re: The metric system is indeed superior

I believe it was France that switched to a decimal clock after the French revolution in 1793. It didn't last long.

A decimal clock uses 10's, just like metric. So 10 hours in a day, 100 minutes in an hour, and 100 seconds in a minute.

Also I prefer Fahrenheit over Celsius. F is more precise than Celsius.

I ran a superior statistical analysis and my data shows the metric system to be inferior.

I think MAGA is a better slogan.

There was a push in the 1970s to switch to metric but it quietly faded away. Too much of a hassle. It’s basically like learning a new language- For at least the first generation everything will have to be translated back into pounds and miles for it to make any sense.

Apparently scales don’t

Recall the multi-million dollar mistake in 1999 when engineers failed to convert from metric to English

Mars Probe Lost

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NASA lost its $125-million Mars Climate Orbiter because spacecraft engineers failed to convert from English to metric measurements when exchanging vital data before the craft was launched, space agency officials said Thursday.

A navigation team at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory used the metric system of millimeters and meters in its calculations, while Lockheed Martin Astronautics in Denver, which designed and built the spacecraft, provided crucial acceleration data in the English system of inches, feet and pounds.

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When is the last time you saw Barometric pressure stated in inches?

I know they started posting dual pressures at least in the 80s but for the past 10 years or so I can't remember seeing anything except for millibars.

It takes time but eventually you adjust to a different method of measurement.

1086 mb (32.08 inches of mercury): Highest Ever Recorded
1030 mb (30.42 inches of mercury): Strong High Pressure System
1013 mb (29.92 inches of mercury): Average Sea Level Pressure
1000 mb (29.54 inches of mercury): Typical Low Pressure System
980 mb (28.95 inches of mercury): CAT 1 Hurricane or a very intense mid-latitude cyclone
950 mb (28.06 inches of mercury): CAT 3 Hurricane
870 mb (25.70 inches of mercury): Lowest Ever Recorded (not including tornadoes)

The number ten has no special significance other than being the number of fingers most people have. Standard measurements are just fine.

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There was a push in the 1970s to switch to metric but it quietly faded away. Too much of a hassle. It’s basically like learning a new language- For at least the first generation everything will have to be translated back into pounds and miles for it to make any sense.

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I remember the 113 meter postings down foul lines.

150 meter home run doesn't have the same ring as 480 ft or whatever the actual conversion is.