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Metric or Imperial? (pg. 2)
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| Eugene |
| quote: | Originally posted by ali92
Which measurement system do you use? I use Metric! |
Good for you. |
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| PhaseFour |
| quote: | Originally posted by ali92
Why not? They're THAT unfamiliar with it? They don't even know what a metre is? |
nope :)
actually im sure lots of us scientists use the metric system, so its a start i guess |
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| jdat |
I moved to the usa in august and I still don't know the imperial system ....
like it's so unlogical ...
I should read up on it to try to understand this crap ..
but anyhow here right next to me I have a couple 40 centimeter rulers and that's all I use for work |
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| Nadi |
| quote: | Originally posted by ali92
Why not? They're THAT unfamiliar with it? They don't even know what a metre is? |
You'd be supriesed :( Actually everyone understands the concept just is to lazy to memorize the different prefixes, and dont really know conversion rates etc |
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| HyPeRSoNiC |
| quote: | Originally posted by Nadi
You'd be supriesed :( Actually everyone understands the concept just is to lazy to memorize the different prefixes, and dont really know conversion rates etc |
explain to them really slowly.............
1 inch = 2.5 cm......
1 feet = 12 inches = 2.5 x 12 cm = 30 cm
1 yard = 3 feet = 3 x 12 inches = 36 inches = 2.5 x 36 cm = 90 cm
1 mile = 1760 yards = 1760 x 3 feet = 5280 feet = 5280 x 12 inches = 63360 inches = 63360 x 2.5 cm = 158400 cm
and to make it more simple for them to understand the rates, tell them this:
imagine 1 meter as 1 dollar......
1 centimeter is like 1 cent - 0.01 dollars = 0.01 meters.........
1 detzimeter is like 1 dime - 0.1 dollars = 0.1 meters..........
1 milimeter is like 0.1 cents - 0.001 dollars = 0.001 meters.......
and as for kilometers, etc.... tell them to imagine it as HD space.... but to change "byte" into "meter" (1 byte = 1 meter).
(kilometer, megameter, gigameter, terrameter, etc.....)
and in weight it's even easier......
mili = 0.001 in latin....... so 1 miligram = 0.001 grams.....
kilo = 1000 in latin...... so 1 kilogram = 1000 grams.....
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1 ton = 1000 kilograms = 1000000 grams.....
and from ton and up, use the method from the HD space thing....... this time, the word "byte" changes to "ton"....... exact same rates......
(kiloton, megaton, gigaton, etc....)
hope I helped........ :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: |
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| ali92 |
| quote: | Originally posted by HyPeRSoNiC
explain to them really slowly.............
1 inch = 2.5 cm......
1 feet = 12 inches = 2.5 x 12 cm = 30 cm
1 yard = 3 feet = 3 x 12 inches = 36 inches = 2.5 x 36 cm = 90 cm
1 mile = 1760 yards = 1760 x 3 feet = 5280 feet = 5280 x 12 inches = 63360 inches = 63360 x 2.5 cm = 158400 cm
and to make it more simple for them to understand the rates, tell them this:
imagine 1 meter as 1 dollar......
1 centimeter is like 1 cent - 0.01 dollars = 0.01 meters.........
1 detzimeter is like 1 dime - 0.1 dollars = 0.1 meters..........
1 milimeter is like 0.1 cents - 0.001 dollars = 0.001 meters.......
and as for kilometers, etc.... tell them to imagine it as HD space.... but to change "byte" into "meter" (1 byte = 1 meter).
(kilometer, megameter, gigameter, terrameter, etc.....)
and in weight it's even easier......
mili = 0.001 in latin....... so 1 miligram = 0.001 grams.....
and from gram and up, use the method from the HD space thing....... this time, the word "byte" changes to "gram"....... exact same rates......
hope I helped........ :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes: |
Do those SI prefixes that are higher than kilo actually apply outside of the computing world? Like Mega, Giga, Tera, etc... So, something can weigh 1 megagram or be 1 gigametre long? |
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| HyPeRSoNiC |
| quote: | Originally posted by ali92
Do those SI prefixes that are higher than kilo actually apply outside of the computing world? Like Mega, Giga, Tera, etc... So, something can weigh 1 megagram or be 1 gigametre long? |
exellent question, young padiwan...... lol
I think they do..... but I guess it's more comfortable for ppl to say 1000 kilometers than 1 megameter.......
my opinion is - they exist, but nobody uses them..... :D
exept for physics and stuff like that cause I remember my physics teacher telling us about the megameter and the megagram..... |
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| HyPeRSoNiC |
now the only thing left is the hardest one of all...............
Celsius to Faranheit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyody know????
dammit! why do they make 2 totaly different mesuring systems???
do they want to make our lives as complicated as they can????
why won't they just do the metric system (more logical) and finish this !!!!! |
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| jdat |
| quote: | Originally posted by HyPeRSoNiC
now the only thing left is the hardest one of all...............
Celsius to Faranheit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyody know????
dammit! why do they make 2 totaly different mesuring systems???
do they want to make our lives as complicated as they can????
why won't they just do the metric system (more logical) and finish this !!!!! |
As for centimeters I say it's the EASIEST thing to understand and yes americans do have a hard time to understand it ... they think it's to complicated which makes me say what the is that a joke ? okkkk I might understand not being forced to use it cause in the usa pretty much nothing is indicated in metrics ....
but I don't understand and really I don't how people here can consider metrics "hard" ....
it's on the basis of 100 ... damm easy
personnaly this year I had a horrible experience with my math teacher : she was using FRACTIONS to express weights and distances in the metric system .... saying stupid stuff like 9/12s of a kilometer and stuff like that ... DAMM ANNOYING ... I felt so out of place
as for all the inches and I don't understand them a bit .... I need to get into them otherwise I think I'm gonna be consider an eternal stranger here if I don't ....
| quote: | Originally posted by HyPeRSoNiC
now the only thing left is the hardest one of all...............
Celsius to Faranheit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyody know????
dammit! why do they make 2 totaly different mesuring systems???
do they want to make our lives as complicated as they can????
why won't they just do the metric system (more logical) and finish this !!!!! |
as for all this celsius and farenheit .....
I say farenheit for precision ... celsius for convenience
personnaly I don't even know what farenheits are ... coming from france with celsius's makes me come to a stand point where I can't even relate with farenheit as to what is cold hot and deadly hotly....
but then again CELSIUS is more international ...
For those in the technical field .. you may have noticed that lots and I mean lots and lots of equipement and tools have to be different just for the inches bull ... like having an allen key that does 3/16 or some like that is annoying yet you HAVE to have them if you're gonna work with american and metric equipement .....
and to conclude I'd say america doesn't even think there is a world outside of the usa ..... that's sad to say but it's really really true .... I know when I tell people I'm from France originally I hear retarded questions like "do they have computers over there? do you know what electricity is ? " pffffff the most retarded questions I've heard ... goodness you'd roll you're ass on the floor if I told every dumb thing I've heard in the usa concerning other countries .... like why do americans hate Canada so much ? that's like the biggest mistery to me |
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| Nadi |
[QUOTE]Originally posted by HyPeRSoNiC
now the only thing left is the hardest one of all...............
Celsius to Faranheit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyody know????
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i think its something like [c*(9/5)]+32 = f |
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| ali92 |
| quote: | Originally posted by HyPeRSoNiC
now the only thing left is the hardest one of all...............
Celsius to Faranheit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
anyody know????
dammit! why do they make 2 totaly different mesuring systems???
do they want to make our lives as complicated as they can????
why won't they just do the metric system (more logical) and finish this !!!!! |
What's the difference between Celsius and Centigrade? Are they the same? Also, Celsius is SO much easier than Fahrenheit because zero is freezing and 100 is water's boiling point... What's Fah. based on? |
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| JohnSmith |
celsisus and centigrade are the same thing i think, both based on 100.
farenheit is based on:
0 too damn cold to go outside
100 to damn hot to go outside
:D
and i agree the americans think they are the center of the world. |
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