Why do some nations drive on the left side of the road? Weird custom that no longer makes sense. I suspect, the metric system will be dropped once enough of the people clinging to it expire.
So, for the millions, maybe billions of dollars we are spending to convert, the benefit is it's easier to do math? You realize scientists and such already use the metric system, and thus the only difference would be home normal people do measurements?Smilomaniac said:The benefit would be to teach people a more efficient system as well as being able to relate to almost all other countries in the world.
No one actually says meters. That part is assumed. You would just say "I'm one-seventy." Doesn't sound so bad, right?ungothicdove said:I'm down for switching. Except for distances. I'm driving a hundred miles dammit, not 160 km. And maybe height too because saying I'm 5'8" sounds better than 1.7018 meters.
Why does it make no sense? If the car is specifically designed for driving on the left then I don't see how it makes any difference.clayschuldt said:Why do some nations drive on the left side of the road? Weird custom that no longer makes sense. I suspect, the metric system will be dropped once enough of the people clinging to it expire.
As long as you keep it at home, some of your businesses could make some real profits, actually. That money wouldn't be going down a black hole. Not saying you should use this as an economic incentive, but being smart about it can be good for your economy if you ever get to the point where you make the change.Moderated said:So, for the millions, maybe billions of dollars we are spending to convertSmilomaniac said:The benefit would be to teach people a more efficient system as well as being able to relate to almost all other countries in the world.
Fahrenheit's foundations are kinda weird. Originally, 0 was defined as the freezing point of a 2:1 mix of water and ammonium chloride, and human body temperature was about 96 Fahrenheit, and 32 was the freezing point of water. The reason for this was so that 64 intervals lay between the freezing point of water and body temperature, so it would be easy to mark 64 gradations on any instrument, as it only requires you to bisect the interval 6 times. Later it was redefined so that 32 was the freezing point of water, and 212 was the boiling point, so like Celsius, Fahrenheit is defined in terms of water, it just has weird numbers at those points. Body temperature is about 98 on this scale.pearcinator said:I'm not American and I think the metric system is by far superior.
BUT (now I might be wrong here) isn't the Fahrenheit temperature based off regular human body temp? Like humans should have a body temperature of (I think) about 37 degrees Celsius which is a rather odd number and that a couple of degrees either side of that is not good...(like deathly ill)
So is like 100 degrees Fahrenheit equal to regular human body temp of 37 degrees Celsius? Cos then that would kinda make sense. Anything over 100 is 'hot' for us and anything under is 'cold' for us.
In the metric system, 35-40 degrees C is really hot temperatures while 10 degrees C is really cold (for the Gold Coast, Australia anyway). It would make more sense to me to measure temperatures in Fahrenheit...but it still makes sense with the metric system where everything is based off water.
For water:
0 degrees C = ice
100 degrees C = boil
1 millilitre = 1 gram = 1 cubic centimetre
Metric just makes more sense to have a single standard to base everything off.
No no no, regular human body temperature is 98.6 F. Which really is an ugly number.pearcinator said:I'm not American and I think the metric system is by far superior.
BUT (now I might be wrong here) isn't the Fahrenheit temperature based off regular human body temp? Like humans should have a body temperature of (I think) about 37 degrees Celsius which is a rather odd number and that a couple of degrees either side of that is not good...(like deathly ill)
So is like 100 degrees Fahrenheit equal to regular human body temp of 37 degrees Celsius? Cos then that would kinda make sense. Anything over 100 is 'hot' for us and anything under is 'cold' for us.