[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;22447139]lacks the finer increments such as in Fahrenheit. Decimals are just a really unneeded addition for it to be more precise.
and maybe KM would just be a better plan. I know in the US people would be thinking they're speeding when they hit 60KM/h on a city street[/QUOTE]
though using fahrenheit really is silly.
try using it for anything scientific and you'll so quickly have issues, having to mess around with correction factors and all sorts to make it work.
[QUOTE=mike;22447678]though using fahrenheit really is silly.
try using it for anything scientific and you'll so quickly have issues, having to mess around with correction factors and all sorts to make it work.[/QUOTE]
Using Fahrenheit is good for social situations, because there's a larger difference between 26C and 28C as opposed to 76F and 78F.
[QUOTE=Killy_Mcgee;22449313]Using Fahrenheit is good for social situations, because there's a larger difference between 26C and 28C as opposed to 76F and 78F.[/QUOTE]
Does it matter? Temperature don't need to be 100% unless it's an industrial process, and they use Kelvin for that.
Would you rather drive 70 or 112 (or rather 120 then)?
And I don't see how someone would prefer Fahrenheit for temperature. 32 water freezes and boils at 212? Isn't it a lot easier to have 0 water freezing and 100 water boiling? At least it's got some simple reference point.
Fahrenheit feels like a more adequate description for casual weather. The numbers are just right for some reason.
Celsius and Kelvin should just be used for more serious mathematics.
american system is the best
[QUOTE=Murkrow;22449735]Would you rather drive 70 or 112 (or rather 120 then)?
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They round it down to 110
[QUOTE=ThePunisher1;22438514]Miles per hour sounds way cooler than kilometers per hour.
We use metric for pretty much everything else though, imperial is such an obsolete measurement system, its just that using the metric system on roads seems somewhat boring :)[/QUOTE]
Signs with 100 on them are much cooler than signs with 60 on them, plus they let you go a tad bit faster
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And when you see a 110 sign it's like fucking warp three right there
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I saw an 8 in a campground once it also was interesting
[QUOTE=Flitchaye;22450381]Fahrenheit feels like a more adequate description for casual weather. The numbers are just right for some reason.
Celsius and Kelvin should just be used for more serious mathematics.[/QUOTE]
I feel the exact opposite. I've seen and used Celsius all of my life and it feels right meaning anything in single digits tends to be quite cold out (Of course this is weather I'm talking about) I just feel like Fahrenheit just looks too high to know what the fuck is going on.
Plus hasn't the UK been using Miles for transport for years now? I know everywhere I've been in the UK has always had MPH and the distance of shit has always been in miles.
[QUOTE=matt.ant;22447416]To be fair, our cars are already prepared and have been for years. The speedometers show both KM/H and MPH:
[img_thumb]http://i46.tinypic.com/am86qf.jpg[/img_thumb][/QUOTE]
In Canada the numbers are opposite of those, KPH on the outside and little numbers for MPH around the middle.
[QUOTE=Zeke129;22451256]Signs with 100 on them are much cooler than signs with 60 on them, plus they let you go a tad bit faster
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And when you see a 110 sign it's like fucking warp three right there
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I saw an 8 in a campground once it also was interesting[/QUOTE]
We don't have 60 signs in Britain, we have these
[IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/oh7r4n.jpg[/IMG]
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[QUOTE=Flitchaye;22450381]Fahrenheit feels like a more adequate description for casual weather. The numbers are just right for some reason.
Celsius and Kelvin should just be used for more serious mathematics.[/QUOTE]
Fahrenheit is stupid for casual weather, especially in climates with cold winters and hot summers. 0 sits right in the middle of both extremes and it makes sense.
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wow UK road signs are complicated there
[QUOTE=Exploits;22441449]I don't even [i]get[/i] miles. It's such an arbitrary measurement. I mean, kilometer = 1,000 meters. Real simple. But a mile is 1760 feet, or 1,609 meters . . . what? How the hell do you even label something like that? Is one mile 20,000 inches or something?
It hurts my head.[/QUOTE]
One mile is 5,280 feet.
Divide that by 3 to get yards.
Multiply it by 12 to get inches.
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Fahrenheit is better.
Big number = hot
Small number = cold
Pretty simple. Celsius and Kelvin are for math, Fahrenheit is good for casual.
[QUOTE=Uberman77883;22451713]One mile is 5,280 feet.
Divide that by 3 to get yards.
Multiply it by 12 to get inches.
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Fahrenheit is better.
Big number = hot
Small number = cold
Pretty simple. Celsius and Kelvin are for math, Fahrenheit is good for casual.[/QUOTE]
What...?
Celsius is simple as fuck, 0 = cold, 100 = hot.
Actually, I see your point, THAT'S INSANE SHIT ON THE MEMBRANE. :/
Was 12 degrees yesterday. :/
[quote=Uberman77883;22451713][B]One mile is 5,280 feet.
Divide that by 3 to get yards.
Multiply it by 12 to get inches.[/B]
[/quote]How in the name of GOD can you prefer that to the metric system? Everything is simply a division or multiples of 10...
[quote][editline]07:45PM[/editline]
Fahrenheit is better.
Big number = hot
Small number = cold
Pretty simple. Celsius and Kelvin are for math, Fahrenheit is good for casual.[/quote]Wow, you're sad. Last I checked, 5c is colder than 50c--it works the same way for Celsius. I live in America and I understand the metric systems better than that.
0 is freezing, 20 is room temperature, 100 is boiling. How is Fahrenheit better for social situations? When ever someone states the temperature, we say it's in the low 70s or mid 40s, or whatever. That's not even close to being more accurate.
This argument falls apart when you get to thermostats. Humans can detect one degree Fahrenheit differences. I regularly change the temperature on the portable ac in my office one degree F in either direction. Any more or any less wouldn't work. If you include decimal points then it is simply unnecessary and ultimately more complicated than the system you are replacing.
I agree that having 0 for freezing and 100 for boiling is neat, but it is ultimately unnecessary. You just need to know 32 degrees and you are set.
[QUOTE=matt.ant;22451320]We don't have 60 signs in Britain, we have these
[IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/oh7r4n.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
firstly that sign does not mean 60 - it just means national speed limit.
it probably refers to 60, but it may also refer to 30 (or 70)!
secondly: there are 60 signs, they're just unusual. i've seen one on a dual carriageway in stoke-on-trent.
I hate all fucking driving game where you need to switch from, mp/h to km/h it pisses me of so bad :argh:
[QUOTE=Flitchaye;22450381]Fahrenheit feels like a more adequate description for casual weather. The numbers are just right for some reason.
Celsius and Kelvin should just be used for more serious mathematics.[/QUOTE]
They're "just right" because you're used to them. Complete gibberish to me.
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[QUOTE=GunFox;22457101]This argument falls apart when you get to thermostats. Humans can detect one degree Fahrenheit differences. I regularly change the temperature on the portable ac in my office one degree F in either direction. Any more or any less wouldn't work. If you include decimal points then it is simply unnecessary and ultimately more complicated than the system you are replacing.
I agree that having 0 for freezing and 100 for boiling is neat, but it is ultimately unnecessary. You just need to know 32 degrees and you are set.[/QUOTE]
Our maths are based on increments of 10. Therefore Celcius makes more sense.
I can do that too.
That thermostat thing is, once again, a matter of how well you're acquainted with the system. If you've used Fahrenheit for your whole life (which is based on body temperature or something), of course it is going to seem more natural to you, while 32 Fahrenheit simply doesn't make any sense to me. Almost every country in the world has adapted to the Metric system and and Celcius, which pretty much proves that it's the better system [i]in the long run[/i]. There's no reason to switch from your old system (apart for trade and military things), it's just that defending it seems rather pointless.
I'm from America and I went to the hospital recently for some surgery. They measured me in kilograms and I was all,"Ok whatever", after all everyone else uses kilograms and stuff so why can't we.It wouldn't be hard, just change the education to phase out feet and such. Just please don't touch the mile I love it too much. Or Fahrenheit for that matter.
Fahreneit is plain silly, 32F is freezing...
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;22446353]Why bother with a decimal in temperature? That's really unneeded.
How warm is it out side?
Oh, 23.59123719230012385712387518 degrees.[/QUOTE]
You are trolling right? You don't actually believe we take the decimals into account when speaking of temperatures?
[QUOTE=Richard Simmons;22446184]The metric system has its perks. Its a precise measurement system. However, the temperature unit (Celcius) and kilometers for transportation are rather stupid. Celsius isn't all that precise, and KM is horrible as a transportation unit.[/QUOTE]
You said it yourself, it's precise and that's sort of what you want when talking about distances or working with numbers. I can see how it's hard to understand base 10 when you're used to counting on your fingers and toes and measure stuff in acorns :rolleyes:
I like miles for measuring long distances, it sounds nice.
I don't get why the US attempts to make the transition to metric. It's not like there's two sides, one using metric one using imperial, there's literally three countries in the world still using imperial, and the other two, Burma and Liberia, are pretty much negligible in the world economy. It's only going to become harder as the US economy expands.
Miles > Kilometers.
I mean seriously, when you're on a road trip or some shit it's a lot better for your conscious to see the lower number on the sign, even if it is the same distance.
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[QUOTE=Slacker101;22459150]It wouldn't be hard, just change the education to phase out feet and such.[/QUOTE]
There's also replacing every sign, roadmap, atlas, ruler, or anything else that has to do with transportation or the measurement of distance in the United States.
AKA a LOT of money.
[QUOTE=Zezibesh;22459073]
That thermostat thing is, once again, a matter of how well you're acquainted with the system. If you've used Fahrenheit for your whole life (which is based on body temperature or something), of course it is going to seem more natural to you, while 32 Fahrenheit simply doesn't make any sense to me. Almost every country in the world has adapted to the Metric system and and Celcius, which pretty much proves that it's the better system [i]in the long run[/i]. There's no reason to switch from your old system (apart for trade and military things), it's just that defending it seems rather pointless.[/QUOTE]
I generally prefer the metric system for most things, I simply still prefer F over C as F roughly coincides with the increments in which humans can tell a difference in temp.
[QUOTE=GunFox;22460531]I generally prefer the metric system for most things, I simply still prefer F over C as [b]F roughly coincides with the increments in which humans can tell a difference in temp.[/b][/QUOTE]
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What now?
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