May 14, 2003, 21:50
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The US should switch to metric
Why is my country so stubborn when it comes to switching to the metric system? I laugh everytime a person has to use a calculator to convert pounds to ounces or feet to miles; if it was metric one would only have to divide or multiply by powers of 10. I am sick of having to convert degrees F to degrees C when I read scientific things. 
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May 14, 2003, 21:53
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duh? u started a thread about the obvious, haha!
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May 14, 2003, 21:55
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Us Canadians are tired that Americans haven't switched too!!
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May 14, 2003, 21:56
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Farenheit 4 Evar!
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May 14, 2003, 21:59
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Feet rock, man. What is this "meters" babble?
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May 14, 2003, 22:02
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Bullsh!t, inches are just fine. The world should switch to us.
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May 14, 2003, 22:06
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I use the tiny/short/medium/long/whoa system.
For weights, weightless/light/okay/heavy/ugh... and so on
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May 14, 2003, 22:08
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Originally posted by loinburger
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I WANT CELSIUS!!!
Melting point being 32 is stupid.
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May 14, 2003, 22:08
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Oh yeah, a system wherein you have quarter-inches, inches, feet (12 inches), yards (3 feet), and miles (5,280 feet) makes sooooooo much more sense than a base-10 system! Who needs simplicity?
BRING BACK THE CUBIT!
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May 14, 2003, 22:12
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Originally posted by Odin
I WANT CELSIUS!!!
Melting point being 32 is stupid.
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in my world, melting point is at 69.
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May 14, 2003, 22:31
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Originally posted by Calc II
in my world, melting point is at 69.
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As loin would say:
WUTANG!
 ACK!
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May 14, 2003, 22:39
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Originally posted by Joseph
Bullsh!t, inches are just fine. The world should switch to us.
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 That's the American creedo, isn't it?
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May 14, 2003, 22:41
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Originally posted by Tuberski
As loin would say:
WUTANG!
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well, boiling point is at 69.01 
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May 14, 2003, 22:44
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I like both for different things.
I find feet/pounds/inches better for every-day things like describing people, and I like metric when I'm actually doing academic stuff...
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May 14, 2003, 22:57
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We've had metric for more than 20 years but I still roughly convert some things like weight, distance and area.
That's because my main beef with metric is that some of the standard units are too small or large. For example a mile is a good distance whereas a kilometre seems a bit short. Conversely an acre is an area you can visualise but a hectare is too large.
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May 14, 2003, 23:32
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Originally posted by dejon
That's the American creedo, isn't it?
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It sure is, you meter-loving son of a foreigner.
Actually, we're just doing what's best for the world. I mean, think about it: It will be far easier to switch the whole world to our system than drag our notoriously obstinate population kicking and screaming into metric use.
So, I say just do things the easy way.
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May 14, 2003, 23:33
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I WANT CELSIUS!!!
Melting point being 32 is stupid.
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Nah, I want Kelvin.
Absolute 0 being at -273 degrees C is stupid.
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May 14, 2003, 23:52
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Base 10 is inefficient. I say we measure everything in hex!
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May 14, 2003, 23:54
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Screw that, use base-60.
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May 14, 2003, 23:54
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Yeah... I love how the world complains when we try to tell them how to do things, but they turn around and try to tell us to change our measuring system 
Either system is fine by me... I just wish I didn't need two different size of tool sets to deal with products made here and products made abroad
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May 15, 2003, 00:11
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Metric rules. Its so easy to switch between distances, areas, volumnes. Can anyone tell me how many pounds of water are in a three cubic foot hottub?
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May 15, 2003, 00:14
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That would also depend on water displacement... How many women are in the hot tub?
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May 15, 2003, 00:25
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"Measuring speed in furlongs per fortnight since 1666."
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May 15, 2003, 00:27
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THE METRIC SYSTEM IS THE DEVIL! MY AUTO GETS 4 RODS TO THE HOGSHEAD, AND THATS THE WAY I LIKES IT!
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May 15, 2003, 00:29
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Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
Can anyone tell me how many pounds of water are in a three cubic foot hottub?
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Why the hell would I need to? If you're trying to fill the hottub up, you turn the ****ing faucet on until it's full. We live in the United States, not in some physics final.
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May 15, 2003, 00:32
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Originally posted by Felch
Why the hell would I need to? If you're trying to fill the hottub up, you turn the ****ing faucet on until it's full. We live in the United States, not in some physics final.
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you're damn right.
infact, we can leave the faucet on longer. let it overflow. we can waste all the damn resources we want. some forigner we hire will mop it up.
viva!
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May 15, 2003, 00:32
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Why the hell would I need to? If you're trying to fill the hottub up, you turn the ****ing faucet on until it's full. We live in the United States, not in some physics final.
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Speak for yourself (just spent the past week studying for the finals for my physics classes).
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May 15, 2003, 00:34
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Why the hell would I need to? If you're trying to fill the hottub up, you turn the ****ing faucet on until it's full. We live in the United States, not in some physics final.
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Gee, and what possible benefit could you have if measuring things were made easier?
EDIT: Didn't see the other two replies to the exact same quote.
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May 15, 2003, 00:35
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Originally posted by Lawrence of Arabia
Metric rules. Its so easy to switch between distances, areas, volumnes. Can anyone tell me how many pounds of water are in a three cubic foot hottub?
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-Hmm... don't have a calculator, but a foot is (12 * .00254) m, so cube that multiply by 3, then multiply by 1000 to get the weight in kg, then multiply by (1000/454). That should give you a pretty good estimate. (and yes this is the extent of what I can do without looking anything up)
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May 15, 2003, 00:35
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I actually agree with Horsie on this one.
It's easier to describe a person's height in feet and inches rather than meters or centimeters.
Likewise for weight in pounds rather than kilograms.
Metric is easier for academia, but much of the measurements are a pain in the ass in the real world.
I don't have a problem with kilometers though...
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