Metric vs. Imperial Units

Mine's metric. Hands down.

I'm sick of doing any physics calculations with imperial units. (Need to convert inch to foot, pound-mass to pound-force, etc)

I imagined that more people will vote for imperial units, since most of GS users are Americans.m45t3rch13f

I'm American. And yet I'm annoyed that my country is still using that clumsy, out of date Imperial System. Metric FTW!

I'm American. And yet I'm annoyed that my country is still using that clumsy, out of day Imperial System. Metric FTW!

ThePlothole

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I'm American. And yet I'm annoyed that my country is still using that clumsy, out of day Imperial System. Metric FTW!

m45t3rch13f

How many feet are in a mile? How many Teaspoons in pound?

I could never hope to tell you these things off hand. The system has no real logic. It's a relic from when people actually used their bodies and common objects to make measurements. And relics deserve no place in modern society. :evil:

I don't see how anyone could pick Imperial.

The Metric system is what I've used for the past 4 years in my science classes and its just soo much better.

Bow before the Galactic Empire and it's fully armed and operational system of weights and measuresxaos

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I'm American. And yet I'm annoyed that my country is still using that clumsy, out of day Imperial System. Metric FTW!

ThePlothole

How many feet are in a mile? How many Teaspoons in pound?

I could never hope to tell you these things off hand. The system has no real logic. It's a relic from when people actually used their bodies and common objects to make measurements. And relics deserve no place in modern society. :evil:

How many feet are in a mile? How many Teaspoons in pound?

I could never hope to tell you these things off hand. The system has no real logic. It's a relic from when people actually used their bodies and common objects to make measurements. And relics deserve no place in modern society. :evil:

Actually I meant to say cup. Although frankly I mix up the units far more than I should. The system is confusing!

Metric >>>> Imperial. Doing engineering physics in the imperial system is a NIGHTMARE.

I can understand why America has held off switching though, its very expensive to do a complete switch of units (imagine just the number of road signs that would need to be changed). With the economy the way it is, a switch isn't going to happen anytime soon.

Metric >>>> Imperial. Doing engineering physics in the imperial system is a NIGHTMARE.

I can understand why America has held off switching though, its very expensive to do a complete switch of units (imagine just the number of road signs that would need to be changed). With the economy the way it is, a switch isn't going to happen anytime soon.

Inger1

They could at least start by putting both measurements onto new signs and labels.

i use both for difrent things, grew up on imperial but ive learned some metric and use it as regularly as imperial

i live in america and imperial is so stupid. it makes no sense and is completely random.

metric should be normal. more people would probably be less afraid of math and science if we went to it.

i live in america and imperial is so stupid. it makes no sense and is completely random.

metric should be normal. more people would probably be less afraid of math and science if we went to it.

im_really_rich

science is always in metric even in america, im also american BTW

also, we should just eliminate celcius and move entirely to kelvin, where zero is the coldest temperature possible. converting celcius to kelvin is a pain. it's only adding, but it would still be easier with one form of temperature.

metric is better.

Metric >>>> Imperial. Doing engineering physics in the imperial system is a NIGHTMARE.

I can understand why America has held off switching though, its very expensive to do a complete switch of units (imagine just the number of road signs that would need to be changed). With the economy the way it is, a switch isn't going to happen anytime soon.

Inger1

Newton's Second Law

Force = Mass*Acceleration

Metric: (Newton) = (kilogram)*(metres/second^2)

Imperial: (pound-force) = (pound-mass)*(feet/second^2)*(1 pound-force/32.1740 pound*feet/second^2)

That explains everything.

I can't believe people don't choose metric. Familiarity is a bad excuse for the worst measurement system, and it's embarrasing that america doesn't switch because of people who can't make a slight adjustment.darkIink

precisely. it should be phased out. the sooner the better. the first step is always the hardest.

people would probably hate math and science less if we switched.

I can't believe people don't choose metric. Familiarity is a bad excuse for the worst measurement system, and it's embarrasing that america doesn't switch because of people who can't make a slight adjustment.darkIink