(yes, i know, this is a repost, the old one by agenth died anyway)
so, like what the thread title said...
should the usa move from imperial to metric? or what?
poll incoming
Should the USA switch to metric?
(yes, i know, this is a repost, the old one by agenth died anyway)
so, like what the thread title said...
should the usa move from imperial to metric? or what?
poll incoming
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no, metric has a lot of useless converting and is the reason the challenger went down
I'm having a hard time seeing how conversion in the imperial system is any better.Originally Posted by Unapprehending Nondecalcification
it goes from centimeters to meters
that's a helluva conversion
I find it hard to believe that it was the system's fault, rather some programmer who got confused and did something wrong.
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I dont think programmers make rulers
The programmers and the people who programmed challenger
If challenger went down because of problems with metric, then my guess is the programmer got confused and made a mistake when he programmed challenger and that is why it went down. Metric cannot be to blame without some kind of human error.
Tell me...
1 ft = 12 inches
5,280ft = 1 mile
3 ft = 1 yard
mean while...
10mm = 1 cm (centimeter)
10cm = 1 decimeter
10 decimeters = 1 meter
1,000 mm = 1 meter (m)
10 meters = 1 dekameter (dam)
10 dam = 1 hectometer (hk)
100 m = 1 hk
10 hk = 1 kilometer (km)
1,000 m = 1 km
1,000,000 mm = 1 km
the metric system is mostly based off of 10's and beyond that are dividable by 10
http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0001659.html (metric table)
and okay, metric has a lot of units, but it's EASY
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which one has more converting
imperial
my metric list just looks more like work because I added some barely used units
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It should switch temperatures first as they are cheapest to change and Fahrenheit is foolish. They should switch to Kelvin to make it superior as that is proper metric as it starts at 0. Weights are the next easiest thing to change, followed by fluids and finally distances. Distances are the hardest and most expensive to change.
Yes yes yes yes.
It's much more simple to use metric system than it is to use the archaic imperial system. However, that would require changing signs all across the US which in turn requires money... which we don't have much of.
I still retain my position, but the US still doesn't have money for a change this large.
If we do switch to metric, I'd prefer going through a long-term adoption of the metric system. Schools should begin with teaching children metric system as the dominant system of measurement and imperial measurements on the side. Road signs should have both measurements. We don't have to worry about food and cars because those already have imperial and metric measurements.
After a decade, we can remove those imperial measurements.
This is a very good idea.
Now get the government to implement it, and I'll appreciate it. The easy part is talking about it. The hard part is doing it.
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This is pretty much what I said... it's the only way to make the change lasting, easy and cheap.
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I think we have more problems to worry about than switching measurements :l
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This.
The rest of the world works in metric, as does most mainstream science [SI units].
Metric's base 10 system is easy to learn and use and its employment in the rest of the world has been successful, back in the day each country had its own really weird measuring system which was a nightmare. Even today british imperial and american imperial measurements actually differ.
They'll have to bite the bullet [or musket ball ;3] at some point.
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