Go to Puerto Rico. Speed limits in MPH. Distances in km. Gasoline sold by the liter. They manage just fine.
Reedin Ritein Figurin wrote:
People in the U.S. can't ever read, write, and do arithmetic. The U.S. is one of the dumbest countries in the world. How do you expect people in the U.S. to handle two systems.
Off the Grid wrote:
accuracy - how many sq m is 2.338477m x 4.233888m?
How many sq ft is 5'10" x 3' 2"?????? How much more accurate than 1/8th can I get...how many significant digits are commonly displayed in imperial measurement?
And how many inches across is a protozoa....an atom?.....a proton.....quark?.....2.3374 x 10 ^-22.....*inches*?
Inches are commonly measured in as decimals on prints and in practice. I've worked with medical devices, such as bone screws and cathers as well as micro scale electronic components that are measured in inches. Common tolerances would be on the order of 0.0001".
You can buy solid gages that are much more accurate than 1/8" inch.
You can display as many siginificant digits as you'd like in an imperial measurement. Among other factors, the measurement tool you are using primarily determines the accuracy of your measurement. You could measure the surface area of a marble in square miles if you so desired.
Nothing would prevent you from measuring atoms in inches. No one in the scientific community does this for good reason, but it is a trivial conversion for anyone with understanding and ability to measure atomic spacing.
How many sq ft is 5'10" x 3' 2"?
practical....very practical....
these are workarounds....which are created to compensate for a cocked up system...
this wouldn't nearly be that expensive. You just make a gradual transition during which time, when new signs are needed, or old signs are replaced, you use dual unit signs (our speedometers are already dual unit). In the meantime, you implement curriculum changes to metric in schools, and then you mandate in government contracts use of the metric system. Finally, you replace the dual unit signs with metric signs over time, and there is very little added cost to the process. But is there really that much motivation? I don't care at all about it. But maybe you get the motivation by only teaching the metric system, and as kids grow up and see how easy it is, they exert the pressure.
Reedin Ritein Figurin wrote:
People in the U.S. can't ever read, write, and do arithmetic. The U.S. is one of the dumbest countries in the world. How do you expect people in the U.S. to handle two systems.
Really we are the dumbest people in the world. Lets see, which country invented almost everthing around us. Electricity, computers, cars, tv, light, phone, Americans are idiots.
Off the Grid wrote:
How many sq ft is 5'10" x 3' 2"?
practical....very practical....
Practical or impractical the accuracy is exactly the same you f***ing moron.
wake up wrote:
Practical or impractical the accuracy is exactly the same you f***ing moron.
charm school....its worth EVERY penny....
wake up wrote:
Off the Grid wrote:How many sq ft is 5'10" x 3' 2"?
practical....very practical....
Practical or impractical the accuracy is exactly the same you f***ing moron.
and more to the point, you could not answer the question.
So.... how accurate is the answer to 5'10" x 3' 2"?
If time is an issue, not very accurate at all.
Accuracy is not an idea that spins in its own private orbit. It relates to the real world. So if we have to sit around waiting for the answer while u convert feet to inches, then recalculate into feet....it might be "accurate"....but we'd all quickly realize that a metric answer is more "accurate" because it is more TIMELY.
WTF? You were making sense up until this post.
Off the Grid wrote:
How many sq ft is 5'10" x 3' 2"?
practical....very practical....
these are workarounds....which are created to compensate for a cocked up system...
Dude,, that is pretty easy. (70 X 38)/(12 X 12)=18.47222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222222
ripvanracer wrote:
Dude,, that is pretty easy. (70 X 38)/(12 X 12)=18.47
No thats
Imperial - (a) 5'10" x (b) 3'2"
1. If (right(a,1) = """, right(a,len(a) - find("'",a)), "") + right(a, find("'")-1) = 70
2. If (right(b,1) = """, right(b,len(b) - find("'",b)), "") + right(b, find("'")-1) = 38
3. #1 * #2
4. #3/144
You have to 1)determine if there are foot *and* inch markers, 2) parse them out, 3) multiply by 12, 4) multiply the two resulting numbers, 5) then divide by 144 to get a number that is *still* in decimal form.
Metric 1.78 x 1.02 = 1.734sq m
there is nothing more to do...
You say tomato... wrote:
Don’t be so quick to rag on the metric system. We could fix our obesity problem instantly. A 350 pound person would only weigh 159kg. Presto!!!
..and in the UK a litre of petrol is only £1.10 a litre. Just worked that out; £5 (approx 8 dollars 50c a gallon! I hope I have just made you all very happy to be in the States!
I don't get still using Fahrenheit though. Freezing is 0 degrees Celsius. That's easier surely, boiling 100. Bizarrely over here though the weather forecasters still give degrees c for below freezing. A 'heat wave’ and they suddenly say its over 90(f)!!
Some countries put a change to metrics in the too hard basket:U.S.
Some countries half change:England.
Fiji changed their traffic laws to drive on the otherside of the road.
Imagine the fun on the first day.
"1 calorie = energy required to raise 1cc of water 1C
"
In fact, this is not well-defined. This depends on which temperature you start at. In fact, there are about a dozen widely used "calories" all of which are different.
Look.
The only reason the US hasn't changed to the metric system is because runners like to talk about their mileage and couldn't stand talking about their kilometerage.
"Trials of miles"
Not trials of kilometers
Carl Lewis wrote:
29 feet.
I can use my own feet to estimate how far that is.
I don't always carry meters with me.
Wow your feet are exactly 12inches long. lucky
Off the Grid wrote:
How do you multiply 3'10" by 2'6"????
Ok, if someone else ripped this before I apologize. I saw the stupidity and had to comment before I went through the rest of the thread.
Are you joking me? Did you fail math as a child? Let's see, 10/12 is 0.833 and 6/12 is 0.5. So you have 3.833 times 2.5. WHOA, that was so hard! It would have been much easier in metric you ass.
Off the Grid wrote:
Metric 1.78 x 1.02 = 1.734sq m
there is nothing more to do...
You are a f***ing moron, check you marth.
I'm a f***ing moron, I need to look at spelling before I post. But you're a f***ing moron too.
TV by French and Germans, computers and electricity by the English, the car is debated between the French and the Brits, Alexander Graham Bell was born in Scotland and grew up in Canada, and well the light"bulb" is debated too but hell, I'll give you that one, I feel bad for you.