[Flasken]

This is a proposal for a new rule at head-fi.

I've gotten sick and tired of not being able to understand anything in threads, that are about length or weight, for example, the "how much can you bench" thread.

From now on, only use of the metric system is allowed. Use of inches, feet, pounds, yards, miles etc., will be PUNISHED with three hours of listening to music through sony streetstyles.

[EDIT: smiley added as indicator of the presence of irony/sarcasm

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[Mr.PD]

The metric system is for weak brained folks that can't mutiply by 12 or divide by 3 or 64,12,16 .................... all those odd numbers.

You know how those yanks (I'm not a yankee) have a need to make everything difficult.

Besides, how much is a kilogram?

 

[mekanoplastik]

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how much is a kilogram

one kilogram weight the same as one liter of water..

m.

 

[00940]

yep and same for the degrees. I never understand anything with the Farenheit. Hurra for the celsius.

 

[raymondlin]

2.2lbs = 1Kg = 1 liter of water

Metrics system makes much more sense, everything is related. The imperial system is strange, don't know how that got started really, like 12Oz = 1 Ibs? isn't 1000g = 1Kg much easier? And the whole Fahrenheit thing don't make sense either, water freeze at 0c and boils at 100. simple and easy.

 

[Strogian]

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Originally posted by raymondlin 2.2lbs = 1Kg = 1 liter of water Metrics system makes much more sense, everything is related. The imperial system is strange, don't know how that got started really, like 12Oz = 1 Ibs? isn't 1000g = 1Kg much easier? And the whole Fahrenheit thing don't make sense either, water freeze at 0c and boils at 100. simple and easy.

Random link:
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a891215.html

 

[elrod-tom]

The metric system is a communist plot...it was originally launched to preoccupy Americans with conversion from familiar measures. As soon as we weren't looking, that's when they'd have us.

Fortunately, it never worked out. Just imagine how different things would have been if the Ruskies had invaded Montana (line in that moronic Red Dawn movie with Charlie Sheen). Think that HeadRoom would be making headphone amps? More like shortwave radios for the people's army!!

We should all thank our lucky stars that the metric system never caught on.

 

[wallijonn]

http://www.joshmadison.com/software/convert/

 

[Mr.PD]

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Originally posted by mekanoplastik one kilogram weight the same as one liter of water.. m.

Maybe I should have phrased that differently; How much is a kilo?
Went whizzing right over your heads didn't it.

BTW 160z = 1 lb or 1 pint which if of water doesn't weigh a pound.

Like I said the engllish (imperial) system is for thinking men. The metric system is for pansies.

I say post in whatever system you use. I have to convert metric numbers to real numbers, you can convert also.

What about that British pound? Why do they call money a unit of weight?

 

[raymondlin]

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Originally posted by Strogian Random link: http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a891215.html

Having read that, that Fahrenheit guy didn't know what he was doing at all ! he made it all up as it goes along, didn't like negative numbers so he multiplies the original scale by some random amount, and then multiply it by another amount for the sake of doing it, and made up 0 = Water, ice and ammonia chloride?

Now, wasn't that very "scientific" of him?

 

[raymondlin]

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Originally posted by Mr.PD What about that British pound? Why do they call money a unit of weight?

It just so happens it's call pound, why do they call Dollar a dollar, why not a nat or Stipplulars ?or apple and apple? or table a table? what is so special that the letters T A B L E comes together? You are getting on a completely different territory here.

 

[gloco]

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Originally posted by Flasken This is a proposal for a new rule at head-fi. I've gotten sick and tired of not being able to understand anything in threads, that are about length or weight, for example, the "how much can you bench" thread. From now on, only use of the metric system is allowed. Use of inches, feet, pounds, yards, miles etc., will be PUNISHED with three hours of listening to music through sony streetstyles.

Do you want me to jump on a plane and pay you a visit? The day we use that person metric system is the day the world takes a turn for the worst...

(i'm joking by the way)

 

[raymondlin]

How much is a kilo? it's 500g, it doesn't go by my head at all. I have bought up with the metric system up until I was 11 when I was living in HK, but I've also lived with the imperial system for 12 years. And the matric system make so much more sense, in the line of work I do (architecture), everything is metric. And it makes things so much easier when you are working with metric, especially with a calculator. How do you add 12oz and 11oz and 12Ib and 2oz on a calculator?

You can't

 

[Anders]

elrod-tom,
The metric system was created in France after the 1789 revolution. The political ideas of enlightment and freedom in France were also an essential part of of the US independance of England. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France.
For some reason, anyone knows?, US has kept the imperial system. Even UK has given up because there are problem with it, and also in 1971 have discontinued the old 1 pound = 20 shillings and 1 shilling = 12 pence. To further complicate it, there also was a pound sterling = 21 shillings.
I don't know if your statment is ironic, but know that there are many strange stories about the ruskies in USA (approximately ruskies = devils).

 

[elrod-tom]

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Originally posted by Anders elrod-tom, The metric system was created in France after the 1789 revolution. The political ideas of enlightment and freedom in France were also an essential part of of the US independance of England. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France. For some reason, anyone knows?, US has kept the imperial system. Even UK has given up because there are problem with it, and also in 1971 have discontinued the old 1 pound = 20 shillings and 1 shilling = 12 pence. To further complicate it, there also was a pound sterling = 21 shillings. I don't know if your statment is ironic, but know that there are many strange stories about the ruskies in USA (approximately ruskies = devils).

Ah HAAAA!!! The FRENCH were behind it!! I might have known!!!

As an aside, I hope that you didn't REALLY take my Ruskies rant seriously. Please tell me you didn't fall for it.