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Viceroy Nute Gunray · 08-03-2006, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Viceroy Nute Gunray

holy ****ing I will donate to VGF.I will donate to VGF.I will donate to VGF.I will donate to VGF. im going to die

You want my thongs, bikinis and see thru clothes?

Koga · 08-04-2006, 06:06 AM

100 degrees Celsius is the boiling point of water and 0 degrees Celcius is the freezing point of water (so, if it's below, zero it's officially freezing). I think it's quite a convenient scale.

In all honesty, the metric system makes much more sense than the ones Americans and English use. You just have a basic unit like meter or gram and you can add affixes to make them smaller (e.g. centi-, mili-,) or bigger (e.g. kilo-,hecto-). One step further is always 10 times as big, so 10 millimeters = centimeter, 10 centimeters = one decimeter, 10 decimeters = one meter etc.

***Ace Mercury*** · 08-04-2006, 08:44 AM

I think the worst thing about the metric system is that there are too many syllables in commonly used units. Example: centimetre vs. inch.

Still, for all practical uses, it's a better system.

And the F to C conversion is to subtract 32 and multiply by 4/9. Luckily enough, they're both linear scales.

Sen. Brak Obama (FACE) · 08-04-2006, 09:06 AM

Not saying I prefer one or the other, it's just that if I'm not gonna bother converting the weather I'm given into C.

Koga · 08-04-2006, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Ace Mercury

I think the worst thing about the metric system is that there are too many syllables in commonly used units. Example: centimetre vs. inch.

Still, for all practical uses, it's a better system.

And the F to C conversion is to subtract 32 and multiply by 4/9. Luckily enough, they're both linear scales.

That's only in spoken language though, in written languages there are abbreviations for all common units: cm is the one for centimetre, so in this case it's actually shorter than inch.

Sen. Brak Obama (FACE) · 08-04-2006, 04:36 PM

1 in = 2.2 cm I believe

Koga · 08-04-2006, 05:23 PM

I think that's about correct, but I was talking about the abbreviation 'cm' being shorter than the word 'inch' (2 letters as opposed to 4).

Sen. Brak Obama (FACE) · 08-04-2006, 06:11 PM

inch = "in" shorthanded same length

{not to mention those damn "m"s have that extra hump}

Serial Miller · 08-05-2006, 02:54 AM

Yeah, why can't you crazy euros settle for one hump like the rest of us? You think you're better than us?

Koga · 08-05-2006, 05:02 AM

Come to think of it, inch is most commonly abbreviated to ", which is obviously shorter.

Europe:

US/England:

Tritoch · 08-05-2006, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Ace Mercury

And, can't you just say 40C like everyone else in the world?

90F sounds more impressive than 40C. Bigger is better.

***Ynot Shane*** · 08-05-2006, 10:56 AM

That is the freakiest looking camel ever. I bet it can't even spit.

Cravdraa · 08-05-2006, 11:00 AM

While I'll conceed that in general, the metric system makes more sense, (12 inches to a foot? 3 feet to a yard? 1760 yards to a mile? Wtf, where are these random numbers coming from?) Celsius is a bad system. The idea of basing it off of water is stupid when you consider what a small range of temperature water transforms over. Add the fact that it's not even consistant with it's own purpose since boiling and freezing points change depending on elevation. You end up with a measuring unit that's too large to be practical in every day or scientific use without adding a decimal, but still much too small for the really large measurements used in other fields, based off an arbitrary substance's boil/freezing points at an arbitrary pressure.

But maybe that's just me.

Koga · 08-05-2006, 03:43 PM

I'm not sure about the change of boiling/freezing point under different pressures, but I would hardly call Water an arbitrary substance. Also, for scientific use Kelvin is more applicable (I think?), but I see no problem with it in every day use. If it's below zero, it's freezing. If it's above 30 for 5 consecutive days, it's a heat wave. And it's used without decimals in any weather report I've ever seen across Europe. It really doesn't make much of a difference whether it's 24 or 25 degrees, let alone whether it's 24. 4 or 24.8.

StealthKnight · 08-05-2006, 04:03 PM

I personally like the metric system, pounds, and Fahrenheit. The metric system is way easier then the English system, but I do like pounds since I'm most familiar with it and I estimate how heavy something is easily. Same with Fahrenheit since 30 is bad, 66 is good, 100 is not good, and below zero big trouble.

StealthKnight

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Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,094 Thanks: 105 Thanked 177 Times in 119 Posts Points: 103,643.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 121,395.82 Donate	100 degrees Celsius is the boiling point of water and 0 degrees Celcius is the freezing point of water (so, if it's below, zero it's officially freezing). I think it's quite a convenient scale. In all honesty, the metric system makes much more sense than the ones Americans and English use. You just have a basic unit like meter or gram and you can add affixes to make them smaller (e.g. centi-, mili-,) or bigger (e.g. kilo-,hecto-). One step further is always 10 times as big, so 10 millimeters = centimeter, 10 centimeters = one decimeter, 10 decimeters = one meter etc.

08-04-2006, 08:44 AM	#23
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08-04-2006, 05:23 PM	#27
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,094 Thanks: 105 Thanked 177 Times in 119 Posts Points: 103,643.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 121,395.82 Donate	I think that's about correct, but I was talking about the abbreviation 'cm' being shorter than the word 'inch' (2 letters as opposed to 4).

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08-05-2006, 05:02 AM	#30
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,094 Thanks: 105 Thanked 177 Times in 119 Posts Points: 103,643.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 121,395.82 Donate	Come to think of it, inch is most commonly abbreviated to ", which is obviously shorter. Europe: US/England:

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08-05-2006, 03:43 PM	#34
Koga Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: The Netherlands Gender: Posts: 17,094 Thanks: 105 Thanked 177 Times in 119 Posts Points: 103,643.41 Bank: 17,752.41 Total Points: 121,395.82 Donate	I'm not sure about the change of boiling/freezing point under different pressures, but I would hardly call Water an arbitrary substance. Also, for scientific use Kelvin is more applicable (I think?), but I see no problem with it in every day use. If it's below zero, it's freezing. If it's above 30 for 5 consecutive days, it's a heat wave. And it's used without decimals in any weather report I've ever seen across Europe. It really doesn't make much of a difference whether it's 24 or 25 degrees, let alone whether it's 24. 4 or 24.8.

08-05-2006, 04:03 PM	#35
StealthKnight Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Maine Gender: Posts: 166 Thanks: 15 Thanked 4 Times in 3 Posts Points: 1,504.70 Bank: 455.76 Total Points: 1,960.46 Donate	I personally like the metric system, pounds, and Fahrenheit. The metric system is way easier then the English system, but I do like pounds since I'm most familiar with it and I estimate how heavy something is easily. Same with Fahrenheit since 30 is bad, 66 is good, 100 is not good, and below zero big trouble. StealthKnight