Metric system
Dont give me this crap about "industry" is the main backer of "Standard" units. I cant think of a major player in any industry that doesnt have experience working in SI units. I think that's just a crock you all pulled out of your butts. Heck, I dont think I *know* an engineer that actually *prefers* British units. Even the older ones I know admit that metric makes more sense even if they are more familar with standard.
BTW: The day you can tell me what the "perception" of a 'slug' is, then I *might* listen for a while. But in the end metric *will* win out.
lata,
jeremy
--"We fear change..." Garth: Wayne's World
Hmmm, MagnumForce, it doesn't bother me that much, i was just wondering, but i can think of a lot of Europeans who'd have trouble converting all the numbers.
But let me give you an example from another point of view. In my work i encounter a lot of people from the States, who all rave about how great it is that we (Dutchies) all speak English. For them it's way easier to adapt and find their way here, as in countries where people simply refuse to speak other languages (for example France, mais je parle Francais, donc, il n'y a pas une probleme pour mois :p )
I know it's a long stretch, but basically it's the same deal.
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Werner Stengel: Ich sprich, denke und traüme Achterbahn!
Oh I agree Helios, that makes a lot of sense. But you can also see that just as those from the Netherlands (BTW what is the deal with Holland and England, they both have a million different names for the same country?) have a tough time converting, so do we. It's the way we think, we have always been taught to deal in English Units, you in Metric.
Euro's are one thing, that is only money. Measurements deal with a huge amount of things. Length, Volume, Distance, temperature. You get the idea.
-Brent (Who still wants to know why British people use both)
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All I need is 4.5 million bucks and a half a mile long sliver of land and maybe someone could build me my very own Shivering Timbers.
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Btw, "Nederland" is how I would call my country, it's basically the Dutch word for "the Netherlands" meaning 'low country'.
Till 1850, the Netherlands covered a larger area which was seperated and now is Belgium. At that time people refered to the area what is now simply my country as Holland. But we kinda stick to it still.... talk about stubborness haha!
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Werner Stengel: Ich sprich, denke und traüme Achterbahn!
I believe that the British use both because they were forced into the metric system. anyway, I don't think people will have as rough a time as is believed. schools are teaching both systems and those who are pig headed have no reason (other than personal opinions) to not go metric and will be outnumbered and outthought by those who want metric.
as for 100 ft. not being 30 meteres. give me a break. its called rounding. let it go.
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-Bob (formerly Coaster Jedi)
Do any of you know how to build a sundial out of a pen and a donut?
uh oh, sounds like someone has a case of the mondays.
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All I need is 4.5 million bucks and a half a mile long sliver of land and maybe someone could build me my very own Shivering Timbers. ;)
I agree about the rouding thing SFGA Bob. I am not worried about a six foot difference out of 300. The 200 and 300 foot marks are abritrary anyway. I think that it would be perfectly OK to call a 60m coaster a hypercoaster and a 90m coaster a giga.
Back on subject: If only people weren't so bull-headed, the US might be able to catch up to the rest of the world. Americans may not want to hear this, but I hear that Europe has been ahead of us for many years in the telecommunications biz. From what I hear they have video cell phones. Would any of our European buzzers like to confirm or disprove this claim?
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Have you ever seen the Demon?
Have you ever heard him scream.............
Heres a easy and quite Good explaination we use both. We have been using it no one has just told ya. According to my science teacher.
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p_c_r said:
JMHO alot of people freak out when they see it, especially "country" people are not welcome to thinking about, better book smart than common sense I guess.
JMHO: I think your looking for the word "ignorant". Ignorant applies to all people that do not know any better not just "country" people. Just because you live in a rural area it doesn't automatically make you an idiot.
rolacostaking said:
Americans may not want to hear this, but I hear that Europe has been ahead of us for many years in the telecommunications biz. From what I hear they have video cell phones. Would any of our European buzzers like to confirm or disprove this claim?
OT: I belive you're talking about the 3G (third generation) cell phones. With 3G you will be able to watch and see movies and music, surf on the internet faster and other things i'm not so sure about.
But to be able to use this new technollogy the phone companies have to build new masts. And that's were the problems comes. They have to build alot of masts to cover the whole area where people may use the phones. Not all want to have masts everywhere what ever the direction they're looking at is. And it doesn't helps when the companies can't use masts together, no they have to build their own masts. So the construction of the new 3G cell phone network is pretty delayed.
So i have to say no we don't have video cell phones *yet*. Sorry that i made a short story long :-P
astrosgp....you've got the right idea, but the formula is to add 32, not 40....that's why 0C=32F, 20C=68F, and 100C=212F:
C* 9/5 + 32 = F....
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So you believe that you are studying us, then kindly explain why you are the ones trapped in your seats.
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the member formerly known as MisterX
In my previous post giving metric definitions for heights of coasters, I meant to say the terms should be re-defined, and not that the metric values given were actual conversions.
Rollergator asked about the Aussies. I have an acquaintance who lives in the mountains (well, hills) outside Sydney and got an email from her a few years back in which she said they had gotten two centimeters of snow, so she scooped some up and built a four-inch snowman. Looks like they hop back and forth even more than the British.
Should the US convert to metric, there's nothing to stop things from continuing to be measured in Imperial - a football field can still be 100 yards long. After all, horse tracks are still reckoned in furlongs - now when was the last time anybody used that particular unit of measure?
rollergator said:
astrosgp....you've got the right idea, but the formula is to add 32, not 40....that's why 0C=32F, 20C=68F, and 100C=212F:
C* 9/5 + 32 = F....
*** This post was edited by rollergator on 9/28/2002. ***
Have you tried my method? It works...every time. I find adding 40, then subtracting 40 is much easier than trying to memorize whether the 32 is added or subtracted before or afterwards. You have the correct equation, but the "add 40, multiply, subtract 40" method ALWAYS works and is a hell of a lot easier to remember.
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