What is your preferred system of measurement?

[Francilie]

Actually the fact that 190 countries on 193 uses the metric system as their official measurement system speaks for itself.

If 190 countries wore socks with sandals as they jumped off a bridge, would you do the same?

Countries can't wear socks with sandals as they jump off a bridge.
Countries aren't living creatures.

[Constaniana]

If 190 countries wore socks with sandals as they jumped off a bridge, would you do the same?

Countries can't wear socks with sandals as they jump off a bridge.
Countries aren't living creatures.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetalia:_Axis_Powers
Checkmate sucker.

[Lost heros]

Metric/SI

[Francilie]

Countries can't wear socks with sandals as they jump off a bridge.
Countries aren't living creatures.

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetalia:_Axis_Powers
Checkmate sucker.

Usual japanese fantasy

ps: countryballs are better

[The Dragon Realms Empire]

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hetalia:_Axis_Powers
Checkmate sucker.

Usual japanese fantasy

ps: countryballs are better

Is that a more accurate name for Polandball? if so...
Poland cannot into space :'(

[Francilie]

Usual japanese fantasy

ps: countryballs are better

Is that a more accurate name for Polandball? if so...
Poland cannot into space :'(

xaxaxa polan i am trick yuoooo

[Vistulange]

Definitely metric. It is much more simple, and I think the simpler system makes the more complicated calculations in regards to physics and the like less prone to error.

By the way, I thought the United States also used Imperial. Could somebody enlighten me on the difference between customary and Imperial?

[Conscentia]

Definitely metric. It is much more simple, and I think the simpler system makes the more complicated calculations in regards to physics and the like less prone to error.

By the way, I thought the United States also used Imperial. Could somebody enlighten me on the difference between customary and Imperial?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and_US_customary_measurement_systems

Though they're very similar, share share the same names, the units are defined differently.

[Conscentia]

(Modern) Fahrenheit defines itself by the freezing of water at 32 and boiling of water at 212, with a 180 degree gap.
How is that at all a good idea?

No. Fahrenheit defines itself as the freezing point of a brine solution at 0. 100 was originally the temperature of a normal, healthy human, as determined by sticking the thermometer into your wife's armpit. It was then adjusted to what it was now.

Firstly, you're wrong about the original definition of Fahrenheit, which I gave in another post before you posted that.
Secondly, Are you incapable of reading things in brackets? I specified the "(Modern) Fahrenheit" system, which was redefined in terms of pure water.

[Lleu llaw Gyffes]

If 190 countries wore socks with sandals as they jumped off a bridge, would you do the same?

Countries can't wear socks with sandals as they jump off a bridge.
Countries aren't living creatures.

Yes, I would jump of that bridge. Indeed, some countries are insane (have insane governments) but many countries are perfectly sane and the only reason why sane countries and peopl jump off is because the bridge is on fire.

Metric system is defective. c = 299.8 Million meters per second. That is retarded. Redefine the meter as a teeny bit smaller, so that c = exactly 300 Mm/s; reduce all the other units accordingly. Then and only then will metric be worthy.

[Conscentia]

[...] Metric system is defective. c = 299.8 Million meters per second. That is retarded. Redefine the meter as a teeny bit smaller, so that c = exactly 300 Mm/s; reduce all the other units accordingly. Then and only then will metric be worthy.

Imperial and customary are worse.
186,282 miles, 698 yards, 2 feet, and 656/127 inches per second

[Lost heros]

Countries can't wear socks with sandals as they jump off a bridge.
Countries aren't living creatures.

Yes, I would jump of that bridge. Indeed, some countries are insane (have insane governments) but many countries are perfectly sane and the only reason why sane countries and peopl jump off is because the bridge is on fire.

Metric system is defective. c = 299.8 Million meters per second. That is retarded. Redefine the meter as a teeny bit smaller, so that c = exactly 300 Mm/s; reduce all the other units accordingly. Then and only then will metric be worthy.

Really? That's what you have an issue with? That the speed of light is not an pretty number?

[Risottia]

Metric system is defective. c = 299.8 Million meters per second.

299792458 m/s, actually. No need to round it up, it's exact.

If we want to go for simple numbers and fundamental constants, just go for Planck units.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_units

[The Alma Mater]

Yes, I would jump of that bridge. Indeed, some countries are insane (have insane governments) but many countries are perfectly sane and the only reason why sane countries and peopl jump off is because the bridge is on fire.

Metric system is defective. c = 299.8 Million meters per second. That is retarded. Redefine the meter as a teeny bit smaller, so that c = exactly 300 Mm/s; reduce all the other units accordingly. Then and only then will metric be worthy.

Really? That's what you have an issue with? That the speed of light is not an pretty number?

I also would kinda like Pi to be 3, while people are at it.
(or just use natural units.. but that is cheating).

[Risottia]

Really? That's what you have an issue with? That the speed of light is not an pretty number?

I also would kinda like Pi to be 3, while people are at it.
(or just use natural units.. but that is cheating).

Actually, cheating would be having pi = 3. Natural units isn't cheating... it's merely stupid unless you're doing some theoretical physics.

[Uxupox]

Have been using customary all of my life including in work so why should I change if it works. Though my boss keeps saying that it's obsolete but we still continue to use it nonetheless.

[Conscentia]

Yes, I would jump of that bridge. Indeed, some countries are insane (have insane governments) but many countries are perfectly sane and the only reason why sane countries and peopl jump off is because the bridge is on fire.
Metric system is defective. c = 299.8 Million meters per second. That is retarded. Redefine the meter as a teeny bit smaller, so that c = exactly 300 Mm/s; reduce all the other units accordingly. Then and only then will metric be worthy.

Really? That's what you have an issue with? That the speed of light is not an pretty number?

(You didn't ask, but... )
My main issues with SI are the lack of metric time (it's meant to be a base 10 system - why is a base 60 unit in there? Why not have degrees instead of radians if you're okay with seconds?), it's giving of units to dimensionless quantities, and the fact it sets Amps as a base unit instead of Coulombs (current is the derivative of charge with respect to time, you may as well make ms^-1 a base unit if you're going to make time derivatives base units).

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Good luck trying to cut yourself off of the rest of the world then. Especially with China's growing economy, you're gonna need it.

I'm doing pretty good here in the United States!

We already use the metric system.

We just don't use it everywhere.

Architecture and construction, measuring your own height, as well as measuring road distances are Customary, but not much else as far as my experience with units has been.

[Soldati Senza Confini]

Are you kidding me?

If you live on Earth, you are a citizen of Earth, just as you are a citizen of the United States. Unless, of course, the United States is on Alderaan.

Earth is a planet, not a country. I'm not a citizen of it, I'm a member of the species homo sapiens sapiens and a citizen of the United States that inhabits the planet Earth. Earth has no world order that binds me to any laws or boundaries.

How old are you?

Most Yanks of matric age I've met had to learn both metric and American in high school.

I'm 26. I never learned metric in high school because I never took classes that used the metric system. And I'm not a Yank, I was born in the Western USA, Yankees are from New England.

I'm almost 26 and I have used the metric system in at least one of my classes since High School and I am in Texas, so you have no excuse.

What high school did you go to?

[Lost heros]

Really? That's what you have an issue with? That the speed of light is not an pretty number?

My main issues with SI are the lack of metric time (it's meant to be a base 10 system - why is a base 60 unit in there?

I definitely agree with you here.

Why not have degrees instead of radians if you're okay with seconds?), it's giving of units to dimensionless quantities,

Neither are really units, and I don't believe SI acknowledges them as such. Although I could be wrong.

and the fact it sets Amps as a base unit instead of Coulombs (current is the derivative of charge with respect to time, you may as well make ms^-1 a base unit if you're going to make time derivatives base units).

Ehh, both hold a valuable place in the SI definitions and are still easily convertible back and forth within a given time period.

[Skeckoa]

Funnily enough, the only place where I am more comfortable with metrics is the one area where I never really used (ie, I never got used to the imperial measurements) in my daily life, and that is liquids. I'm God awful at knowing how many pints are in a gallon. I'm better with liters (and the metric system) in that regard.

[Lleu llaw Gyffes]

Really? That's what you have an issue with? That the speed of light is not an pretty number?

I also would kinda like Pi to be 3, while people are at it.
(or just use natural units.. but that is cheating).

I also wish PI were 3 to make math easier, but that is impossible.

PI is a precise number, humans cannot change it. All we can ever do is measure it. The meter is NOT a universal constant. The meter is an artifact that humans invented for our comfort and convenience and we can change it when it is inconwenient,

Redefining the meter by such a teen-weeny bit IS possible. Scientists have International congresses all the time; they have been changing the definitions of units for 200 years.

While we are at it, h = Planck's constant = 6.6 *10^-34 Js. Redefine the kilogram so that h = 6.666666 etc *10^-34 Js. Then hc = exactly 2 *10^-25 Jm.

Natural units won't help c = 186,000 miles per second. There is no way you can change the definition of the mile by a teen-weeny bit to get a sensible number.

Likewise, you go to a shop and ask for pants waist size 1.5 meters or 50 inches, that makes sense. Who goes to a shop and demands pants waist size 5 light nano seconds???

[The Conez Imperium]

System International, c'est le meilleur.

I secretly laugh at how backward the American Imperial system is.

[The Alexanderians]

To be honest I use both. Yes I know that's weird "An American that can use metric? What's this?" But hear me out, somethings are just better measured in one system as opposed to the other. Casual temp like weather I prefer Fahrenheit (Kelvin in a scientific setting, Celsius is just useless to me), and for measuring human bodies I prefer feet and inches, centimeters and meters is just too much of a jump for me. But measuring buildings and aircraft and things like that I prefer metric. Distance in a car like on the highway I hold no preference either way. Fuel efficiency and speed in a car I prefer mph and mpg mainly cause I have a better frame of reference, though I would prefer it if all highway signs were in both metric and imperial (cars already display both kph and mph and some have both metric and imperial for fuel economy).

[Cetacea]

If we want to go for simple numbers and fundamental constants, just go for Planck units.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planck_units

yep because 6.187927353733x10⁺³⁷ plank units is so much easier than 1 kilometer