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They want to be different? :)

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Originally Posted by abdulzabak (Post 11245033)

this is beautiful example of metric system. 8.67 does not exist in English Imperial system you love. This is metric system (100 smaller units in one big).

Here you see, that English Imperial is not capable to measure fuel you bought and you have use metric methodology to easily measure hunderds of gallon.

Funny is, that by trying to defend English Imperial System, you just show, that it's outdated and metrics is much better...

What a minute, are you trying to say the Imperial system is incapable of dealing with anything but integers? :error

Decimals are base 10, that has NOTHING to do with "metric methodology" as you like to call it. It's been around long before metric was ever even thought of.

I'm starting to see why after 9 months you're still so confused. :1orglaugh

fact is there are better reasons to bash USA than their metrics system lol

We are a very provincial country.

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Originally Posted by baddog (Post 11248226)

perhaps that is how they measure in liters, but they don't measure cubic inches with liquids

How do they measure it? Honest question, I have no idea.
The best and most reliable (non-spaceage) method of measuring space is with a liquid as far as I know.

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Originally Posted by TeenGodFather (Post 11248483)

How do they measure it? Honest question, I have no idea.
The best and most reliable (non-spaceage) method of measuring space is with a liquid as far as I know.

We use the same he's just confused. Difference being we measure engines displacement it in area(cubic inches) where as you use both area(cubic centimeters) and most commonly volume(liters)

Some amazing attitudes in this thread.

What's even more amazing is the fact that I've failed to see anyone [perhaps there were a few, I sped-read] actually defend the merits of the imperial system - but I've seen lots of people verhmently deny metric superiority, simply because they happened to be born in a certain country.

If you were born elsewhere, you'd probably be on the other side of the fence.

Let's establish:
Metric Advantages:
- Has SI units. This is the major one.
- Being based on base 10, [the 'natural base'] - flicking between units is fast and predicable. 1x1x1 cm of water is.. 1 cubic cm of water, which weighs.. one gram.
- Base 10 removes the need for bizarre fractions,

Imperial
- Definitely the colloquial measuring system. People on both sides of the fence will always seem to talk about feet and inches. The units seem to be more appropriate for general discussions.
- Firmly established - who woulda guessed - in the US.

Disadvantages of metric include the lack of colloquial reference - noone says ah that was about 25.4mm long, and the inclusion of 'fake' [non SI] units, such as centimeters etc.
Disadvantages of imperial is definitely the number of totally seperate, incompatible units - on a mathematical level, and its generally archaeich structure.

Personally, I prefer metric, because I hate fractions.
Hurrah for intelligent discussion - now I await to be told to STFU in some whore's one line response that has a 1:10 post length / sig size ratio.

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Originally Posted by Mr. Blue (Post 11248336)

Isn't it a shame then that most of your almost 13,000 posts tend to live and die in threads exactly like this one. Perhaps you should utilize your time better :)

I do utilize my time fairly well thanks - and hence the reason for treating this thread as shit.

Admittedly, you are one of the few who took the effort to respond with any intelligence, but right now, I got better stuff to be doing.