The standardization would be great but there's always going to be people resisting change and going by the system they are used to. Living proof - Imperial measurement system still being used in the United States.

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Originally posted by skywarp The standardization would be great but there's always going to be people resisting change and going by the system they are used to. Living proof - Imperial measurement system still being used in the United States.

word..

miles wth. who cares.. get over it and start using SI units..

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Originally posted by drizzt81 word.. miles wth. who cares.. get over it and start using SI units..

I know! Everyone else in the world uses Metric and it was tested in USA around the 1970s but, the Americans didn't want it and decided to still use the Imperial System! Same thing with 24 hour time: Only thing different: It never was even TRIED in USA because everyone calls it "Military Time" and people think it's easier with AM/PM, rather than just have the time, like "22:30". What's easier than that? AM/PM REALLY is MORE confusing than 24 hour time because the day starts at 12:00 AM. The number "12" isn't the first number in ANY counting system and the time-of-day means "how much time has elapsed in the day so far?". AM/PM screws that up because when it's 03:30 PM, 15 hours, 30 minutes has elapsed in the day but, clocks show "03:30", which means 3 hours, 30 minutes has elapsed since NOON. Isn't it confusing?

In Japan, they use both systems, however, with AM/PM, there is no 12, times between Midnight and 01:00 and between NOON and 13:00 are shown as "00:XX" (X means any value). This make a BIT more sense than in the US, where the day begins at 12:00 AM. Whenever I try to teach the 24 hour system to people who are using the AM/PM system, they just CAN'T UNDERSTAND. I wonder why. 24 hour is DEFINITELY easier (and shorter). Also, when you say "6 O'Clock" in the USA, people would wonder which "one"? AM or PM? In 24 hour system, there's only ONE 6 O'Clock and that's in the morning. 18:00 is the time when 6 hours has elapsed since Midday.

One thing I have always wondered about is: In 24 hour time, how do you say times like 13:00, 14:00, 15:00, etc.? Do you say "13 O'Clock"? "13 Hundred Hours" (like in the military), "13 hours"? Which is the correct one? And what about times that are between Midnight and 01:00, like 00:30? Do you say "Zero-Zero Thirty"? "30 minutes past Midnight"?

see the interesting thing is that in Germany, while we use 24 hr clocks, no-one walks around and says 17:30... at least not often.. Whenever i talk to friends, I'd say like 'let's meet at five-thiry' and everyone knows that i am not talking about 05:30, but about 17:30...

now, when i need to take care that i mention the real time, i will say 20:15, but often times it is not needed. Anyhow, I do prefer 24 hour time, since i get totally confused when someone says 12:15am...

is that 00:15 or is it actually 12:15?!?!?


anyhow, standards are good! S/I units are really nice, especially, since it is much easier to remember (1k = 1000 no matter if grams, meter or something else).. yet it appears that my american classmates have more trouble with that than with remembering that there are 5231.734264791642316 feet per mile (or whatever the correct number MAY be, since it does not really matter)

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Originally posted by drizzt81 see the interesting thing is that in Germany, while we use 24 hr clocks, no-one walks around and says 17:30... at least not often.. Whenever i talk to friends, I'd say like 'let's meet at five-thiry' and everyone knows that i am not talking about 05:30, but about 17:30... now, when i need to take care that i mention the real time, i will say 20:15, but often times it is not needed. Anyhow, I do prefer 24 hour time, since i get totally confused when someone says 12:15am... is that 00:15 or is it actually 12:15?!?!? anyhow, standards are good! S/I units are really nice, especially, since it is much easier to remember (1k = 1000 no matter if grams, meter or something else).. yet it appears that my american classmates have more trouble with that than with remembering that there are 5231.734264791642316 feet per mile (or whatever the correct number MAY be, since it does not really matter)

It's weird that no one states the time in 24 hour format since that's what you use... Anyway, 1 mile is 5280 Feet or 1760 Yards. SI is MUCH earier because eveything is based on 10. Like Deca-, Kilo-, Mega-, Giga-, Tera-, Peta-, Exa-, etc....