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View Poll Results: Should the remaining 3 nations, inculding the USA, adopt the metric system? | |
No.
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Yes.
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05-11-2008
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#46 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by DC_DEEP  Issues, much? Honestly, you should try to avoid being so supercilious. It is quite unattractive.
And other than horseracing, I know of no instances of furlongs being in common usage; other than nautical references, I don't know of leagues being in common usage.
I am quite fluent in the use of metric (SI), metric (common), Imperial, and US Common measurement systems. I'm not sure why anyone would get his panties in a wad over which system anyone else uses. Pounds, slugs, kilograms, newtons, it doesn't matter. Slugs & kilograms for mass, pounds and newtons for weight. Who cares?
Perhaps those of us who can use either system should be condescending to those who whine about the "inferiority" of the one system or the other. | A newton (N) is for force - Le Système International d'Unités. You would know that if you passed physics... | | | |
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05-11-2008
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#47 (permalink)
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If the US wasn't so arrogant and ignorant it would of notice that their system is considered obsolete by a mere 189 nations. Also, just as the Rømer scale is considered obsolete, the world, bar the USA, (Burma)Myanmar and Liberia like to use backwards-thinking systems. Myanmar had a coup d'etat last year and Liberia in the past 2 decades has had 2 civil wars. As for the US, your entire economy is fragmenting. Not linking the metric system directly but decadance, and stupidity.
And sorry to insult your ways but, the USA is certainly not the greatest nation in the world; Iceland, Norway and Australia are.(HDI) | | | |
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05-11-2008
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#48 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by liberalcynic A newton (N) is for force - Le Système International d'Unités. You would know that if you passed physics... | I know that, asshole. Don't be such an idiot. The Newton is a measure of force, just as the pound is a measure of force - the force of gravity acting upon a mass - also known as "weight." You would know that if you passed physics.
Don't pretend to lecture me in any of the sciences, you'll be in way over your head.
Are you just naturally such an arrogant asshole, or do you have to work hard at it? | | | |
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05-11-2008
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Metrification is the thin edge of the Communist wedge. | | | |
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05-11-2008
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Originally Posted by liberalcynic Not linking the metric system directly but decadance, and stupidity. | This is so silly, I can't tell if you're joking. Quote:
Originally Posted by liberalcynic And sorry to insult your ways but, the USA is certainly not the greatest nation in the world; Iceland, Norway and Australia are.(HDI) | This is so silly, I can't tell if you're joking. Since when is the HDI the last word on anything ... least of all on the very nebulous issue of 'national greatness'? | | | |
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05-11-2008
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The UK hasn't adopted it completely. We still use Imperial units for some things | | | |
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05-11-2008
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Originally Posted by Plebh The UK hasn't adopted it completely. We still use Imperial units for some things | You use imperial units but you (your merchants anyway) are required to use metric alongside them, as I understand it. Road signs are all still in miles though, aren't they.
For a long time there was a mix in Ireland that I never considered confusing (because I was so used to it) until a Greek friend pointed it out to me - all our roadsigns for distance were in kilometres but our speed limits were in MPH.  All in k now. The other thing that surprised him was that the speed limits for corners / twisty roads were not suggestions they were 'drive any faster than this and you're in the ditch, mate'  | | | |
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05-11-2008
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Originally Posted by senor rubirosa Metrification is the thin edge of the Communist wedge. | It would work if humans didn't have a conscience. Damn Hummies.
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05-11-2008
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Originally Posted by liberalcynic ... Myanmar had a coup d'etat last year | Attempted Coup. An escalation what's commonly called the 'Saffron Revolution'. I imagine they have larger concerns than metrication. | | | |
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05-11-2008
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Originally Posted by ManlyBanisters You use imperial units but you (your merchants anyway) are required to use metric alongside them, as I understand it. Road signs are all still in miles though, aren't they.
For a long time there was a mix in Ireland that I never considered confusing (because I was so used to it) until a Greek friend pointed it out to me - all our roadsigns for distance were in kilometres but our speed limits were in MPH. All in k now. The other thing that surprised him was that the speed limits for corners / twisty roads were not suggestions they were 'drive any faster than this and you're in the ditch, mate' | Yes road signs are in miles, as well as maps, etc. The government wants to change it but it would be costly which they don't like. Referance to weight is in pounds/stones. Where you would say 140kg i'd say 10 stone. Milk is still in pint measurements but all other drinks are in litres | | | |
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05-11-2008
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Originally Posted by senor rubirosa Metrification is the thin edge of the Communist wedge. | Communism works "In theory" | | | |
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05-11-2008
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Originally Posted by Plebh The UK hasn't adopted it completely. We still use Imperial units for some things | I can't think of anything where I use Imperial units ...maybe I will down to the pub and think about it you never know I may get some inspiration  | | | |
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05-11-2008
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Originally Posted by Plebh Communism works "In theory" | Granted, most of those theories are the works of the lazy and freeloading. | | | |
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05-11-2008
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Originally Posted by Plebh Communism works "In theory" | Ah, so there's a real parallel. | | | |
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05-11-2008
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Originally Posted by Plebh Milk is still in pint measurements but all other drinks are in litres | The milk in my fridge is measured first in litres and only second in pints! I don't recall seeing it otherwise for looong time. Yes, all other drinks I can think of are only in litres. It's nostalgia I guess. | | | |
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