[Mad Max]

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Originally Posted by MrGreen /img/forum/go_quote.gif America should have swapped to metric in the 70s. Way way way overdue.

x2

 

[Anonanimal]

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Originally Posted by Leto Atreides II /img/forum/go_quote.gif Yes, but I don't care one way or the other. Are people really incapable of dealing with both systems?

I don't feel that the issue is that we are "incapable", but rather that it's a waste of time and effort to use two systems when there is one that can pretty much cover what we need.

 

[scompton]

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Originally Posted by mark2410 /img/forum/go_quote.gif do what the uk does and just use both

That's what we were doing in the 70s. Road signs for distance had miles and kilometers, speed limits were posted in mph and kph, and weather reports had both F and C. But it stopped sometime in the late 70s.

 

[smrtby123]

I get both responses as an engineer. I had one prof that loves the US system because you are already thinking in terms of force with the pound-standard but that is only thing the US system has going for it. The best example I use is just length alone. I can't do the fraction math fast enough in my head, let alone try to get the decimal fast enough to put it into a CAD program without using a calculator. Such a pain in the neck.

 

[baka1969]

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Originally Posted by Kirosia /img/forum/go_quote.gif No, cause it was just end up confusing the hell out of my teddy bear.

I spoke with your teddy bear and he's only 2/3 convinced. I explained that thinking in 10's is so much easier. So now we're inching closer.

 

[Anonanimal]

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Originally Posted by baka1969 /img/forum/go_quote.gif I spoke with your teddy bear and he's only 2/3 convinced. I explained that thinking in 10's is so much easier. So now we're inching closer.

lol

 

[logwed]

I would love to see the metric system implemented here. The only metric measurement that I have a problem with is temperature.

 

[Redo]

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Originally Posted by logwed /img/forum/go_quote.gif I would love to see the metric system implemented here. The only metric measurement that I have a problem with is temperature.

I don't think celsius is a metric measurement. But in any case, celsius is a beautiful way of measuring temperature. 0° is when water freezes, 100° is when water boils, couldn't ask for a more logical measurement of temperature.

 

[jjinh]

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Originally Posted by logwed /img/forum/go_quote.gif I would love to see the metric system implemented here. The only metric measurement that I have a problem with is temperature.

I suppose you mean with weather forecasts and the like. yeah, i imagine it could be confusing at first. But with 0 Celsius/centigrade as the freezing temp of water (or melting point of ice), 100 boiling point - you nice round numbers... you'll get use to it

 

[intoflatlines]

I like the metric system for small measurements especially (< meters) but I am very used to miles/mph and Fahrenheit.

 

[ford2]

I drive a car with mph speedo so convert as I drive,was in the building game for years and use both systems,something you have to do when ordering material.
There are lots of materials that still come in imperial sizes.
Even in a Country where its been metric for years you find many using tapes with metric and imperial markings.
I know a lot of machinists that still work in thousandths of an inch as do most engine builders so there is a place for both systems,[Ships still have the knot].

Lets be honest if the Imperial system is to hard to understand then we have a problem with education not with the system.

Reminds me of the days when the whole world would speak one language and there would be no more problems,and so Esperanto was born and we are still waiting for it to mature.[Why flog a dead horse]

 

[Leto Atreides II]

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Originally Posted by Anonanimal /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't feel that the issue is that we are "incapable", but rather that it's a waste of time and effort to use two systems when there is one that can pretty much cover what we need.

Apparently NASA can't handle the difference. But aside from rocket scientists, I don't think it's a big deal.

 

[MCC]

The current system of measurement that we use in the US makes absolutely no sense so I try to avoid it when I can. I still use imperial units for driving (MPH, MPG, miles) and ambient temperature but I use the metric system for everything else.

 

[logwed]

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Originally Posted by Redo /img/forum/go_quote.gif I don't think celsius is a metric measurement. But in any case, celsius is a beautiful way of measuring temperature. 0° is when water freezes, 100° is when water boils, couldn't ask for a more logical measurement of temperature.

My qualm with it (Celsius/Centigrade) is that, while it is well-supported by scientific phenomena, it isn't as precise in measuring ever-day conditions on the surface of the earth. Plus, it isn't even all that useful scientifically.

 

[Orpheus]

best reason to go metric:...

so you don't have to buy 2 sets of sockets and wrenches.

(snapon has made a fortune off of me.

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