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Hunter · 06-03-2003, 10:08 AM

the usa must be one of the last countries still using
lbs, inches, feet etc.
metric is the way to go imho, never seen a country change
back once they started using the metric system !

Jakke PNG · 06-03-2003, 10:09 AM

Beats me, really.

FreeHugeMovies · 06-03-2003, 10:10 AM

Totally agree. If we would switch it would make things a lot easier.

Groove · 06-03-2003, 10:15 AM

To antagonise the French

magicmike · 06-03-2003, 10:17 AM

Isn't it used in the military, in all science jobs etc...

I think they are still slowly changing towards it, I read an article about it a while back in the NY times or something.

Just failed in the 70's when they first tried, I guess they didn't do it properly.

Buff · 06-03-2003, 10:18 AM

Because we have no desire to emulate the Europeans -- if we want to be like them, we'll all have to take estrogen hormone therapy, chop off our nuts, and start sucking cock.

I for one say, "No thanks."

rooster · 06-03-2003, 10:19 AM

metric Leave that to pansy countries that put their steering wheels on the right side and drive on the left.

Ludedude · 06-03-2003, 10:19 AM

Don't knock the cock

SGS · 06-03-2003, 10:20 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Groove
To antagonise the French

Thats the only reason anyone does anything.

gothweb · 06-03-2003, 10:22 AM

I should probably point out that while the UK is officially metric, it uses barely more metric measurements than the US. People here also stick with the pounds, ounces, miles, and pints. (Especially pints.)

The answer is really simple... Any standards conversion is difficult. Changing the way people think isn't easy. The US, as a very large country in relative isolation, just didn't have enough reason to do it. The UK, as a powerful island nation, was in a similar situation.

The fact that we're both stubborn as hell and don't respect Europe much probably didn't help.

ldinternet · 06-03-2003, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hunter
the usa must be one of the last countries still using
lbs, inches, feet etc.
metric is the way to go imho, never seen a country change
back once they started using the metric system !

You must be a terrorist. Just wait until theking sees this!

magicmike · 06-03-2003, 10:25 AM

On 23 September 1999 NASA scientists lost the $100 million Mars Climate Orbiter because they instructed the craft in imperial (inches and feet) instead of metric (metres) measurements. It sent the probe, which was set up for metric data, off course and burning up in the Mars atmosphere.

Yo Adrian · 06-03-2003, 10:29 AM

Some states like New Mexico have been integrating the metric system for years, like milage signs on the freeways also showing distances in Kilometers

volante · 06-03-2003, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by gothweb
I should probably point out that while the UK is officially metric, it uses barely more metric measurements than the US. People here also stick with the pounds, ounces, miles, and pints. (Especially pints.)

But to confuse matters further, US pints and gallons are different sizes to UK pints and gallons

SexySarah · 06-03-2003, 10:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rooster
metric Leave that to pansy countries that put their steering wheels on the right side and drive on the left.

you are so fucking dumb

the UK is the only European country where people drive on the left.

Yo Adrian · 06-03-2003, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by SexySarah

you are so fucking dumb

Dayum, somebody woke up on the wrong side of the bed this morning

archer · 06-03-2003, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by magicmike
On 23 September 1999 NASA scientists lost the $100 million Mars Climate Orbiter because they instructed the craft in imperial (inches and feet) instead of metric (metres) measurements. It sent the probe, which was set up for metric data, off course and burning up in the Mars atmosphere.

i remember that fiasco.

i don't remember hearing if anyone got fired for it though.

loverboy · 06-03-2003, 10:48 AM

i should have payed attention to my physics class.

FATPad · 06-03-2003, 10:48 AM

Hey, we changed our soda bottles to litres. What more do you want?

toddtx · 06-03-2003, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by ldinternet

You must be a terrorist. Just wait until theking sees this!

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DarkJedi · 06-03-2003, 10:54 AM

pounds and inches are so gay.
everyone should use metric system.

JDog · 06-03-2003, 10:56 AM

The US has to be different and more difficult. Serioulsy, we need metrics!

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Tipsy · 06-03-2003, 10:57 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by rooster
metric Leave that to pansy countries that put their steering wheels on the right side and drive on the left.

What a fucking idiot. As has already been pointed out the only country who does so uses less metric than any of the others

volante · 06-03-2003, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by FATPad
Hey, we changed our soda bottles to litres. What more do you want?

Decent beer

JohnV · 06-03-2003, 10:59 AM

Who cares what the country uses as a measurement system. Use whatever works for your own applications and learn em' both, it's not that freakin difficult....we use both in the car tuning biz

gruffy · 06-03-2003, 11:00 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by magicmike
Isn't it used in the military, in all science jobs etc...

I think they are still slowly changing towards it, I read an article about it a while back in the NY times or something.

Just failed in the 70's when they first tried, I guess they didn't do it properly.

Any science job or university stuff uses Metric.

There is no scientific basis to the imperial system. If you need to hang on to it because you are too stupid to handle the metric system then you may as well do your counting in roman numerals too.

Enjoy the stone age, morons.

12clicks · 06-03-2003, 11:02 AM

we just do it to fuck with the rest of the world. There is no *reason* to do it other than we can.

Blaze · 06-03-2003, 11:05 AM

I get 1 1/3 bushels to the hogshed and thats the ways I likes it.

SexySarah · 06-03-2003, 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by 12clicks
There is no *reason* to do it other than we can.

big whoop

any country *can*

Imperial's cool but outdated. If we listened to logic like yours we'll still be paying in Shekel's

JohnV · 06-03-2003, 11:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Blaze
I get 1 1/3 bushels to the hogshed and thats the ways I likes it.

volante · 06-03-2003, 11:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Blaze
I get 1 1/3 bushels to the hogshed and thats the ways I likes it.

Is that a US bushel (0.03523907 cubic metres) or a UK bushel (0.03636872)

More here - http://www.metric.fsworld.co.uk/siall.htm

magicmike · 06-03-2003, 11:20 AM

Interestingly, standardisation of the inch for worldwide use occurred only in 1958. (The inch was standardised worldwide as 25.4 millimetres exactly.)

Prior to that the United States, Great Britain, and Canada each had their own definition of the inch, and in each case the inch was defined in terms of metric units, the only set of internationally-accepted measurement standards.

A problem still exists for the foot, where the international foot (based on the 25.4 mm inch) and the survey foot (based on the 25.40005 inch) are both in use. Over 100 miles they differ by 32 cm, or over one foot.

SGS · 06-03-2003, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by magicmike
Interestingly, standardisation of the inch for worldwide use occurred only in 1958. (The inch was standardised worldwide as 25.4 millimetres exactly.)

Prior to that the United States, Great Britain, and Canada each had their own definition of the inch, and in each case the inch was defined in terms of metric units, the only set of internationally-accepted measurement standards.

A problem still exists for the foot, where the international foot (based on the 25.4 mm inch) and the survey foot (based on the 25.40005 inch) are both in use. Over 100 miles they differ by 32 cm, or over one foot.

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