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Re: Hey, keep your metric up there in .ca!
Posted by BarryM (more from BarryM) on Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:48:01
In Reply to: Hey, keep your metric up there in .ca!, nwas, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:43:17

Nah, the standard system is arcane. 10 ounces, is that ounces or fluid ounces? 5280 feet per mile? Water freezes at 32 degrees and boils (at sea level) at 212 degrees? Why so complicated? One liter of water weighs one kilogram. One gallon of water weighs .... yeah, I always have to look that one up.

Even the US Military uses the metric system. Base 10 falls under the KISS philosophy.

The only SI units (that I have used) for I have a poor feel for are Becquerels and microSieverts - I'm used to picoCuries and milliREM.

All this has made me thirsty - I guess I'll crack open that last liter of coke in the 'fridge!

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Posts in this Thread:

Astounding statement in a Reuters article, MI-Roger , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:57:25
- not astounding at all, Erik919kt , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:13:10
  - Re: not astounding at all, simul8guy, Thu, 18 Feb 2010 17:49:10
  - 100LL is "high lead", Saab Junkie , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:39:57
    - My favorite was..., Larry West , Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:44:08
    - Re: 100LL is "high lead", Erik919kt , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:49:16
- Re: Astounding statement in a Reuters article, KevinM, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:26:45
- The third rule of journalism is, Noel , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:44:43
- Coming up to our 35th year of Metricity here in Canada, CrNiFe , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 10:28:30
  - Hey, keep your metric up there in .ca!, nwas, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:43:17
    - Re: Hey, keep your metric up there in .ca!, BarryM, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 02:48:01
      - Re: Hey, keep your metric up there in .ca!, simul8guy, Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:09:14
  - I'll hop on board when time is metricized, AeroBaron, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:31:29
    - Time *is* metricized (long), BlaaSaab, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:17:26
      - Re: Time *is* metricized (long), simul8guy, Thu, 18 Feb 2010 18:25:12
      - Re: Time *is* metricized (long), ArcticSaab, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:32:39
      - For all intents and purposes it is *not* (also long), AeroBaron, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:45:01
        Radians, Gene N , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:26:13
        2π radians per circle! n/m, xhawksaab , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:10:33
        Sorry 2 pi radians per circle, xhawksaab , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 18:12:20
        Time ,Trig and 360 (long), xhawksaab , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:42:37
        SI, James, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 07:03:35
      - But all weight is based on Earth's gravity!, Noel , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:38:48
        A kilogram is a kilogram - earth or moon or pandora, Bruce, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:07:25
        Re: A kilogram is a kilogram - earth or moon or pandora, BlaaSaab, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:37:28
        Metric/standard car fasteners, SWEDECAR , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 09:04:24
        Re: Metric/standard car fasteners, JimBlake , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:23:01
        Re: A kilogram is a kilogram - earth or moon or pandora, swede-murphy , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:53:40
        But 20degF doesn't seem as cold as -22degC, Bruce, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 08:51:38
        What about "sub-zero" temps though?, BlaaSaab, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:14:11
        Yep - too many scientific justifications in this thread, AeroBaron, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:38:41
        Re: Yep - too many scientific justifications in this thread, James, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:15:59
        Dollars/cents are already decimalized!, BlaaSaab, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:39:36
        Ah yes, memories of Engineering classes, MI-Roger , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:38:50
        Re: Ah yes, memories of Engineering classes, BlaaSaab, Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:39:18
      - Help! My speedo reads "Furlongs per Fortnight"... n/m, Whirligigmike , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 13:30:55
        Now THAT'S funny!! n/m, SaabDork , Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:51:20
  - A pint's a pound the world around!, MI-Roger , Tue, 16 Feb 2010 11:24:03
    - In your dreams! >, Bill Davies , Wed, 17 Feb 2010 10:33:08
      - Re: In your dreams! >, pete, Wed, 17 Feb 2010 17:33:37
        Well >, Bill Davies , Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:37:08
        Re: Well >, pete, Sat, 20 Feb 2010 04:26:30

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