imperial system is primitive -that's why is not used in electronics , medicine, nuclear-science, etc.
a (metric) unit
"NANO-TECHNOLOGY IS THE FUTURE, YOU CAVEMAN...
The CPU microcip of your PC you're using for posting your crap is in micro METRIC , you redneck "
So is putting men on Mars - using Imperial measurements.
The CPU microcip of your PC you're using for posting your crap is in micro METRIC , you redneck "
So is putting men on Mars - using Imperial measurements.
"imperial system is primitive -that's why is not used in electronics , medicine, nuclear-science, etc. "
That's why NASA uses it. And America- the world's largest economy.
That's why NASA uses it. And America- the world's largest economy.
<every electonics in your stupid council-house is in micro-metric system including your anti-theft-alarm , if you have one ! >
Adam doesn't have any electricity in his council-house, he never paid the bills, so he doesnt use any electronics, he doesnt know about micro metrics.
Adam doesn't have any electricity in his council-house, he never paid the bills, so he doesnt use any electronics, he doesnt know about micro metrics.
Sorry for you pal ,
you are fighting for a dead cause !
you are pathetic
watch imperials die completly in 15 years. you'll be the last one using them. LOL
you are fighting for a dead cause !
you are pathetic
watch imperials die completly in 15 years. you'll be the last one using them. LOL
<<Despite losing its $125 million dollar Mars Climate Orbiter to a simple conversion error, A.J. Hostetler finds that NASA still hasn't made the switch to metrics: >>
imperials cause trouble 125 milion loss
imperials cause trouble 125 milion loss
"watch imperials die completly in 15 years. you'll be the last one using them. LOL "
How? I'm in the majority.
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When metric-only education commenced in 1975, the government believed that the proportion of people thinking in UK units would decline as increasing numbers of school leavers replaced the previous generation. Thus, total metric conversion be achieved at a future point with minimum dispuption to the public. In practice, this has not happened. The rejection of metric by the British population has been indicated by at least fifteen public or consumer surveys and polls between 1995 and 2000:
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Year..........Survey....................Imperial....Metric
Feb 2002 .Teletext n/k.................. 61% ..39%
Feb .2002 Carlton TV 10,000+........ 95% ..5%
April 2001 .Evening Standard n/k ...92%..... 8%
March 2001. ICM Research 1,000... 74% .....26%
Feb 2001 ..The Sun n/k............... 80% ......20%
Jan 2001 ..ICM Research 1,000 .....91% .......9%
Jan 2001. ITN u/k................... .....68% .......u/k
Jun 2000 Tesco 1,000 ...................90%.... 8%
Jul 2000.. HTV West 13,697 ..........88%.. .......12%
2000 .GMTV u/k ..........................85%.... ......13%
Jul 2000 .Teletext 4,349..... ..........98% ..........2%
2000 .Teletext 7,229 ....................97% ...........3%
2000. BMRB 1,015 ......................67% ..........16%
1999. BMRB 1,010 ......................72%.. .........15%
1998 ....Trago Mills 3,780 ............83% ............16%
1997 .....RSL 1,000 ....................74% ...........19%
1995 .....NOP 1,000 ....................60% .............11%
1995 .......Gallup 1,082................ 52% .............37%
Historical:
1975 ........Gallup u/k .......53% ..........35%
1965 .........Gallup u/k .......46% ..........36%
BMRB Asked a nationally representative sample of people, aged 16 and over, between 26th and 28th February 1999, "Thinking about buying fresh foods, do you prefer to think of weight in pounds and ounces or in kilograms and grams?" Broken down by gender, the result was:
............Imperial............. Metric
Male ........60% ...............22%
Female..... 83% ...............8%
Trago Mills Retail chain Trago Mills conducted a survey during August 23-30th 1997 among 3,780 customers at stores in Devon and Cornwall. Asked customers, "Which units of measurement do you prefer to use?" Broken down, customers said:
pints 83%.............. litres 15%
pounds 82% ......... kilograms 16%
yards 72% ............ metres 25%
inches 75% ........... centimetres 23%
miles 87% .............. kilometres 11%
Gallup (1995)"Do you approve of the decision to switch over to the Continental system, using metres instead of yards and litres instead of pints?"
Gallup also asked respondents, "Do you normally think in [imperial or metric]...?" The results were as follows:
miles 95% .............kilometres 3%
yards 69% .............metres 26%
pounds 87% .......... kilos 10%
pints 87% .............litres 10%
fahrenheit 49% ....... centigrade 44%
http://www.bwmaonline.com/Consumer%20Surveys.htm
How? I'm in the majority.
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When metric-only education commenced in 1975, the government believed that the proportion of people thinking in UK units would decline as increasing numbers of school leavers replaced the previous generation. Thus, total metric conversion be achieved at a future point with minimum dispuption to the public. In practice, this has not happened. The rejection of metric by the British population has been indicated by at least fifteen public or consumer surveys and polls between 1995 and 2000:
-
Year..........Survey....................Imperial....Metric
Feb 2002 .Teletext n/k.................. 61% ..39%
Feb .2002 Carlton TV 10,000+........ 95% ..5%
April 2001 .Evening Standard n/k ...92%..... 8%
March 2001. ICM Research 1,000... 74% .....26%
Feb 2001 ..The Sun n/k............... 80% ......20%
Jan 2001 ..ICM Research 1,000 .....91% .......9%
Jan 2001. ITN u/k................... .....68% .......u/k
Jun 2000 Tesco 1,000 ...................90%.... 8%
Jul 2000.. HTV West 13,697 ..........88%.. .......12%
2000 .GMTV u/k ..........................85%.... ......13%
Jul 2000 .Teletext 4,349..... ..........98% ..........2%
2000 .Teletext 7,229 ....................97% ...........3%
2000. BMRB 1,015 ......................67% ..........16%
1999. BMRB 1,010 ......................72%.. .........15%
1998 ....Trago Mills 3,780 ............83% ............16%
1997 .....RSL 1,000 ....................74% ...........19%
1995 .....NOP 1,000 ....................60% .............11%
1995 .......Gallup 1,082................ 52% .............37%
Historical:
1975 ........Gallup u/k .......53% ..........35%
1965 .........Gallup u/k .......46% ..........36%
BMRB Asked a nationally representative sample of people, aged 16 and over, between 26th and 28th February 1999, "Thinking about buying fresh foods, do you prefer to think of weight in pounds and ounces or in kilograms and grams?" Broken down by gender, the result was:
............Imperial............. Metric
Male ........60% ...............22%
Female..... 83% ...............8%
Trago Mills Retail chain Trago Mills conducted a survey during August 23-30th 1997 among 3,780 customers at stores in Devon and Cornwall. Asked customers, "Which units of measurement do you prefer to use?" Broken down, customers said:
pints 83%.............. litres 15%
pounds 82% ......... kilograms 16%
yards 72% ............ metres 25%
inches 75% ........... centimetres 23%
miles 87% .............. kilometres 11%
Gallup (1995)"Do you approve of the decision to switch over to the Continental system, using metres instead of yards and litres instead of pints?"
Gallup also asked respondents, "Do you normally think in [imperial or metric]...?" The results were as follows:
miles 95% .............kilometres 3%
yards 69% .............metres 26%
pounds 87% .......... kilos 10%
pints 87% .............litres 10%
fahrenheit 49% ....... centigrade 44%
http://www.bwmaonline.com/Consumer%20Surveys.htm
CNN - NASA's metric confusion caused Mars orbiter loss - September ...
NASA urged to go metric - The Richmond Times-Dispatch
NASA ABANDONS IMPERIAL SYSTEM
NASA's pro-metric policy was instituted as a result of the 1975 Metric Conversion Act and its 1988 amendment, which required federal agencies to be metric by the end of the 2006 fiscal year.
NASA urged to go metric - The Richmond Times-Dispatch
NASA ABANDONS IMPERIAL SYSTEM
NASA's pro-metric policy was instituted as a result of the 1975 Metric Conversion Act and its 1988 amendment, which required federal agencies to be metric by the end of the 2006 fiscal year.
UK metric association
Although this was in the heyday of the British Empire, it was known that Imperial units were anything but ‘made in Britain' being largely imported from the Romans, Saxons and the French. Indeed British Victorian scientists enthusiastically embraced metric units. These scientists came up with some important additions to the metric system that we take for granted today – including mega- for one million, micro- for one millionth.
Metric units are used in most countries of the world because they are so practical.
Although this was in the heyday of the British Empire, it was known that Imperial units were anything but ‘made in Britain' being largely imported from the Romans, Saxons and the French. Indeed British Victorian scientists enthusiastically embraced metric units. These scientists came up with some important additions to the metric system that we take for granted today – including mega- for one million, micro- for one millionth.
Metric units are used in most countries of the world because they are so practical.
The metric system was formally made international by the 1875 signing of the Convention du Mètre (Metre Convention), a diplomatic treaty between an initial 17 countries.
Britain signed the Convention in 1884 and since then has been formally involved in the development of the metric system.
Britain signed the Convention in 1884 and since then has been formally involved in the development of the metric system.
Adam you have no choise
you either like imperial from FRENCH
or you like METRIC from FRENCH
LOL the FRENCH rulles
you either like imperial from FRENCH
or you like METRIC from FRENCH
LOL the FRENCH rulles
"CNN - NASA's metric confusion caused Mars orbiter loss - September "
Isn't that because it used metric?
The failure of ESA's Mars probe was also due to its use of metric.
Isn't that because it used metric?
The failure of ESA's Mars probe was also due to its use of metric.
"you either like imperial from FRENCH
or you like METRIC from FRENCH "
The French haven't beaten the British since 1066, so why should it change now?
or you like METRIC from FRENCH "
The French haven't beaten the British since 1066, so why should it change now?
"Canadian Imperial units are as standardized and as accurate as any metric unit. As for evidence of this, consider the fact that man was put on the Moon, a task requiring almost unimaginable accuracy and precision, using customary (Imperial) units. If you think that that is out of date ... the Space Shuttle Program runs with customary (Imperial) units as does every Boeing coming off the assembly line today. Too American? Ok, as does every Bombardier aircraft coming off the assembly line today.
Why are metric measurements not good?
Decimals and Fractions Metricators will sometimes say that decimals are more accurate than fractions. There are a couple of responses to this. One is "So?". If instead of saying half an inch someone wants to say 0.5 inches, fine, let them. Or if someone wants to write a figure down as 0.341 ounces. Decimals and fractions are not mutually exclusive, they are both useful and available for use. There are cases where one is better than the other. If something is 0.197 inches long, many may prefer to write 0.197 than 197/1000. Conversely, many may prefer to write (or say) 1/3 (one third) of an inch (or centimetre!) than 0.3333333... (zero point three three three three repeated). The use of both fractions and decimals is appropriate to either system. Except for two facts... Given the base ten myth (see next paragraph) the metric system does not enjoy some magical advantage when compared to the Canadian system. The Canadian system is decimal friendly. On the other hand, the fact that 12 and 16 can be more easily divided into convenient fractions does mean that the Canadian system is more fraction friendly than the metric system ... read on ...
The Base 10 Myth The fact that metric units are base ten in fact has virtually no relevance either to day-to-day life or to scientific and engineering manipulation. This is because conversion between units of the same dimension (e.g. centimetres to kilometres) is rarely necessary or useful. Just consider practical experience. If you are working in a unit, say miles or kilometres, you stay with that unit. So if a distance is 121.5 miles you do not also think that it is 213,400 yards any more than you think that 121.25 kilometres is also 121,250 m. Also, if you must travel 294 miles from one town to another and then 35 miles onwards to a third town, the fact that the metric system uses base 10 for inter-unit conversions does not make the calculation 294 miles +35 miles=329 miles any easier than if it had been 294 kilometres + 35 kilometres = 329 kilometres. Even so, ironically enough, if you want to convert between units, we today can do it much more easily than our ancestors because of technology. If Canadian measurements are so complicated how did our parents and grandparents and their ancestors survive when they did not even have calculators? Now, we have far more powerful technical mathematical tools than previous generations had - calculators, computers etc. Interestingly, none of these machines use base 10. Without getting too technical, the reason that these tools are non-decimal is because base 10 is a poor system of calculation. This is because it can be divided by relative few other numbers - 1, 2, 5 and 10 - without giving a fractional/decimal result. Half of ten is 5. Beyond that it gets messy. Half of 5 is 2.5. Half of 2,5 is 1.25 and so on. 12 is better. It can be divided neatly by 1,2,3,4,6 and 12. And dividing by 2 gives us 6 and then 3. 16, found in our weight and volume units, is even better - prime factors 1,2,4,8 and 16 and dividing by 2 gives us 8, 4, 2, 1 etc. This is the binary system used by computers!
Farenheit - more accurate than Celsius.
Temperature is a particularly interesting case. This is because we do not convert between different scales of units of temperature (i.e. we do not speak in millidegrees of Petadegrees etc.). Thus, base ten enters the Centigrade/Celsius system only in that there are 10 times 10 degrees between the freezing and boiling point of water. This is an utterly arbitrary way of fixing the size of a degree. In fact, under SI, water freezes at 273.16 K Furthermore, since the size of a degree Fahrenheit is smaller that that of a degree Centigrade, when describing the temperature around us Fahrenheit is more accurate!
Metric Measurements Have Awkward Impractical Names
The naming system of the metric system is systematic but repetitive. Humans find words that are distinct easier to store. The metric system does not lend itself to this. In fact, the reason that non-standard names have evolved for metric units is to increase the contrast and thus memorability of different units. For example, kilogram and kilometre are often referred to as kilo and click respectively. The fact that the names for metric units are unremarkable and confusing is simply because they were artificially created; they did not evolve over time from human experience in the way that Imperial measurements did. In many cases, the abstractness of the names means that any feel of what they actually mean is lost. For example, under the metric system, the unit of pressure is the Pascal. The traditional unit is pound per square inch. Clearly, the traditional unit is clearer to visualize it is more practical.
Recipes
Traditional recipes use units such as cups, tablespoons and teaspoons. This units are readily visualized and are based on utensils in our homes. Metric recipes use milliliters and grams. Unfortunately for cooks, these are abstract concepts invented by scientists that are impractical in the kitchen. Let's keep our recipes understandable and practical.
Metric = Sexist
The metric system has been almost wholly created and standardized by male scientists and bureaucrats. At the time, during which women were considerably less liberated than today, woman had virtually no say in the creation and, in many countries, the imposition of these units. Perhaps, if they had, the value of the practical units used in those tasks undertaken by woman at the time would have been recognized.
Napoleon on Metrication
Some claim that Napoleon deliberately and happily carried the metric system to those parts of Europe that he conquered. In fact, his own feelings on the system were less than complimentary: The scientists adopted the decimal system on the basis of the metre as a unit." Nothing is more contrary to the organization of the mind, memory and imagination. The new system will be a stumbling block and source of difficulties for generations to come. It is just tormenting the people with trivia."- Napoleon Bonaparte.
(The French people in fact did not readily take to the metric system. They only seriously began using it when forced to by legislation in the 1840s. Even today certain non-metric units survive in specific applications.)
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Why are metric measurements not good?
Decimals and Fractions Metricators will sometimes say that decimals are more accurate than fractions. There are a couple of responses to this. One is "So?". If instead of saying half an inch someone wants to say 0.5 inches, fine, let them. Or if someone wants to write a figure down as 0.341 ounces. Decimals and fractions are not mutually exclusive, they are both useful and available for use. There are cases where one is better than the other. If something is 0.197 inches long, many may prefer to write 0.197 than 197/1000. Conversely, many may prefer to write (or say) 1/3 (one third) of an inch (or centimetre!) than 0.3333333... (zero point three three three three repeated). The use of both fractions and decimals is appropriate to either system. Except for two facts... Given the base ten myth (see next paragraph) the metric system does not enjoy some magical advantage when compared to the Canadian system. The Canadian system is decimal friendly. On the other hand, the fact that 12 and 16 can be more easily divided into convenient fractions does mean that the Canadian system is more fraction friendly than the metric system ... read on ...
The Base 10 Myth The fact that metric units are base ten in fact has virtually no relevance either to day-to-day life or to scientific and engineering manipulation. This is because conversion between units of the same dimension (e.g. centimetres to kilometres) is rarely necessary or useful. Just consider practical experience. If you are working in a unit, say miles or kilometres, you stay with that unit. So if a distance is 121.5 miles you do not also think that it is 213,400 yards any more than you think that 121.25 kilometres is also 121,250 m. Also, if you must travel 294 miles from one town to another and then 35 miles onwards to a third town, the fact that the metric system uses base 10 for inter-unit conversions does not make the calculation 294 miles +35 miles=329 miles any easier than if it had been 294 kilometres + 35 kilometres = 329 kilometres. Even so, ironically enough, if you want to convert between units, we today can do it much more easily than our ancestors because of technology. If Canadian measurements are so complicated how did our parents and grandparents and their ancestors survive when they did not even have calculators? Now, we have far more powerful technical mathematical tools than previous generations had - calculators, computers etc. Interestingly, none of these machines use base 10. Without getting too technical, the reason that these tools are non-decimal is because base 10 is a poor system of calculation. This is because it can be divided by relative few other numbers - 1, 2, 5 and 10 - without giving a fractional/decimal result. Half of ten is 5. Beyond that it gets messy. Half of 5 is 2.5. Half of 2,5 is 1.25 and so on. 12 is better. It can be divided neatly by 1,2,3,4,6 and 12. And dividing by 2 gives us 6 and then 3. 16, found in our weight and volume units, is even better - prime factors 1,2,4,8 and 16 and dividing by 2 gives us 8, 4, 2, 1 etc. This is the binary system used by computers!
Farenheit - more accurate than Celsius.
Temperature is a particularly interesting case. This is because we do not convert between different scales of units of temperature (i.e. we do not speak in millidegrees of Petadegrees etc.). Thus, base ten enters the Centigrade/Celsius system only in that there are 10 times 10 degrees between the freezing and boiling point of water. This is an utterly arbitrary way of fixing the size of a degree. In fact, under SI, water freezes at 273.16 K Furthermore, since the size of a degree Fahrenheit is smaller that that of a degree Centigrade, when describing the temperature around us Fahrenheit is more accurate!
Metric Measurements Have Awkward Impractical Names
The naming system of the metric system is systematic but repetitive. Humans find words that are distinct easier to store. The metric system does not lend itself to this. In fact, the reason that non-standard names have evolved for metric units is to increase the contrast and thus memorability of different units. For example, kilogram and kilometre are often referred to as kilo and click respectively. The fact that the names for metric units are unremarkable and confusing is simply because they were artificially created; they did not evolve over time from human experience in the way that Imperial measurements did. In many cases, the abstractness of the names means that any feel of what they actually mean is lost. For example, under the metric system, the unit of pressure is the Pascal. The traditional unit is pound per square inch. Clearly, the traditional unit is clearer to visualize it is more practical.
Recipes
Traditional recipes use units such as cups, tablespoons and teaspoons. This units are readily visualized and are based on utensils in our homes. Metric recipes use milliliters and grams. Unfortunately for cooks, these are abstract concepts invented by scientists that are impractical in the kitchen. Let's keep our recipes understandable and practical.
Metric = Sexist
The metric system has been almost wholly created and standardized by male scientists and bureaucrats. At the time, during which women were considerably less liberated than today, woman had virtually no say in the creation and, in many countries, the imposition of these units. Perhaps, if they had, the value of the practical units used in those tasks undertaken by woman at the time would have been recognized.
Napoleon on Metrication
Some claim that Napoleon deliberately and happily carried the metric system to those parts of Europe that he conquered. In fact, his own feelings on the system were less than complimentary: The scientists adopted the decimal system on the basis of the metre as a unit." Nothing is more contrary to the organization of the mind, memory and imagination. The new system will be a stumbling block and source of difficulties for generations to come. It is just tormenting the people with trivia."- Napoleon Bonaparte.
(The French people in fact did not readily take to the metric system. They only seriously began using it when forced to by legislation in the 1840s. Even today certain non-metric units survive in specific applications.)
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My God. Even Napoleon hated Metric!
Back to le drawing board, mes amis.
Back to le drawing board, mes amis.