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should america convert to the metric system?
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| Marc Summers |
iii voote that i sleep
and w.e
numbers piss me off anyway so it makes no difference |
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| tranceDJ |
Too late, would confuse too many people. I've never understood the American system, doesn't make any sense. At least the metric system goes by 10's so it's easy to convert.
I recall hearing about how NASA ed up a satellite's course and sent it into the sun or something because some moron converted metric to american wrong. |
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| nchs09 |
its soooo annoying to mesure everything in miles.... starting to get used to it now after like 4 years..
but we use gallons and not liters to mesure gas in guatemala so im glad i dindt have to get used to that too :) |
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| eFeKz |
| quote: | Originally posted by tranceDJ
Too late, would confuse too many people. I've never understood the American system, doesn't make any sense. At least the metric system goes by 10's so it's easy to convert.
I recall hearing about how NASA ed up a satellite's course and sent it into the sun or something because some moron converted metric to american wrong. |
i heard about that.
wasnt it the hubble space telescope? |
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| eFeKz |
| quote: | Originally posted by nchs09
its soooo annoying to mesure everything in miles.... starting to get used to it now after like 4 years..
but we use gallons and not liters to mesure gas in guatemala so im glad i dindt have to get used to that too :) |
oh, right on. |
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| Arbiter |
| I like metric measurements for volume and length. Grams suck though, because 1 gram is too small a base unit. A pox upon grams. |
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| idoru |
I don't really care. The only problem with that, however, would not only be convincing the country to implement it, but to educate them and change every single label and sign in the country.
It would cost an incredible amount of money to actually implement any sort of change. |
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| eFeKz |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
I don't really care. The only problem with that, however, would not only be convincing the country to implement it, but to educate them and change every single label and sign in the country.
It would cost an incredible amount of money to actually implement any sort of change. |
but it could boost the economy!!!! changing signs! create jobs! LOLOL |
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| idoru |
| quote: | Originally posted by eFeKz
but it could boost the economy!!!! changing signs! create jobs! LOLOL |
As dripping of sarcasm as your post is, you're probably correct there. |
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| lex400sc |
| quote: | Originally posted by eFeKz
i heard about that.
wasnt it the hubble space telescope? |
:nervous: |
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| EXTREMUM |
| quote: | Originally posted by eFeKz
i heard about that.
wasnt it the hubble space telescope? |
*sigh* |
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