Great Measurements Debate

[mr_s]

So, Instead of sidetracking other threads, I decided to make a debate thread on the world's measurements (the 2 most commonly used anyway).

Debate rules (they may change):
-Understand this is purely for fun, so keep flames and poster disrespect out of it
-Don't get too hot headed or angry as its just a debate
-????
-Profit

[mr_s]

I'm going to start her off.

to quote Clay:
[quote="Clay Pigeon";p="167313"]
kilometers are too short and celsius isn't exact enough.

also liters are too small.
[/quote]

how is 100 degrees not exact enough?
why does water have to boil at 212 degrees and freeze at 32?
Its kinda like my desk... I have stuff lying around everywhere related to different things, when I should rather stack them according to relevance

[Stevo]

They both work.

[TheCarpe]

My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it.

[Cpt. Winky]

my bed weighs about 42 stone

[Masakari]

You can do decimal Celsius too.

AKA - right now, it is 4.8 degrees Celsius.

[Torven]

Bah, everyone knows that the greatest unit of measurement in the history of human civilization is that imperial unit known as the pint.

[M's]

[quote="Torven";p="167331"]Bah, everyone knows that the greatest unit of measurement in the history of human civilization is that imperial unit known as the pint.[/quote]





IMHO it is how and where your from as to which is better metric or *cough IMPERIAL.

[!B a T m A n!]

[quote="mr_s";p="167319"]So, Instead of sidetracking other threads, I decided to make a debate thread on the world's measurements (the 2 most commonly used anyway).

Debate rules (they may change):
-Understand this is purely for fun, so keep flames and poster disrespect out of it
-Don't get too hot headed or angry as its just a debate
-????
-Profit[/quote]

[Yahoo!!]

For distances, definitely metric

1 kilometer= 10 hecameters = 100 decameters = 1000 meters = 10000 decimeters = 100000 centimeters.

It is all units of 10. Real easy to figure out.

None of this 12 inches in a foot and 3 feet in a yard and 1760 yards a mile. I mean... tell me, without a calculator how many inches are in 2.5 miles? Ya... thought so..

For temperature actually... Kelvin is where its at . I know that 0 kelvin is absolute 0. But for day to day usage, definitely centigrade. 0C is freezing and 100C is boiling. Nice round numbers.

For liquids, I use liters. Easy to tell and the gas actually looks cheaper at $0.85/Liter.

For weight though and height, I use feet and pounds. I am part of the dark side here because I can visualize a person in feet and pounds rather than meters and kilograms.

The entire scientific community uses the metric system.

oh and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Non-Metric_User.svg


... I rest my case

[arfy4]

Celsius isn't as exact and it sounds to complicated with decimals.

[Guardian]

[quote="Yahoo!!";p="167338"]For distances, definitely metric

1 kilometer= 10 hecameters = 100 decameters = 1000 meters = 10000 decimeters = 100000 centimeters.

It is all units of 10. Real easy to figure out.

None of this 12 inches in a foot and 3 feet in a yard and 1760 yards a mile. I mean... tell me, without a calculator how many inches are in 2.5 miles? Ya... thought so..

For temperature actually... Kelvin is where its at . I know that 0 kelvin is absolute 0. But for day to day usage, definitely centigrade. 0C is freezing and 100C is boiling. Nice round numbers.

For liquids, I use liters. Easy to tell and the gas actually looks cheaper at $0.85/Liter.

For weight though and height, I use feet and pounds. I am part of the dark side here because I can visualize a person in feet and pounds rather than meters and kilograms.

The entire scientific community uses the metric system.

oh and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Non-Metric_User.svg


... I rest my case[/quote]

This

[arfy4]

Yahoo, your killing the metric system with that, not saving it.

[DeafOfficeWorker]

[quote="Stevo";p="167323"]They both work.[/quote]

[quote="<eVa>mlite";p="167333"][quote="Torven";p="167331"]Bah, everyone knows that the greatest unit of measurement in the history of human civilization is that imperial unit known as the pint.[/quote]





IMHO it is how and where your from as to which is better metric or *cough IMPERIAL.[/quote]

The imperial pint is the greatest measurement known to man.

[Fletch]

[quote="Guardian";p="167343"][quote="Yahoo!!";p="167338"]For distances, definitely metric

1 kilometer= 10 hecameters = 100 decameters = 1000 meters = 10000 decimeters = 100000 centimeters.

It is all units of 10. Real easy to figure out.

None of this 12 inches in a foot and 3 feet in a yard and 1760 yards a mile. I mean... tell me, without a calculator how many inches are in 2.5 miles? Ya... thought so..

For temperature actually... Kelvin is where its at . I know that 0 kelvin is absolute 0. But for day to day usage, definitely centigrade. 0C is freezing and 100C is boiling. Nice round numbers.

For liquids, I use liters. Easy to tell and the gas actually looks cheaper at $0.85/Liter.

For weight though and height, I use feet and pounds. I am part of the dark side here because I can visualize a person in feet and pounds rather than meters and kilograms.

The entire scientific community uses the metric system.

oh and

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Non-Metric_User.svg


... I rest my case[/quote]

This[/quote]


WHAT!!!


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