should the u.s. submit to evil

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2003-02-09 09:01pm

and convert to metric?

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-09 09:04pm

Yes. You might want to change the thread title to make it less confusing.

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-02-09 09:09pm

HemlockGrey wrote:Yes. You might want to change the thread title to make it less confusing.

It's intentional.

Frank_Scenario · Post by **Frank_Scenario** » 2003-02-09 09:12pm

Perhaps someone should sticky this as an example of the complex question fallacy.

Darth Yoshi · Post by **Darth Yoshi** » 2003-02-09 09:13pm

This wasn't what I expected.

My answer is yes, we should. It'd make things a lot simpler.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-02-09 09:19pm

yes.
as an exchange i suggest that we introduce "turn right on red"

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-09 09:28pm

No Never. The Alliance of The US, Liberia and Myanmar shall unite to return order and the Imperial system to the Earth!

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-02-09 09:32pm

Yes.
Hell, remember what made one of our Mars probes crash?!? Incorrect conversion from metric to imperial. Stupid.
Even England doesn't use Imperial anymore...

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-02-09 09:38pm

The US should definately switch to metric the day after I die.

Post by **AdmiralKanos** » 2003-02-09 09:42pm

The Imperial system is fucking stupid. The only reason anybody in the world uses it outside the US is to communicate with people inside the US. The Imperial system has the same fucking units for force and mass, just for starters.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-02-09 09:44pm

No! If we switch to metric, the terrorists win!

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-02-09 09:45pm

We probably should. We won't, but we probably should.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-02-09 09:49pm

There is a different imperial value for force/weight, it's the slug, it's just that nobody uses it or thinks about it.

Post by **AdmiralKanos** » 2003-02-09 09:50pm

SyntaxVorlon wrote:There is a different imperial value for force/weight, it's the slug, it's just that nobody uses it or thinks about it.

The pound-force and the pound-mass are the only units in common use. Such is the nature of a unit system devised before people realized there was a fucking difference.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-02-09 10:07pm

We need to bite the bullet and do the switch. Switching to metric is kinda like listening to a girl talk about her feelings; it may suck at first, but in the end when you get the pussy, it's all been worth it.

salm · Post by **salm** » 2003-02-09 10:23pm

Wicked Pilot wrote:We need to bite the bullet and do the switch. Switching to metric is kinda like listening to a girl talk about her feelings; it may suck at first, but in the end when you get the pussy, it's all been worth it.

lol, interesting view on that topic

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-02-09 10:37pm

Wicked Pilot wrote:We need to bite the bullet and do the switch. Switching to metric is kinda like listening to a girl talk about her feelings; it may suck at first, but in the end when you get the pussy, it's all been worth it.

This analogy fails once you realize you're putting up with all that bullshit not to fuck a chick, but in order to more easily calculate how many small units are in a big unit (no pun intended).

Admiral Johnason · Post by **Admiral Johnason** » 2003-02-09 10:44pm

We need to suck in our pride and go metric.

Durandal · Post by **Durandal** » 2003-02-09 10:44pm

Yes, and we should also convert to metric time, as well, by the way. The current date system is fucking retarded, and the English system is utterly nonsensical.

12 in. = 1 ft.
3 ft. = 1 yd.
5 280 ft. = 1 mi.

Compare with:

100 cm = 1 m
1 000 m = 1 km

One makes sense; the other does not.

Or how about

60 s = 1 min
60 min = 1 hr
24 hr = 1 day
365 days = 1 yr

These are stupid conversion factors. Power of 10 are easy and intuitive. Whipping out my calculator to convert days into seconds shouldn't be necessary. It should be as simple as converting kilometers into meters.

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-09 11:04pm

AdmiralKanos wrote:The Imperial system is fucking stupid. The only reason anybody in the world uses it outside the US is to communicate with people inside the US. The Imperial system has the same fucking units for force and mass, just for starters.

But some of its other unit, such as degrees and pounds are more accurate without going into fractions.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-02-09 11:05pm

Durandal wrote:Yes, and we should also convert to metric time, as well, by the way.

Worked out great for the French.

I assume you're being sarcastic?

Falcon · Post by **Falcon** » 2003-02-09 11:07pm

'if it aint broke....'

Utsanomiko · Post by **Utsanomiko** » 2003-02-09 11:21pm

Falcon wrote:'if it aint broke....'

I think it's lack of efficientcy is a better reason to switch it, while 'aint broke' is a sorry excuse to keep it. Well, can't really expect you to come up with something other than an innapropriate catch-phrase as a responce.

Anywho, c'mon Mike, as an engineer, don't you see an appeal to using non-decimalized measurements and insanely moronic work and power measuremnts? You ought to change your site's weapon comparision units from Joules to 'foot-pounds' or whatever the hell we use.

Or what about the Metric Alphabet?
"LMNO!"

Post by **weemadando** » 2003-02-09 11:36pm

HemlockGrey wrote:No! If we switch to metric, the terrorists win!

Yes, Osama, Saddam and Kim Jong-Il travelled back in time and founded the metric system which would lead to the inevitable downfall of the evil USA!

Post by **Sea Skimmer** » 2003-02-09 11:42pm

weemadando wrote:
HemlockGrey wrote:No! If we switch to metric, the terrorists win!
Yes, Osama, Saddam and Kim Jong-Il travelled back in time and founded the metric system which would lead to the inevitable downfall of the evil USA!

I knew it!

*Grabs rifle and time warp activation beacon*

Got to save Freedom, deal with weemadando later.....