Imperial - Teh Forum

From:	JonCooper	11 Nov 2014 18:12
To:	ALL	11 of 29

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This kind of thing really pisses me off. Everyone knows what an inch looks like, roughly how far a mile is, how tall 6ft* is etc, but all that is far too easy so 'they' have to go and invent a system that, on the surface, looks simple. Oh look, it's all divisible / multipliable by 10 - so fucking what??? I can do math I don't need to use my fingers. How the fuck far is a kilometre? no-body alive has the slightest clue, not really, oh they can measure it all right, but visualise it? Not the slightest chance is a million years. Goddam fuckin waste of time bastardised Metric system! *does anyone ever say anything like "I am 1.whateverthefuckM tall"? do they fuck. nobody. nowhere. ever. Jon

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From:	Dan (HERMAND)	11 Nov 2014 18:38
To:	JonCooper	12 of 29

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Really? C'mon Jon - the only reason you can visualise a mile is because that's what you brought up with. I can work with both - primarily because running races tend to be measured in both (We have 5km, 10km, 10 mile, 13 mile etc) and I can visualise them just fine. Again, the only reason people state their height in Feet and Inches is convention. I know I'm around 185cm tall and I weight about 90kg. In fact, actually, I do nearly all my weights in metric because I can't fathom imperial at all. Metric makes sense :) Dan Herman

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From:	patch	11 Nov 2014 18:39
To:	JonCooper	13 of 29

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Ummm... Everyone on the continent does. Measure their height in metres or centimetres, that is.

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From:	koswix	11 Nov 2014 18:42
To:	JonCooper	14 of 29

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I'm 1,795mm tall. I weigh around 855 Newtons. Lots of people can visualise a kilometre, or a mile. I can kind of do both, but not with any real accuracy.


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From:	milko	11 Nov 2014 18:53
To:	ALL	15 of 29

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These occasional rants about metric are starting to remind me of Such grr! Have we done "decimal money: rubbish" yet though? edit: was it spinning_plates Jon that wanted to have Metric Time? That was a good one.

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	11 Nov 2014 19:45
To:	JonCooper	16 of 29

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What they said really. Every country where metric has been widespread in all ways for years, they're the people who can easily visualise all these measurements easily. Also, 188 cm and 90 kg this morning. I went fully metric for my weight due to TKD since all weight groups are based on kg. I only now have a vague idea of what I weigh in stones/pounds. And if you work in science/engineering.... ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	11 Nov 2014 19:49
To:	JonCooper	17 of 29

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quote: JonCooper *does anyone ever say anything like "I am 1.whateverthefuckM tall"? do they fuck. nobody. nowhere. ever. Yes, I do. I am 5'11" and 1.8m tall. I am 50. I prefer metric to imperial (OK, living on the continent I don't really have a choice). Where metric really wins out is in fractions: 5.6cm, or 56mm, makes sense but 2⅜"? Screw that! Oh, and temperatures. I'm even getting used to hot weather in Celcius, but when I was in the US during Winter and they were quoting temperatures in minus Fahrenheit, I was all 'W.T.F?' :? bastard by name bastard by nature

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From:	Dan (HERMAND)	11 Nov 2014 23:18
To:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	18 of 29

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I'd forgotten temperature because I only work in Celsius. I have no idea whatsoever about Fahrenheit - I couldn't even take a guess at some comparisons. Dan Herman

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	11 Nov 2014 23:29
To:	Dan (HERMAND)	19 of 29

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Me either. Never really made any attempt to understand Fahrenheit properly. I'd only compare it to Celsius to actually understand anyway. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	11 Nov 2014 23:30
To:	Dan (HERMAND)	20 of 29

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I used to know that 70s-80sF was hot. But I forget how hot. And 32F is 0C. But 5F? I know it's bloody cold, but meaningless otherwise. Now I know what upper 20sC and 0-5C mean. It's easy. bastard by name bastard by nature

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From:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	12 Nov 2014 03:57
To:	JonCooper	21 of 29

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You just earned a thumbs up and an extra serving of freedom! ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you don't like donut, then leave it alone. Nobody force you to eat it.

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From:	Ken (SHIELDSIT)	12 Nov 2014 04:01
To:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	22 of 29

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The -F is there to impress your friends! I know my friends are always impressed when I tell them it was -36F a couple times when we lived in ND. That was rude. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ If you don't like donut, then leave it alone. Nobody force you to eat it.

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From:	Lucy (X3N0PH0N)	12 Nov 2014 12:56
To:	milko	23 of 29

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I want time to be both metric and global (i.e. no time zones). Coordinating with foreigners is a fucking chore. (Though I do agree with Jon that imperial units are often more ergonomic and thus better for ad hoc reckoning. Naturally, really, since they mostly evolved from body part dimensions. But yes we've been here a zillion times). , , , , , , , , , , `' (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) \ \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) ''`>-,--”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---- ,'.*''`

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	12 Nov 2014 13:18
To:	Lucy (X3N0PH0N)	24 of 29

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Global time would be very good. Though I managed to get some work from someone quicker yesterday because they didn't realise we were working to a deadline in EST. Though the fucker still only sent through the stuff 2 minutes before the "deadline", good job I didn't tell him the truth. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	Lucy (X3N0PH0N)	12 Nov 2014 13:20
To:	ANT_THOMAS	25 of 29

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:D Also. , , , , , , , , , , `' (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) (o,o) \ \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) \|)__) ''`>-,--”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---”-”---- ,'.*''`

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From:	milko	12 Nov 2014 13:23
To:	Lucy (X3N0PH0N)	26 of 29

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I was gonna say, Swatch Beats! But nay, I reckon we should have Imperial Time. Yes definitely everyone on the same time, no zones, all Her Maj's GMT all the time. But measured in a happy mix of fathoms, gallons and bushels.

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From:	ANT_THOMAS	12 Nov 2014 13:47
To:	milko	27 of 29

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Definitely GMT, I don't want to be working off the midnight of some other country. Though that is obviously selfish. ┌─────┐ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ │ │ │ │ ┌─┐ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ └─┘ └─┘

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From:	JonCooper	12 Nov 2014 14:25
To:	ALL	28 of 29

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LMAO ~ more activity overnight than for days ~ LOL Jon

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From:	99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)	12 Nov 2014 14:30
To:	ALL	29 of 29

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Moving from GMT (or UCT if you insist) would cause too much confusion globally. Even Swatch time had to have a common reference point, although they conveniently moved it to their HQ. I like Milko's proposal. Speed should be measured in furlongs per fortnight. bastard by name bastard by nature

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