happyxix
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As a 4th year mechanical engineering student who have to learn 2 stupid unit systems... YES
Originally Posted by happyxix /img/forum/go_quote.gif As a 4th year mechanical engineering student who have to learn 2 stupid unit systems... YES |
Originally Posted by JazzVinyl /img/forum/go_quote.gif "Do I want the Metric system in the USA?" No, I don't. And the funny thing is when I was a youngster in Elementary and Jr High, (long ago boys and girls) it was widely thought that metric was coming, like it or not, and we all studied the conversion charts. And, as I recall, there were some Interstate mileage signs at that time that ONLY had km milage listed. This was supposed to put all doubts aside that "metric was coming". Seveal decades later...here we still is... ... |
Originally Posted by itsborken /img/forum/go_quote.gif I remember as a teenager Ohio had an occasional dual mileage/km sign posted on I-70. Anybody know if they are still up? |
Originally Posted by itsborken /img/forum/go_quote.gif Such problems, wasn't that taught to you back in middle school? I'd think that would be second nature by now, especially at the Senior level courses. Do you think if they eliminated it your GPA would take a big jump up especially since engineering gives partial credit if the concepts are right and the numbers were just punched into the calculator wrong? |
Originally Posted by ChopTart /img/forum/go_quote.gif I think it's more a matter of conforming for the sake of simplicity. The only real reason I can conceive we still use imperial is entrenchment, and that's not much of a good reason at all in my book. All it does is add to the confusion (e.g. Mars Orbiter). |
Originally Posted by Landis /img/forum/go_quote.gif Sometimes I like to change things up and I swap measurements of weight and volume. "I'm going to store to grab a kilogram or two of milk!", "This bag weighs a few litres!" etc. |
Originally Posted by ChopTart /img/forum/go_quote.gif 3rd year chemical engineering student - yes please. Just because it was presented at some point earlier on doesn't mean that it's anywhere near as intuitive as the metric system. For instance, a slug is 32.17405 pounds mass. Why the arbitrary conversion number? Why even bother with such a unit at all? |
Originally Posted by itsborken /img/forum/go_quote.gif As a 3rd year ChE (before I transferred to Com Sci because I enjoyed modeling/simulation a heck of a lot more than all the other courses combined) I know where you are coming from. I can tell you that I don't remember a 'slug' ever coming up in Unit Ops, Thermo, or any of the other courses. Yeah, there's some crazy units of measure out there but that doesn't mean they are in normal use, even in ChE. You're going to scare people away from the field I'm all for using metric for engineering and science. It just doesn't add any value for day to day living. |