.
Posted on 8/12/18 at 2:27 pm to DavidTheGnome
Never...although I wish we would. On the flip side, frick using Celsius for temps. When 5 is cold, 15 is chilly, 25 is nice, and 35 is hot, your system sucks. Fahrenheit is much better imho.
Posted on 8/12/18 at 4:17 pm to DavidTheGnome
Hopefully never. Our system is humanist. It’s based on the size of body parts, the space between joints, the length of a stride, etc. Metric is without any reference to the natural world. It’s souless. Typical Eurotrash filth.
Posted on 8/13/18 at 12:27 pm to DavidTheGnome
quote:
How long before we do?
I was a co-op at a Department of Energy facility in the early 1990's. There was a sign from the late 60's at one of the turnstiles that said "Know your metric system...it's coming soon". They tore down the portal about 20 years ago, and all of the craft personnel still use U.S. customary (imperial) units.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 8:59 am to madmaxvol
I’m fine with:
Keeping miles
Keeping football yards
Keeping pounds
I would not mind getting rid of sae sockets for metric (or smaller than an inch measurements)
I’m not a plant manager or a mechanic.
Keeping miles
Keeping football yards
Keeping pounds
I would not mind getting rid of sae sockets for metric (or smaller than an inch measurements)
I’m not a plant manager or a mechanic.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 9:17 am to Powerman
quote:
What calculation do you think you could reliably perform in your head faster? Converting miles to inches or converting km to cm?
The answer to that is the downfall for the metric system... it doesn't matter how many cm are in a km, because you would never naturally measure anything using either units, and certainly almost never in both.
Both units are arbitrary and don't correspond to any natural measuring stick. Humans have used representative measurements since the dawn of humanity, it's what we do. It's why Americans measure things in football fields and even alligators before using the metric system.
Metric system = baseless, arbitrary units for those who are bad at math (but overwhelmingly forced to be used upon people who are good at math anyway).
FWIW, they standardized conversions between US customary units and metric, so we are "metric" in a sense.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 9:22 am to dstone12
I love random Easter bumps..
Posted on 4/9/23 at 9:55 am to TexasTiger89
quote:
No go on metric - Its the one thing that binds us as Americans.
Never … for all our differences in this country… the imperial system still is basically the only thing holding this country together…
Posted on 4/9/23 at 10:02 am to Sayre
quote:
3.5g = eight ball
This quantity and packaging of coke is said to be invented by Rickie Brown Lee… Miami downtown lawyers needed more than a gram but thought a quarter was just too much at one time… so along comes the 8ball (3.5g or 1/8 of a ounce)… Mr. Lee of Liberty City in Miami was a true American hero
Posted on 4/9/23 at 10:09 am to DavidTheGnome
Bout three fiddy … years
Posted on 4/9/23 at 10:14 am to DavidTheGnome
quote:
Everything is based on 10?
Last time I checked we use base 10 as well.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 10:14 am to Hangover Haven
quote:I like them better than “use the search function”.
I love random Easter bumps..
Posted on 4/9/23 at 10:18 am to Cooter Davenport
quote:
Metric is without any reference to the natural world
It's based on light and particles. It has its value.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 10:20 am to theantiquetiger
We export freedom 5.56mm at a time.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 10:20 am to DavidTheGnome
Posted on 4/9/23 at 10:21 am to DavidTheGnome
never
the only good SI unit is psi
the only good SI unit is psi
Posted on 4/9/23 at 10:21 am to athenslife101
Maths is still racist
Posted on 4/9/23 at 10:25 am to DavidTheGnome
The imperial system is far superior than the metric system in many ways. The simplest example is a meter can only be divided by 2 and 5. The imperial system can be divided by 2,3,4, and 6. The are many many purely American reasons why we need to keep the imperial system. Do your own homework why.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 10:25 am to dstone12
quote:Well, these kind of beautiful quotes would be gone.
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
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