Why some people in the US can't understand the metric system.

[Cookie Monster]

Originally posted by Hagbart


Well that's because you're stupid!

Forgive me for my stupidity Hagbart! I guess I'm just a stupid American!

[Dis]

Originally posted by Atahualpa
This whole America vs France thing looks soooooooo constructed by some idiotic politicians. And of course all the idiotic citizens follow

When i was in France last week I met only nice and friendly people! People were singin "Take my home country road" on the radio and everyone was friendly.

(okay some exceptions exit but overall I am positiv, of course some knowledge of french (4 years in my case) is a prerequisite to have a nice stay).

hey I liked to piss off the french ever since I was born. You think I care what problems some idiot republican has with the french?

The french are just fun to piss off.

[Atahualpa]

so basically you say nothing has changed since the time you were born

[Ecthy]

I agree, it was time the rest of Europe changed to the imperial system!!

[Adagio]

No, we should start inventing our own system, the IMS (Internet Measurement System)

[Verres]

Originally posted by Dissident
The french are just fun to piss off.

Hehe. Agreed
Good wine though, and it's a beautiful language.

[Tiberius]

Originally posted by Anun Ik Oba
Yes, pico is smaller. Femto is even smaller.

I'm right now reading an article about nanotechnology, and it has a table that goes as far as 10^24 respectively 10^-24.

yotta: 10^24 (1 followed by 24 zeros)
zetta: 10^21
exa: 10^18
peta: 10^15
tera: 10^12
...
nano: 10^-9 (0.000000001 )
pico: 10^-12
femto: 10^-15
atto: 10^-18
zepto: 10^-21
yocto: 10^-24

[Straybow]

I mass 73 kg, or 161 lbs (as of a week ago)
I am 1.81 metres or 5'11" tall
If placed in water at 20 degrees celsius (68F) I would displace a volume of 73 litres (assuming I float). You figure that out in pints, quarts, gallons and hogsheads....

"I mass (blah blah)?" Do you step on a scale to mass yourself, or weigh yourself? But then you can't use (kilo-) grams for weight, you should be using Newtons. See, metric units are stupid to try to use in ordinary life.

1 gal water is 8.43 lbs, so I would guess 19 gal
Calculated amount is 19 gal, 6 ozfl, 1¾ tsp

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Straybow
Calculated amount is 19 gal, 6 ozfl, 1¾ tsp

Jesus H. Christ!

[Straybow]

I might've gone down to the dram and gill, but the conversions aren't on the top of my head at present.

[KrazyHorse]

Originally posted by Straybow

I mass 73 kg, or 161 lbs (as of a week ago)
I am 1.81 metres or 5'11" tall
If placed in water at 20 degrees celsius (68F) I would displace a volume of 73 litres (assuming I float). You figure that out in pints, quarts, gallons and hogsheads....

"I mass (blah blah)?" Do you step on a scale to mass yourself, or weigh yourself? But then you can't use (kilo-) grams for weight, you should be using Newtons. See, metric units are stupid to try to use in ordinary life

On a scale calibrated for the earth's gravitational field, I'm massing myself by stepping on the scale. More particularly, I'm measuring my gravitational mass as opposed to my inertial mass. But by the principle of equivalence, these quantities are one and the same.

.1 gal water is 8.43 lbs, so I would guess 19 gal
Calculated amount is 19 gal, 6 ozfl, 1¾ tsp

Se what I mean? 8.43 lbs.



To get to within 1% takes 5 or 10 seconds of staring at the numbers...

[Straybow]

9.81 Newtons per liter. See what I mean?

My initial guess of 19 gallons is 160.17 lbs, less than 1% off.

[Ecthy]

imperial =

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Straybow
9.81 Newtons per liter. See what I mean?

Newtons per liter?

To get rid of the 9.81 (as in 9.81 N ~ 1 kp) is not a matter of the measurement system. You'd have to change the acceleration of gravity from ~9.81 m/s² to either 10 m/s² or 1 m/s² (which would be more convenient unit-wise) to get rid of it. A lot of dirt to be thrown in the universe, but we'll make it!