Use the metric system ya faggots!!!
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Drifter995
Neko//Night
Lollikittie wrote...
But.. how far is a meter?.....
-confused sobbing-
I would assume 3.5ft considering I'm 6'2 or so... which means I'm like 186cms or something like that..
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Gravity cat
the adequately amused
I go by Miles, Celcius and Stone. Forgot the other units of measurement.
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devsonfire
3,000,000th Poster
I use Kilometre, Metre, Centimetre, and all the metrics.
Metric rules!
Metric rules!
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My-only-Jun wrote...
[13/01/2012 11:32:34 PM] Freaky: 330ml?[13/01/2012 11:32:46 PM] Jun: is a skinny bottle
[13/01/2012 11:33:05 PM] Jun: I like the blue one
[13/01/2012 11:33:18 PM] Freaky: 12oz
[13/01/2012 11:33:28 PM] Jun: lol oh thats right
[13/01/2012 11:33:34 PM] Jun: the states don't use ml?
[13/01/2012 11:33:42 PM] Freaky: we do
[13/01/2012 11:33:54 PM] Freaky: just no one reads that part of the label
[13/01/2012 11:34:00 PM] Jun: LOL
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animefreak_usa
Child of Samael
It's true here in middle mexico.. i mean California. The bottle of SODA(YOU POP I KILL YOU) or water is labeled with american then metric then english standard. All Booze is in metric. Everything has a metric conversion ie cars, signs and weather. It's no uncommon to see signs with fresno- 50 miles/80.5km or 17c. Fuck all my measurements and chemical formulas for photography is in ml or cm. Just meat and fruit aren't in commie or french anarchist conversational.
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animefreak_usa wrote...
It's true here in middle mexico.. i mean California. The bottle of SODA(YOU POP I KILL YOU) or water is labeled with american then metric then english standard. All Booze is in metric. Everything has a metric conversion ie cars, signs and weather. It's no uncommon to see signs with fresno- 50 miles/80.5km or 17c. Fuck all my measurements and chemical formulas for photography is in ml or cm. Just meat and fruit aren't in commie or french anarchist conversational.Where have you been Freaky? Is been a longtime.
And Mantis lol wth.
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I live in a country that use metric system and almost entirely blind to imperial system.
But, you know, when we speak English in class or other places, saying 'centimeters' is more awkward than 'inch', 'miles' also sounds better than 'kilometers' (because it is not our native language probably?) so I usually used imperial system when speak English
Ah, but I prefer Celsius than Fahrenheit, cause I think it sounds better in English......
But, you know, when we speak English in class or other places, saying 'centimeters' is more awkward than 'inch', 'miles' also sounds better than 'kilometers' (because it is not our native language probably?) so I usually used imperial system when speak English
Ah, but I prefer Celsius than Fahrenheit, cause I think it sounds better in English......
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I've been living in America for 13 years and I still don't know how teaspoons and tables spoons convert to cups and stuff.
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animefreak_usa
Child of Samael
Sprite wrote...
I've been living in America for 13 years and I still don't know how teaspoons and tables spoons convert to cups and stuff.No one but cokeheads, bakers and Classy knows that.
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animefreak_usa wrote...
Sprite wrote...
I've been living in America for 13 years and I still don't know how teaspoons and tables spoons convert to cups and stuff.No one but cokeheads, bakers and Classy knows that.
Yet my kitchen doesn't have a scale for measuring stuff metrically.
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My-only-Jun wrote...
animefreak_usa wrote...
It's true here in middle mexico.. i mean California. The bottle of SODA(YOU POP I KILL YOU) or water is labeled with american then metric then english standard. All Booze is in metric. Everything has a metric conversion ie cars, signs and weather. It's no uncommon to see signs with fresno- 50 miles/80.5km or 17c. Fuck all my measurements and chemical formulas for photography is in ml or cm. Just meat and fruit aren't in commie or french anarchist conversational.Where have you been Freaky? Is been a longtime.
And Mantis lol wth.
NOW NOW JUN
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whatever measuring system I am faced with I just go with it, give me inches and pounds, or cm and g. I'ts a good thing I am good at math (most of the time).
AND luckily the schools I attended mostly use SI(Sisteme Internationale/ or the international system of units). more than 50% of our exams are based on that, sometimes there are curveballs where they give ft,lbs etc. but that's only a fraction so I always pass.
but I gotta admit though the metric system is easier...
I am still confused if there is a difference between ounce and fl oz.
my trustee cellphone and google is my friend nowadays, but I still sometimes compute and covert with pencil and paper just for the heck of it
AND luckily the schools I attended mostly use SI(Sisteme Internationale/ or the international system of units). more than 50% of our exams are based on that, sometimes there are curveballs where they give ft,lbs etc. but that's only a fraction so I always pass.
but I gotta admit though the metric system is easier...
I am still confused if there is a difference between ounce and fl oz.
my trustee cellphone and google is my friend nowadays, but I still sometimes compute and covert with pencil and paper just for the heck of it
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Okay let's talk about the history of metrology
(GUESS WHO USED TO MAKE INTERFEROMETERS AND SPENT WEEKS READING ABOUT HOW WE MEASURE THINGS)
The difference between metric and USC (US Customary, hasn't really been called "Imperal" since the English stopped using it), the fundamental difference is--
USC is base 12
Metric is base 10
Base 10 is easy for math, but have you ever tried to make an analog dial that goes 0-10?
12 = 6 x 2 = 3 x 4
Look at all those delicious factors, you can factor multiples of 12 like a boss, it makes building accurate analog instruments SO EASY--we've still got 12 * 5 = 60 built into our clocks. So easy, guys. Your fractions turn into whole number ratios like friggin magic, none of this endless-decimal-points-nonsense that you run into with metric all the damn time.
Fairenheit goes from 0 to 32 deg (freezing point of fully saturated saltwater) to 96 degrees (human core temp; turned out the sample (Farenheit's wife) ran hot but w/e that was the goal).
That means all the temperatures you typically were measuring things with in Fairenheit ran from 0 to 96 (12 x 8), and alchohol thermometers get shit accuracy outside that range ANYWAY.
5280 feet per mile? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT???
5280 / 12 = 440
5280 = 2^1 * 2640 = 2^2 * 1320 = 2^3 * 660 = 2^4 * 330 = 2^5 * 165
Look at all those delicious fractions: THAT WHY.
Think about doing math on those delicious fractions when computers are still called "adding machines" and are the size of a building and cost more than a boat and barely work ANYWAY.
Think about calibrating instruments--arg, it makes me angry just thinking about trying to fix a friggin' base-10 spring-scale.
USC is loaded with tons of units that are easy to factor, in scales that are easy to use, not units that are easy to remember.
In the modern era USC is obsolete, not stupid.
It's that "easy to use" has changed meanings to "easy to learn and remember" from "easy to build with".
Also metrologists are psycho-passionate about measuring things and I just realized I AM ONE OF THEM.
(GUESS WHO USED TO MAKE INTERFEROMETERS AND SPENT WEEKS READING ABOUT HOW WE MEASURE THINGS)
The difference between metric and USC (US Customary, hasn't really been called "Imperal" since the English stopped using it), the fundamental difference is--
USC is base 12
Metric is base 10
Base 10 is easy for math, but have you ever tried to make an analog dial that goes 0-10?
12 = 6 x 2 = 3 x 4
Look at all those delicious factors, you can factor multiples of 12 like a boss, it makes building accurate analog instruments SO EASY--we've still got 12 * 5 = 60 built into our clocks. So easy, guys. Your fractions turn into whole number ratios like friggin magic, none of this endless-decimal-points-nonsense that you run into with metric all the damn time.
Fairenheit goes from 0 to 32 deg (freezing point of fully saturated saltwater) to 96 degrees (human core temp; turned out the sample (Farenheit's wife) ran hot but w/e that was the goal).
That means all the temperatures you typically were measuring things with in Fairenheit ran from 0 to 96 (12 x 8), and alchohol thermometers get shit accuracy outside that range ANYWAY.
5280 feet per mile? WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT???
5280 / 12 = 440
5280 = 2^1 * 2640 = 2^2 * 1320 = 2^3 * 660 = 2^4 * 330 = 2^5 * 165
Look at all those delicious fractions: THAT WHY.
Think about doing math on those delicious fractions when computers are still called "adding machines" and are the size of a building and cost more than a boat and barely work ANYWAY.
Think about calibrating instruments--arg, it makes me angry just thinking about trying to fix a friggin' base-10 spring-scale.
USC is loaded with tons of units that are easy to factor, in scales that are easy to use, not units that are easy to remember.
In the modern era USC is obsolete, not stupid.
It's that "easy to use" has changed meanings to "easy to learn and remember" from "easy to build with".
Also metrologists are psycho-passionate about measuring things and I just realized I AM ONE OF THEM.
