anonymo June 1, 2006 Share anonymo Member June 1, 2006 Round 1...FIGHT! I know...no weights...poll won't let me have a 4th question... I also know that temperature is not considered part of the metric/imperial debate...well it is now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Soapdish June 1, 2006 Share Nick Soapdish Member June 1, 2006 what about SI units? Q: Does light have mass? A: Of course not. It's not even Catholic!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymo June 1, 2006 Author Share anonymo Member June 1, 2006 what about SI units? Q: Does light have mass? A: Of course not. It's not even Catholic!!! Ok next person to point out the flaws of my poll gets hit with something heavy...I'll let them decide whether it weighs 10 lbs / 10 kilos / 10 stone Nick gets away because he included a joke that I will use later today I'm betting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie June 1, 2006 Share mookie GC Alumni June 1, 2006 I use centimeters for very short distances, otherwise all Imperial for everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leveller June 1, 2006 Share Leveller Member June 1, 2006 I grew up using a mixture of Imperial and Metric, one of the delights of growing up in the UK where obviously we used the better system of Imperial but had to deal with Europeans and their desire for everything to be perfectly divisable by 100 because it was too complicated for them otherwise. And then they made the decision in the late 90's that because we were all so similar (despite us using different measurements, currencies, languages and having been to war with almost every other European country at one time or another) we should adopt metric for almost everything except measuring distances on the road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme June 1, 2006 Share farmerisme Member June 1, 2006 Everything changed for me when I took all my engineering classes. Metric, Celcius, is sooooooo much better for conversions and units. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discom June 1, 2006 Share discom Member June 1, 2006 Everything changed for me when I took all my engineering classes. Metric, Celcius, is sooooooo much better for conversions and units. I agree. But I wanted to vote for kelvin! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon June 1, 2006 Share Allanon Member June 1, 2006 Everything changed for me when I took all my engineering classes. Metric, Celcius, is sooooooo much better for conversions and units. I agree. But I wanted to vote for kelvin! lol Lol same. I prefer metric system and still don't understand why America won't switch, just boggles my mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Assassinator June 3, 2006 Share Assassinator Member June 3, 2006 (edited) My math teacher lent some insight to why America won't switch. To begin, the existing highways, roads, buildings, and everything that is built and measured using the Imperial system. Our clothing sizes of all sorts are based on the Imperial system. So many things in this country use the imperial system that converning the entire country to it would be ridiculous. It is easier for just the scientific and engineering communities to use it. Edit: "Type Os" Edited June 3, 2006 by Assassinator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mookie June 3, 2006 Share mookie GC Alumni June 3, 2006 I really fail to see why everyone loves the metric system so much for science. These days most actual computations are done by computers, and computers can't tell the difference; there will be rounding errors in either. The problem comes when people forget to use conversion factors, and the result is that sometimes when they don't even know what they're measuring using SI units they get lucky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kruten June 3, 2006 Share Kruten Member June 3, 2006 That;s one of the things I hate. Almost the entire world uses metric. We have to come up with some other system that's more complicated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfsblood June 3, 2006 Share Wolfsblood Member June 3, 2006 (edited) At work, I use both Imperial and Metric. Depending on what I'm doing. If I need to know the center of a circle (I work in a screenprint/embroidery shop) and I know that the embroidery hoop is 15cm across, I use mm's to position the needle in the center of the hoop prior to starting the machine. (It a little more complicated than that, but you get the idea. If I'm setting up one of the screenprinting presses, I know that the shirt plattens are 15, or 16" wide, depending on the press. Therefore, I use inches to center the screen image. With my computer, I use Celcius to measure the temps so I don't ment the doggone thing, but if I want to know if the temps outside will melt me, I use Fahrenheit. For all other measurements, the Beer standard is liberably applied. Edited June 4, 2006 by Wolfsblood Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.Cool June 3, 2006 Share Mr.Cool Member June 3, 2006 i use metric systems for everthing except weight, and height but everyone uses feet and inches for height Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dingy June 3, 2006 Share Dingy Member June 3, 2006 I agree. But I wanted to vote for kelvin! lol Brings new meaning to the term absolute zero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon June 4, 2006 Share Allanon Member June 4, 2006 I agree. But I wanted to vote for kelvin! lol Brings new meaning to the term absolute zero. Lol yes Kelvin! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoMamma June 5, 2006 Share YoMamma Member June 5, 2006 Metric is only winning because of those crazy Canadians Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon June 5, 2006 Share Allanon Member June 5, 2006 Metric is only winning because of those crazy Canadians I voted yes and I'm not Canadian. Wait... Oh... no! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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