When are you yankees going to start use the metric system?

[Diphallia]

Yeah, really. When?
The metric system is superior to your inches and feet and whatever!

So, why haven't you guys converted yet?

[CCThrom]

I keep telling the gub'ment the same thing, but for some reason they won't answer my email.

[skvv]

CONVERT!

Not until we've crashed our 100th space mission due to errors in measurement. I'd like to know when we start teaching the lettered paper system with all paper in school.

[TASmith]

never. Today a doctor asked me how tall I was in Metric units. I just shrugged and said 5' 10".

[Diphallia]

someday you got to convert.
It's inevitable.

[Black Spot]

Why should they? I use both for measuring length and weighing in cooking - sometimes at the same time. My brain can cope, can't yours? even the EU has stopped jumping up and down about it.

[dwilliams]

Neverrrrrrrrr!!!!!

[kab]

Metric is superior! Kilometers and kilos everywhere, for everyone, NOW!

CONVERT!

[egerie]

Oh I don't know.. I find it hilarious to think the US is one of the only left to use (something derived from) the BRITISH IMPERIAL measuring system. Teeehehehehe

[s.ketch]

Oh I don't know.. I find it hilarious to think the US is one of the only left to use (something derived from) the BRITISH IMPERIAL measuring system. Teeehehehehe

Says the person who is probably surrounded by Roman Imperial architecture, uses a mostly Roman alphabet, and probably lives in a Romanesque government system. We all come from somewhere, even the Brits.

[Gerulaitis]

If i ever see US switch to metric it'll be too soon.

Everyone may make mistakes on conversion, especially when dealing with novelty situations. And it's particulary not fun when it happens where the outcome may be very very painful (Gimli Glider (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider), anyone?).

SI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_system) is ment to be just that - international.

Imperial is just that - a measurement system that should've been dead long ago.

[Gory]

Bah, why should we? When we want to complain about it being hot out, saying "It's like 100 degrees out!" sounds way hotter than, "Dude it's like 38 degrees outside!"

And when it's cold? Saying it's "Below zero" in Fahrenheit is way colder sounding than in Celsius.

It's about relativity...


...And novelty.

[Mirana]

You guys....are seriously discussing this. You know when you've been in the Lounge too long when.... :P

[Peter Coene]

someday you got to convert.
It's inevitable.
Are we talking about a system on measurement or a religion here?

[Portus]

Bah, why should we? When we want to complain about it being hot out, saying "It's like 100 degrees out!" sounds way hotter than, "Dude it's like 38 degrees outside!"

And when it's cold? Saying it's "Below zero" in Fahrenheit is way colder sounding than in Celsius.

It's about relativity...


...And novelty.

Length units is not the same as heat measuring scales.

You should change because no one knows what 3⅔ inches are.

[Gory]

Huh? Celsius is considered metric, last I checked.

3 and two-thirds inches is about the length of my middle finger. ;P

(If it's not already apparent, I'm being very, very, very facetious)

[tobbA]

Yeah. It's annoying. You have to pick out your cell phone and use the hands, fingers and toes to metric converter anytime you see an american meassurement :P

Or maybe we should start using the old Swedish aln, fot, tum and spann again.. would be pretty neat :)

[Diphallia]

Are we talking about a system on measurement or a religion here?

Thee shall all fall under influence of the meter!

[fionkell]

Thee shall all fall under influence of the meter!

you could at least spell it "metre". sigh

[Gory]

Don't be ridiculous, iolarnula. There is no centralized governing body on English spelling like there is in Spanish, French, or Italian. (to name a few) Noah Webster was one of the only spelling reformers that was met with a moderate amount of success. Even then, there really is no "correct" way to spell anything in English.

If you want to get technical, then the Webster standard of spelling is probably the most commonly used amongst English-writing people across the world. That doesn't necessarily mean that it's right, though.

English is an awesome language that people give too little credit for. It's very flexible and amazing things can be done with it. I wouldn't change a damn thing about it.

Especially it's crappy spelling system.

[Carl Dobsky]

someday you got to convert.
It's inevitable.

What are you??? The BORG??

And yes, I know exactly what 3 1/2 inches are. It's 14/4". Someone also said it was the size of your penis :rocker:

[Hyskoa]

What are you??? The BORG??

And yes, I know exactly what 3 1/2 inches are. It's 14/4". Someone also said it was the size of your penis :rocker:

1) What sort of conversation were you having that that type of information casually came up?
2) Is it safe for my mental health to know?

[Dorkthrone]

I remember seeing an article somewhere once in which a Dallas weather station got hate mail for using the fahrenheit system. I don't have it on me, so you'll have to look it up.

Yeah, that's why we don't have the metric system. I would love to be able to use it, but way too many people would be like "ZOMG WE MIGHT AS WELL SPEAKIN THAT IMMIGRANT SPANISH".

[Clodioz]

its more precise in metric... roads in usa says 60 mph, and if you converto those to kilometers per hour they're 96kmh, but in countries where is used the metric system, roads says 100 kmh :lol:..
And also goes for my stature, I cant say 174,55 centímetres in inches... 5'6''?¿¿?¿? wtf¿ xD

bad english and bad explanation is adviced xD

[Jacob Kobryn]

Di, honestly we all feel the same way but our government leaders have the IQ of about an average juvenile chimpanzee so I don't see it happening any time soon.

[Gory]

(Why am I posting in this thread so much?)

I have a Canadian friend whose father bought a Cadillac, and subsequently had to sell it because it had a digital speedometer that only displayed speed in mph.

The short version of the story is, he didn't realize it was it was displaying his speed in mph until he got the ticket.

[serhc]

And yes, I know exactly what 3 1/2 inches are. It's 14/4". Someone also said it was the size of your penis :rocker:

both of them combined

[GhostValkyrie]

I use the metric system all the time. However; I live in Japan. That might have something to do with it.

[Nettle_Mountain]

I don't give shit, the again im drunk as i write this and so trivial drama like this doesn't concern me right now

[chriskot]

As far as I know, the only three countries left in the world that officially still use the imperial system are the USA, Turkey, and Myanmar.
Get with the act you guys. The metric system is hip and groovy.

[fionkell]

Don't be ridiculous, iolarnula. There is no centralized governing body on English spelling like there is in Spanish, French, or Italian. (to name a few) Noah Webster was one of the only spelling reformers that was met with a moderate amount of success. Even then, there really is no "correct" way to spell anything in English.

If you want to get technical, then the Webster standard of spelling is probably the most commonly used amongst English-writing people across the world. That doesn't necessarily mean that it's right, though.

English is an awesome language that people give too little credit for. It's very flexible and amazing things can be done with it. I wouldn't change a damn thing about it.

Especially it's crappy spelling system.

evidently i am supposed to state when i am being light-hearted now. whoopsie

[aesir]

we're rebellious and edgy.

[HunterKiller_]

I think Obama will do something about it.

[Gory]

evidently i am supposed to state when i am being light-hearted now. whoopsie

It's okay, I just realized I misspelled "its" in the last sentence of that post.

I'm pretty sure that's not a regional spelling thing.

[velderia]

I can't... I think in feet and not this... metric thing you speak of so dearly.

[stoph]

I keep telling the gub'ment the same thing, but for some reason they won't answer my email.

whats email?

[Diphallia]

you could at least spell it "metre". sigh

metre is spelled metre, color is spelled colour and favorite is spelled favourite.

[stoph]

and satay is pronounced SAAH-TAY, not SIY-TIY!

[kidult]

What are you??? The BORG??

And yes, I know exactly what 3 1/2 inches are. It's 14/4". Someone also said it was the size of your penis :rocker:

But in metric that would make your penis 8,8 centimeters - see sounds much better already - spread the word on this, it might make them change over sooner.
Read an article on how they tried to implement it in the US but the people couldn't get a grip on it. Counting in tens is hard you know...

[Crane]

I'm english, i live in england, i hate the metric system, i use miles and feet, does that make me a yankee by proxy?


heres also a metric joke

Whats a milipede? a centapede gone metric BWAHAHAHAHA.....:assspank:

[Slash]

I hated fractions with a passion when i was in school. So having a system where i can go from nanometers to kilometers simply by moving the comma a few spaces suits me perfectly. Also its quite convenient to switch to volume, since 1 cubic decimeter is 1 liter.


speaking of nanometers, with one inch being the smallest unit, how does the imperial system display that sort of measurements? 1/34567890323565 of an inch? A quick google search gave me this: 1 nanometer = 3.93700787 × 10-8 inches. Hardly practical, i'm not even sure i understand that number. :P ;)

[Brashen]

God uses the metric system........

" And there lay the infant Jesus, barely a metre from his mother Mary......"

[CCThrom]

whats email?

Sorry, that's an old fashioned communication thing for old folks like me. Hey, at least we're not measuring in bushels and furlongs any more.

[evildisco]

How many stones do you weigh?

[Jtho]

I hated fractions with a passion when i was in school. So having a system where i can go from nanometers to kilometers simply by moving the comma a few spaces suits me perfectly. Also its quite convenient to switch to volume, since 1 cubic decimeter is 1 liter.


speaking of nanometers, with one inch being the smallest unit, how does the imperial system display that sort of measurements? 1/34567890323565 of an inch? A quick google search gave me this: 1 nanometer = 3.93700787 × 10-8 inches. Hardly practical, i'm not even sure i understand that number. :P ;)

What a lot of non "yanks" don't seem to realize is that in scientific settings (like where you need to accurately express the size of a nanometer) the metric system IS the defacto standard in the US. Furthermore, when you get to sizes below an inch the next smallest unit is a centimeter even in common usage.

[Peter Coene]

How many stones do you weigh?
hey, yeah, whats with that "stone" stuff?

[Bushido]

Heres the solution :P

http://manuelsweb.com/in_cm.htm

[Slash]

Bushido, you do know that google offers the same thing right? Just type in stuff in the search bar and press enter, like these things:

10 inches in cm
20 x 34
5 miles in kilometers
10 / 8
1 ounce in dl

etc etc

[Diphallia]

which is very convienient of google.
But very inconvenient of the americans.

If you alredy use centimeters why not just the metric system?

And also, do you use pounds all the way up to enormous wheights?
Like the weight of the Eiffel Tower or things like that?

[s.ketch]

And also, do you use pounds all the way up to enormous wheights?
Like the weight of the Eiffel Tower or things like that?

We use tons for large weights and megatons for even larger. I think most engineers and scientists use the metric system here.

[Mirana]

And also, do you use pounds all the way up to enormous wheights?
Like the weight of the Eiffel Tower or things like that?

Tons. In other news....

WHO CARES?

[Diphallia]

So why are you not using the metric system all the way out?
hypocrites.

[Sorknes]

Ah, but wait!

There's a ton and there's a ton. One ton can actually be 1.1023 metric tons.....

Confused yet?

[Bushido]

:geekg: the metric system is more easy

[Cthogua]

Cause we Americans are sensitive about our identity and anything seen to challenge that identity (even when the thing in question is originally from somewhere else...like pretty much everything) or tradition is seen as "challenging the American way of life" Even when it's something as stupid as our ass backwards measuring system. Some places renamed French Fries, freedom fries just because the French wouldn't invade Iraq illegally with us! If the government decided tomorrow that it was switching to metric the cry would go out across the land and rednecks across the country would be blowing up the phone lines of right wing talk idiots to go on about how liberals are destroying America one piece at a time and how they just gave away a bit of American tradition to the Euro's. The conspiracy folks would point to it as yet another creep toward the inexorable transformation into a one world government. Some one would declare it unpatriotic to use anything but feet and inches, bumper stickers would abound with such witticisms as "Don't Tread on My Feet!" and "Give 'em an Inch and they'll take your freedom!"

[Black Spot]

I’m British and think that Imperial measurements are friendlier – they were based on everyday objects. The metric system was invented by the French (who the British have hated for centuries) and is based on a fallacy. A cubic metre of pure water was supposed to equal 1 metric ton, but they didn’t factor in air pressure. The rest of it similar – go google. Sure it’s great for micro-measurements, but we don’t have to be so exact in everyday life. ‘He was 1m 82cm tall’ does not sound as great as ‘He was 6 foot.’

[Diphallia]

you don't actually say 1m 82 cm.
It's One-eighty-two or one and eighty-two.
or onehundred and eighty-two centimeters.
I'm one and eighty-eight.

[Slash]

yeah, i always get into trouble when people say they are 5 foot 5, i automatically think 5.5, but 5 feet 5 inches is not 5.5 feet at all. :P cuz half a foot is not five inches.. its six. And my brain hurts already.. ow.

[Jasonwclark]

ybIXiIL50bw

[Twiggy]

you know what they call a Quarter Pounder in France?

Royale with Cheese

[Diphallia]

I'm just getting so pissed when InDesign has 12.5 mm, just because it's half an inch.
And it's a stupid borded >:C

[Wooly ESS]

Intelligent Design is easier to understand using the Imperial system of measure.

[Slash]

Royale with cheese sounds better than 113.398093 grammer with cheese.

[Mirana]

There are more pressing things for the future president to work on and I doubt he and his left leaning senate and house will fix one single thing. Hes another Jimmy Carter, here comes 21% home loans again, just like th elate 70s.

HUH? Please find yourself a political thread to dump in.

[Diphallia]

Well, maybe there was no political thread.
So he chose to post his thought in a thread about the metric system.

[evildisco]

so ronery... (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x47tPTFlfBY)

[Prometheus|ANJ]

It kind of sucks to use a 12 base system with out 10 base digit system cuz you end up with a lot of fractions. 12 is great because you can divide it evenly into halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, but a binary system probably has an edge.

There's always Octomatics (http://www.octomatics.org/), an 8 base system with some interesting features, since it's binary and kinda sponsored by the laws of the universe. 8 is also easier to see in your mind. Well, I can't imagine more than 4, but I can imagine 2 groups of 4's. 5 is already getting me confused. Same with this guy:

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[Dorkthrone]

ybIXiIL50bw

I love that episode of the Simpsons so, so much.

[Mirana]

Well, maybe there was no political thread.

I take it you don't come in the Lounge often. That's a good thing.

[Black Spot]

It kind of sucks to use a 12 base system with out 10 base digit system cuz you end up with a lot of fractions. 12 is great because you can divide it evenly into halves, thirds, quarters, sixths, but a binary system probably has an edge.


I've always advocated a 12 base to make maths easier, but I think it's a bit late for the world.

[Diphallia]

I take it you don't come in the Lounge often. That's a good thing.

I usually just put a mental block on politic threads.