Date: 8/06/2019 19:04:00
From: dv
ID: 1397241
Subject: The case against the metric system
Conservative intellectual and media figure Tucker Carlson makes the case against the metric system
Conservative intellectual and media figure Tucker Carlson makes the case against the metric system
dv said:
Conservative intellectual and media figure Tucker Carlson makes the case against the metric system
Are you using the term “intellectual” a bit loosely?
dv said:
Conservative intellectual and media figure Tucker Carlson makes the case against the metric system
What’s his position on the whole ‘the world is round’ thing?
dv said:
Conservative intellectual and media figure Tucker Carlson makes the case against the metric system
Tucker, it’s the US, Myanmar, and Liberia against the rest of the world.
It’s not just that the horse has long ago bolted on this one. The horse has had time to come back, have a nap, get up, get showered and dressed, and go to a dance down the road.
And you’re talking about closing the stable door?
dv said:
Conservative intellectual and media figure Tucker Carlson makes the case against the metric system
But…THE ANCIENTS
sibeen said:
dv said:
Conservative intellectual and media figure Tucker Carlson makes the case against the metric systemBut…THE ANCIENTS
One, two, many.
Really, it’s just a few dickheads saying whatever they think will but them another five minutes ‘ín the public eye’ and help them justify their ‘positions’.
sibeen said:
dv said:
Conservative intellectual and media figure Tucker Carlson makes the case against the metric systemBut…THE ANCIENTS
semiliterate primitive monkeys who don’t use toilet paper or forks.
I refuse to believe that the metric system is anything but awesome.
In defence of the duodecimal system, 12 can be divided by 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 whereas 10 can only be divided by 1,2 and 5 which can be an advantage ( for something I’m sure).
‘But’ should read ‘buy’.
Pounds,yards, miles and gallons I have no great problem with.
Inches are too large as a small unit for everyday objects without getting into cumbersome fractions – Say you wanted to measure something accurately – is it 3/4 of an inch or 47/64?
Feet are an unnecessary in-between unit between inches and yards.
party_pants said:
Pounds,yards, miles and gallons I have no great problem with.Inches are too large as a small unit for everyday objects without getting into cumbersome fractions – Say you wanted to measure something accurately – is it 3/4 of an inch or 47/64?
Feet are an unnecessary in-between unit between inches and yards.
Thousandths of an inch are useful for things like piston clearances. they’re easy to use. eg: 2 thou is tight, 3 thou middling and 4 thou is loose. In metric that’s 0.05, 0.075 and 0.1mm
Mecanics that I know use both systems in different circumstances
pommiejohn said:
party_pants said:
Pounds,yards, miles and gallons I have no great problem with.Inches are too large as a small unit for everyday objects without getting into cumbersome fractions – Say you wanted to measure something accurately – is it 3/4 of an inch or 47/64?
Feet are an unnecessary in-between unit between inches and yards.
Thousandths of an inch are useful for things like piston clearances. they’re easy to use. eg: 2 thou is tight, 3 thou middling and 4 thou is loose. In metric that’s 0.05, 0.075 and 0.1mm
Mecanics that I know use both systems in different circumstances
I mean using a tape measure with the naked eye, or even with glasses or contact lenses.
Bless you DV for this.
party_pants said:
Pounds,yards, miles and gallons I have no great problem with.Inches are too large as a small unit for everyday objects without getting into cumbersome fractions – Say you wanted to measure something accurately – is it 3/4 of an inch or 47/64?
Feet are an unnecessary in-between unit between inches and yards.
No, you’re wrong. Feet is perfectly cromulent when talking about height.
It should be pointed out that the UK still uses imperial measurements such as feet and inches, pounds and stones etc.
UK cars have their speedometers in MPH.
Over.
Peak Warming Man said:
It should be pointed out that the UK still uses imperial measurements such as feet and inches, pounds and stones etc.
UK cars have their speedometers in MPH.
Over.
And their road signs Just because and stuff.
Peak Warming Man said:
It should be pointed out that the UK still uses imperial measurements such as feet and inches, pounds and stones etc.
UK cars have their speedometers in MPH.
Over.
Once I have finished off China and France, they’ll be next.
Peak Warming Man said:
It should be pointed out that the UK still uses imperial measurements such as feet and inches, pounds and stones etc.
UK cars have their speedometers in MPH.
Over.
Nah, Almost everything is metric except speed and maybe people’s height. Market traders have been prosecuted for not using kg ( at least that’s what the Daily Mail tells me is a good reason for leaving the EU)
Aviation in Australia is a random hodge-podge of metric and imperial, sometimes in the same rule. Some examples: minimum separation distance between light aircraft in flight is 600m horizontally and 500 feet vertically; fuel is measured in litres, but oil in pints.
Peak Warming Man said:
It should be pointed out that the UK still uses imperial measurements such as feet and inches, pounds and stones etc.
UK cars have their speedometers in MPH.
Over.
Yeah, but that’s just to annoy the Frogs.
My first engineering degree (1969-72, London, England) was entirely in metric.
The Rev Dodgson said:
First engineering degree?
Peak Warming Man said:
It should be pointed out that the UK still uses imperial measurements such as feet and inches, pounds and stones etc.
UK cars have their speedometers in MPH.
Over.
Yeah, but that’s just to annoy the Frogs.
My first engineering degree (1969-72, London, England) was entirely in metric.
sibeen said:
The Rev Dodgson said:First engineering degree?
Peak Warming Man said:
It should be pointed out that the UK still uses imperial measurements such as feet and inches, pounds and stones etc.
UK cars have their speedometers in MPH.
Over.
Yeah, but that’s just to annoy the Frogs.
My first engineering degree (1969-72, London, England) was entirely in metric.
Yes, the second one was in Australia (also metric)
sibeen said:
The Rev Dodgson said:First engineering degree?
Peak Warming Man said:
It should be pointed out that the UK still uses imperial measurements such as feet and inches, pounds and stones etc.
UK cars have their speedometers in MPH.
Over.
Yeah, but that’s just to annoy the Frogs.
My first engineering degree (1969-72, London, England) was entirely in metric.
yeah, the one on designing steam engines.
Can we have clothing sizes in metric please.
It’s an absolute dogs bollocks the way it is now.
mollwollfumble said:
Can we have clothing sizes in metric please.It’s an absolute dogs bollocks the way it is now.
Pants waist sizes are in metric.
I thought i was the only one here with two engineering degrees.
I absolutely refuse to use poundals and slugs.
I will use cgs, but only if there’s no other option, eg. When using centipoise or doing astrophysics.
I really really want to see a metric unit for material hardness.
Cars are a mess of units. Engines in ccs even in nonmetric countries, tyres sometimes in psi even in Australia.
party_pants said:
mollwollfumble said:
Can we have clothing sizes in metric please.It’s an absolute dogs bollocks the way it is now.
Pants waist sizes are in metric.
PWM’s are too.
party_pants said:
mollwollfumble said:
Can we have clothing sizes in metric please.It’s an absolute dogs bollocks the way it is now.
Pants waist sizes are in metric.
Sometimes. Belts tend to be pretty good.
sibeen said:
party_pants said:
Pounds,yards, miles and gallons I have no great problem with.Inches are too large as a small unit for everyday objects without getting into cumbersome fractions – Say you wanted to measure something accurately – is it 3/4 of an inch or 47/64?
Feet are an unnecessary in-between unit between inches and yards.
No, you’re wrong. Feet is perfectly cromulent when talking about height.
Nope
Peak Warming Man said:
party_pants said:
mollwollfumble said:
Can we have clothing sizes in metric please.It’s an absolute dogs bollocks the way it is now.
Pants waist sizes are in metric.
PWM’s are too.
I’m not telling you my number.
Peak Warming Man said:
Bless you DV for this.
And you, brother
One thing i’ve never been able to grasp:
metric hat sizes.
OK, i should Google it. But, when they first began to be commonly used, me and a couple of others tried to find a relationship between the size designations and some anatomical measurement i.e. of the head.
Not possible.Makes no sense at all.
mollwollfumble said:
Can we have clothing sizes in metric please.It’s an absolute dogs bollocks the way it is now.
The consumer dollar is driving that, and the inability to enforce the Australian Standard for clothing is permitting it. Nothing to do with the scale or sizing strategy.
Arts said:
sibeen said:
party_pants said:
Pounds,yards, miles and gallons I have no great problem with.Inches are too large as a small unit for everyday objects without getting into cumbersome fractions – Say you wanted to measure something accurately – is it 3/4 of an inch or 47/64?
Feet are an unnecessary in-between unit between inches and yards.
No, you’re wrong. Feet is perfectly cromulent when talking about height.
Nope
Actually metric feet for measuring elevation is the only non-SI unit I have any time for.
0.01 feet is about 1/8 inch which is about the target precision of standard survey levels.
I’ll admit that the derived units are often way easier to understand.
I can look at 3.6 × 106J and go hmm, or look at 1 kWh and understand it easily.
And there will never be kilometrestones.
pommiejohn said:
dv said:
Conservative intellectual and media figure Tucker Carlson makes the case against the metric systemAre you using the term “intellectual” a bit loosely?
sarcastically even …
party_pants said:
pommiejohn said:
dv said:
Conservative intellectual and media figure Tucker Carlson makes the case against the metric systemAre you using the term “intellectual” a bit loosely?
sarcastically even …
Tucker is what passes for brains on the Right now.
dv said:
party_pants said:
pommiejohn said:Are you using the term “intellectual” a bit loosely?
sarcastically even …
Tucker is what passes for brains on the Right now.
Then I must conclude that conservatism is not an intellectual position.
dv said:
party_pants said:
pommiejohn said:Are you using the term “intellectual” a bit loosely?
sarcastically even …
Tucker is what passes for brains on the Right now.
funny you should mention Tucker. Just now watching an old newsreel of the Chicago factory that made the engines for the B29. After the war the Tucker auto company bought it to make Tucker trucks.
He was good in the Fifth Element