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cyb3rtr0n
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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: nexus1946]
#10903936 - 08/21/09 11:54 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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nastos
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i use inchimeters in my gallon tubs and i have not had a contam yet
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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: nastos]
#10903968 - 08/21/09 11:58 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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indeed.
The imperial system is awkward 8ths 16ths and so on. To be honest im surprised at how some of you lot manage when there are so many posts written in really poor English. God I'd hate to see some your maths skills.
Either way there are unit converters.
So do you yanks, when doing physics not use SI units or something?
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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: Psuper]
#10904158 - 08/21/09 12:28 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I use both. Reading a tape measure I find it easer to use inch, 5/8, 3/8, etc. C to me is better than F. Kilometre is better than mile as is litre over gallon IMO but you pretty much gotta' use the system you live in for every day life.
Not that it matters much here...to each there own. 
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Psuper said: Americans make up most of the membership of the Cultivation Forum.
Likely. However, it would make for an interesting poll, to see where y'all from.
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Psuper said: In a year from now, there will be a whole new set of Americans reading in this forum
....as-well-as other nations.
It's like RR said some threads back. Once all the old f*cks die off the US will eventually switch.
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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: badman]
#10904314 - 08/21/09 12:53 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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badman said: The imperial system is awkward 8ths 16ths and so on.
Computer nerds and others who use base-2 find it refreshing. But not really practical. Like using a slide rule instead of a calculator, sort of.
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badman said: So do you yanks, when doing physics not use SI units or something?
All of that kind of stuff is in metric. But then we convert afterwards. It's like working in a foreign language.
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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: veda_sticks]
#10904546 - 08/21/09 01:35 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I wrote my spawn calculator to work in both English system units and metric.
I think metric is great, I use it for everything I do in chemistry. Everything!
Why I have to order a pint of beer or put a gallon of gas in my car, I will never understand.
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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: Psuper]
#10985072 - 09/02/09 08:25 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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It's so easy that even non-Americans can do it!
WTF...
Metric is the way to go. The imperial system makes absolutely no sense at all. Maybe it's because I'm a stupid non-American...
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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: badman]
#10985135 - 09/02/09 08:41 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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badman said:
So do you yanks, when doing physics not use SI units or something?
Just about all science is conducted via the metric system, regardless of where it takes place. I know of no educated Americans who think that the metric system is 'hard', but a look at the horrible grammar and diction here lets you know we have many members who are not educated. I find it embarrassing when our members from non-English speaking countries make much better use of the English language than many of the American, Canadian, and British members themselves do.
The major reason we use quarts and pints on this board is because a majority of our members are from the US, and when we go to the store, we don't find liter, 500ml, and 250ml jars. We find quarts, pints, etc. One day it will change. RR
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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#10985152 - 09/02/09 08:46 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Maybe $4 gasoline will be the trigger; "Less than a dollar per liter!!1!"
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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: AlexP]
#10985472 - 09/02/09 09:56 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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AlexP said:
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It's so easy that even non-Americans can do it!
WTF...
Metric is the way to go. The imperial system makes absolutely no sense at all. Maybe it's because I'm a stupid non-American... 
I totally agree that the metric system is better, I wasn't actually trying to insult any non-Americans with my quote(s) above.....my points were that most members here are American (like RR said) and that I think anyone in the world with an education should be able to make the conversions.
Everything I posted above was supposed to be sarcastic or a joke. Doc_T, myself and any other educated American already know that the metric system is "superior" to the imperial system of measurement. And no scientist or laboratory (well, maybe the Betty Crocker lab) here in the states use the imperial system in there work, I don't know who came up with that idea. ~P~
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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: Psuper]
#10985498 - 09/02/09 10:02 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I took it as a joke, for what it's worth.
I work in a hospital, we deal with babies. We measure them in centimeters and grams, then convert to pounds and inches for the public. It's annoying to deal with, but I can do it pretty well in my head, which is a neat party trick.
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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: Doc_T]
#10985748 - 09/02/09 10:49 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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You were being very sarcastic from the beginning though and so much sarcasm can fall on the other side. Glad it was just sarcasm. 
I don't believe in better people from here or there. Everyone is different, there are good and bad, smart and not so smart people all over the world in every country. Usually the smarter people from a poor country go to a richer country and are given that country's nationality.
Coming back on topic. I'm all for using the metric system Doc! Every time I use the imperial is to make it easier for the imperial system users. Apart from making a lot more sense, it is easier and it is more, not accurate, I don't know the right word in English... but how would you talk about 1 gram in the imperial system?
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"The joy of life consists in the exercise of one's energies, continual growth, constant change, the enjoyment of every new experience. To stop means simply to die. The eternal mistake of mankind is to set up an attainable ideal." Aleister Crowley
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cyb3rtr0n
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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: AlexP]
#10985811 - 09/02/09 11:01 AM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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I wouldn't talk about 1 gram in imperial measurements. I would call it a gram.
Imperial measurements = fractions metric = decimal
But, if I go to the doctor and he weighs me, he does it in pounds not kilos. If a doctor gives me a shot he does it in CC's not cubic inches.
metric is more of a refined set of measurements. where refinement isn't needed we generally use the imperial system here in the USA. I'm not really going too research why, I just accept that it is the case.
I think it's up to the government to make it standard; but the government is busy doing more important things like keeping our nation in debt by giving "cash for clunkers".
So actually here in the USA we use both sets.
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badman


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Re: Why don't we use metric? [Re: RogerRabbit]
#10987128 - 09/02/09 02:55 PM (15 years, 4 months ago) |
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Response to http://www.shroomery.org/forums/showflat.php/Number/10985135#10985135
Point taken and yes some peoples language is so fucking poor I'll read the first line and that's enough for me. Trying to decipher what halfwit plebs write is much harder than the conversion of imperial to metric or the other way round.
Edited by badman (09/02/09 02:57 PM)
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