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Posted October 07, 2015
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timppu: The Imperialistic System is based on real-life things, that's why it makes more sense!

- An inch is the width, or was it the length, of your thumb.
- A feet is the length of your foot, unless you are an Italian man with small feet, or a Big Foot.
- A yard is the distance an average man pees standing up.

See? That's why Americans never need nor use any tape measures or anything, they just use their smelly feet to measure everything, like that NASA landing module which crashed to Mars.

Same goes for temperatures. In America they don't need to use thermometers due to the Fahrenheit scale, instead they just stick their thumb to one's ass to measure if there is any fever. That's where the term "rule of thumb" comes from.
Nice to see that Scandinavia isn't free of bigotry and ignorance.

Most science in America is done in the metric system just like any other part of the world. I have no idea why they were building that component using imperial measures.
Posted October 07, 2015
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GabiMoro: No, it doesn`t. A month is still a variable (1 to 12) so what's the point? Aren`t miles, pounds, gallons used in Canada too?


Thread officially derailed.
Canada has been officially metric since the 70's. The main problem we have in Rural areas is that the country was surveyed in Miles, so giving directions is easier in miles. Most Canadians are pretty ambidextrous when it comes to Metric and Imperial systems.

The only one that really gets me is Fahrenheit. My brain just can't comprehend how fucked up the Fahrenheit scale is. Celsius makes so much more sense.
Posted October 07, 2015
so whats this thread about? :)
Posted October 07, 2015
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hedwards: Trying to sort things that are DD/MM/YY is just downright annoying.
I recall in the region/locale settings you can customize how most of this stuff is set up... but I'm thinking 7 & XP, not sure if they removed it because it was too advanced for most of the users... I wouldn't be surprised. I mean, in windows 8 they tried to take away windows and have everything as tablet apps... And that god awful configuration..
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Posted October 07, 2015
How many nerds does it take to derail a thread?
Posted October 07, 2015
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hedwards: Well, no, not really. Putting the day first makes absolutely no sense. It's like those arguments where people claim that the metric system is more logical despite there being absolutely no logic to it.
Huh?? The metric system makes perfect sense, everything is 10x for the next level.

In comparison you have 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, 5120 feet (or something like that) in a mile, etc etc.

This is like complaining millions and billions mathematically makes no sense, while if you looked at the original configuration, to become a billionaire was much higher than it is today, and it totally made sense when using powers.

History tour

How big is a billion

But if we're on the topic of things that make no sense, how about that we're using a decimal system? Why not use a base of 8? Or 12? 12 has the distinct advantage it can be divided by 3 and 4, which base 10 can't.
Posted October 07, 2015
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mobutu: so whats this thread about? :)
The title is wrong! It should be something like:
metric systems: fight!
Post edited October 07, 2015 by phaolo
Posted October 07, 2015
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rtcvb32: I recall in the region/locale settings you can customize how most of this stuff is set up... but I'm thinking 7 & XP, not sure if they removed it because it was too advanced for most of the users... I wouldn't be surprised. I mean, in windows 8 they tried to take away windows and have everything as tablet apps... And that god awful configuration..
What? It is still there. -_-
Posted October 07, 2015
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Elenarie: What? It is still there. -_-
Can't confirm for windows 10... since i don't use windows 10. But it would be an easy fix if it's still there.
Posted October 07, 2015
I wish we'd go metric.

It'd make math and life so much easier.
Posted October 07, 2015
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Tallima: I wish we'd go metric.
Once you go metric.. it will feel cathartic. XD
Posted October 07, 2015
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Tallima: I wish we'd go metric.

It'd make math and life so much easier.
As a machinery guy working on Euro-designed stuff, metric is a joy to work with compared to assembling these machines in inch.

When I get parts made locally, I have to explain to the machine shops that they're better off measuring in metric since most all of the dimensions end in a nice, round number like 125mm, instead of 4.921 that they always want to round up to 5 inches. Had to shitcan an order of $7,000 worth of custom rack and pinion because one shop measured in inch after I specifically told them metric. Thank goodness I had an email record of the order.
Posted October 07, 2015
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HereForTheBeer: When I get parts made locally, I have to explain to the machine shops that they're better off measuring in metric since most all of the dimensions end in a nice, round number like 125mm, instead of 4.921 that they always want to round up to 5 inches.
Heh, i'm thinking back to watching various videos, and i am pretty sure with electronics especially with chips, they switch to the metric system as everything's referenced in nano meters (with the symbol of ų i think); This is probably due that since measuring an inch is by 1/16 or 1/32 of an inch at lowest, doubling the number repeatedly would be stupid. I can almost see technical manuals saying 'the width of the circuits from xxx to xxx is 3/32768th's of an inch across, and 1/65536th's of an inch wide'...

Yeah... US/Imperial isn't very adaptable.
Posted October 07, 2015
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rtcvb32: nano meters (with the symbol of ų i think);
nanometers is nm, micro meters is μm.
Posted October 07, 2015
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JMich: nanometers is nm, micro meters is μm.
My mistake... But you know what i mean :)
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