The US should switch to metric

[Urban Ranger]

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.

Then somebody askes you, "How much water is in that tub?" Then you'd end up looking like a babbling twit.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Asher
Metric is easier for academia, but much of the measurements are a pain in the ass in the real world.

in academia, we use metric (in all my physics / calculus classes anyway).

[Combat Ingrid]

Originally posted by Asher
Metric is easier for academia, but much of the measurements are a pain in the ass in the real world.

It's just a matter of what units you are used to.

Regarding kilometers/miles, in Sweden what we call a "mile" is ten kilometers. That's a very convenient unit for distances, try it!

[Promethus]

Who will fit in a 3 cubic foot hot tub (12" X 12" X 36" = 3 cubic feet.

IIRC water = 42 Lbs per cubic foot.

Deg C suck (and they don't do that very well) for HVAC work but are maybe ok otherwise.

SB is correct Hex is better 1 cup = 8 oz - 1 pint =16 oz - 1 quart =32 oz - 1/2 gallon = 64 oz - 1 gallon = 128 oz

and liters just plain kilck me off!

[Gatekeeper]

My hectare is bigger than your acre!

[Az]

actually, metric are great for describing people and distances, too, if you're born with it. And then you won't have trouble changing units when you go to the academic world.

[BeBMan]

Yeah, US, use metric!!! And while you are at it, you could also switch to the German language, would be easier for me

[Az]

No seriousy, switch to metric.

[Ramo]

And SI's much better than cgs. Damn astronomers.

[BeBMan]

Seriously I support it.

But OTOH it would be funny to see protesters against the US crying "Bush - no Kyoto protocoll - no metric system!!!"

[CyberGnu]

Man, is this the most obvious thread on apolyton ever?

Should we try "people should stop smoking crack" next?

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Three pages and no one has quoted Grandpa Simpson yet? Must I do everything myself?

"The metric system is the tool of the devil. My car gets fourty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!"

I fully admit the logic of switching to metric, but the problem is that the US system has too strong a grip on my psychology. Take height. We all know the world is divided into two types of men: those who ar over 6 feet tall, and thus Real Men, and those who are under 6 feet tall, and thus Almost Men (disclaimer: I'm 5'11"). 6 is a nice round number, easy for making this distinction. But in metric, it's 182.88 cm. Where's the manhood in being able to say, "I'm over 182.88 centimeters tall!" And, sure, you could just make the knew Real Man cutoff 2 meters, but then you're only dealing with basketball players and circus freaks.

Same thing with temperature and distance. "Man is it hot; must be 110 in the shade!" sounds way hotter than "43 in the shade"; 100 miles an hour sounds fast and IS fast, while 100 kph sounds fast but isn't.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
"The metric system is the tool of the devil. My car gets fourty rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it!"

I think Uber did

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
I fully admit the logic of switching to metric, but the problem is that the US system has too strong a grip on my psychology. Take height. We all know the world is divided into two types of men: those who ar over 6 feet tall, and thus Real Men, and those who are under 6 feet tall, and thus Almost Men (disclaimer: I'm 5'11"). 6 is a nice round number, easy for making this distinction. But in metric, it's 182.88 cm. Where's the manhood in being able to say, "I'm over 182.88 centimeters tall!" And, sure, you could just make the knew Real Man cutoff 2 meters, but then you're only dealing with basketball players and circus freaks.

You're just short and a Real Man wannabe As for myself, I am content to be a geek Nothing wrong with 2 meters, otherwise there'd too many fake Real Man pretenders.

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Same thing with temperature and distance. "Man is it hot; must be 110 in the shade!" sounds way hotter than "43 in the shade"; 100 miles an hour sounds fast and IS fast, while 100 kph sounds fast but isn't.

When a car runs into a tree, 100 kph is plenty fast enough to turn it into a total wreck. Speaking of which, you can easily figure the force of impact, and the energy, and so forth. Can't with the Imperial system.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by Urban Ranger


I think Uber did

Damn! I do that a lot when I read 'poly in the morning. Clearly, I need more coffee.

[Main_Brain]

US measuremen is sooo 15th Century :P
You are the 'Old America'