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should america convert to the metric system? (pg. 3)
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| Orbital32 |
| screw metric. It's all about the inches and pounds! |
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| trancepunkk |
| quote: | Originally posted by eFeKz
i vote yes. |
who cares, if they like their ed up system let them be. |
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| Silky Johnson |
| Let them keep the imperial system as a constant reminder of how retarded they are. ;) |
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| Nell |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
It would cost an incredible amount of money to actually implement any sort of change. |
in the world's richest country? i doubt that considering many other nations have been able to do it. |
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| RJT |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nell
in the world's richest country? i doubt that considering many other nations have been able to do it. |
Yeah, we can definitely afford to just drop everything and change every sign, label, etc. in the country with absolutely no problem.
We're actually planning on doing it this Saturday afternoon along with the rest of our chores.
It's a nice little Saturday we've got planned here. |
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| _Nut_ |
I vote yes.
/scientific thought |
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| Omega_M |
| when I start dealing with inches and pounds and gallons, I lose touch with reality. :nervous: |
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| tubularbills |
we already tried converting to the metric system....in the 70s or 60s... i forgot when.
it failed miserably.
there's still a few speed limit signs across the country that are in km/hr, not m/ph.
i'm sure if you googled/wiki'd for it, you'd find out exactly when this occurred. |
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| gehzumteufel |
its a slow process that is slowly permeating our lives. it doesnt appear to be but it is happening.
also below is the sattelite that had the measurement problem
| quote: | wikipedia
Mars Orbiter
The use of two different systems was the contributing factor in the loss of the Mars Climate Orbiter in 1998. NASA specified metric units in the contract. NASA and other organizations worked in metric units but one subcontractor, Lockheed Martin, provided thruster performance data to the team in pound force seconds instead of newton seconds. The spacecraft was intended to orbit Mars at about 150 km altitude, but the incorrect data meant that it probably descended instead to about 57 km, burning up in the Martian atmosphere. |
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| Protege |
| NO. Screw the metric system. |
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