Standard VS Metic

Since we have a diverse membership here. Lets here your thoughts as to why one system is better then another. I realize that metric is a standard, but I dont know what else the system we use in the US is called other then standard. (insert smart ass response here - I know you want to) I'll post my own observations of them shortly.

Metric is by far easier to understand, and do stupid math problems with. since i was raised with the english system i know that better, but metric is better in lots of ways.
100cm=1m 1000=1km etc...

12in=1ft 3ft=1yard 5280ft=1mile

as you can see, metric makes more sense

I like Metric better because of the reasons posted above by hermunn. It makes far more sense 1000mm = 100cm = 10dm = 1m = .1Dm = .01hm = .001 km

Also, I tend to think of Celsius vs. Fahrenheit this way too. Celsius: freezing = 0, boiling = 100; F: freezing = 32 (?), boiling = 212 (?) Who the hell comes up with numbers like those?

I don't buy the "easier to understand" arguement, because anyone who can't instantly convert from inches to feet to miles after growing up using them won't be able to figure out the metric system either. It doesn't matter if they "make sense" or not because they're both so simple.

granted, math/sci problems are easier to convert with the metric system.


And any temperture scale where you can have less than no heat makes no sense. kelvin all the way!

Originally posted by hermunn123
metric makes more sense

I prefer the metric system purely because that is what I grew up with. It’s fairly easy to convert once you know the calculations. I keep them nice and handy in my diary so that I can convert whenever I need to. :D

Metric is logically put together, and is used by most of the world, while Standard is erratic and used only by US in the US. I grew up with standard, however.

Oh well, i like metric....but when it comes to temperature i prefer the Kelvin scale (yeah, im weird, but its an ABSOLUTE scale, so why not?)

ain't make no difference to me....:bandit:

Originally posted by NismoDrifts
Metric is logically put together, and is used by most of the world, while Standard is erratic and used only by US in the US. I grew up with standard, however.

Oh well, i like metric....but when it comes to temperature i prefer the Kelvin scale (yeah, im weird, but its an ABSOLUTE scale, so why not?)

Thats not quite true. There are other countries that use standard. One thing that is hard for some is to understand the frame of reference for each measurement. For instance, I now what a mile is, I can tell when I've walked, run or driven about that far but I cant with a Kilometer. The thing with the temperature is that Ferenheight offers a more precise reading without having to go to decimals. Although centigrade really should have been kalvins to start with (kelvins start at abolute zero - there are no negative temperatures) since the freezing point of water is subjective based on altitude and selinity.

didn't know that....:bandit:

Originally posted by AEstud
didn't know that....:bandit:

Not very talkative today huh.

Working in the industry that I do, my trade requires me to know both. Honestly they both have their short falls in the engineering field.

I grew up with SAE, but even so my last place of employment required us to be able to work from blue prints in both. Now that I am in New Zealand it is 99.9 % metric.

For ease metric is better. In the engineering field it can be debated over and over with no clear cut winner.

I'm in mechanical engineering. metric is way easier than standard. kilometer? 10^3 m. millimeter? 10^-3 m. nanometer? 10^-9 m. Its all so calculator friendly.... I've lived with the inch, foot, mile in the US for my whole life, and I'd give them up in a second if there was a seriuous movement to swap. heck, I already by my cola in liters, right?
dan

Not very talkative today huh.
Not really....:bandit:

Metric, no competition.

The English system sucks! It's as though it was haphazardly put together--like a collection of units people just grew up using, and their forefathers before them, and their forefathers before them, etc. What the hell? Slugs? Yards? Miles? People fear change.

The SI or metric system is better because they are all related to each other (ie: N = kg*m/s^2), makes sense (ie: conversion), concrete atomic standards to back it up, more logical to work with in science problems, and was created soley to be a standard. I think the US didn't take it because it was developed by the French.

I like metric better even though I live in the US.

But what would you rather say:
454 Big Block
or 7.44 Big Block?!
:D

Originally posted by MBTN


But what would you rather say:
454 Big Block



Say what?

Originally posted by MBTN
or 7.44 Big Block?!
:D

Oh, NOW it makes sense!!! :D:D:D:p

Originally posted by jinushaun
Metric, no competition.

The English system sucks! It's as though it was haphazardly put together--like a collection of units people just grew up using, and their forefathers before them, and their forefathers before them, etc. What the hell? Slugs? Yards? Miles? People fear change.


erm, with a few oddities (miles rather than km) we are metric over here ;) I have always grown up with the metric system so that is what I am used to, i'd have to say it does seem the most logical though.

Always measured engine size in litres, if you were to say you had a 454 engine most people wouldn't have the faintest clue over here :rolleyes:

i am a technology teacher, and I have to teach my students about both metric and british measuring systems. Metric is naturally easier since its a base 10 system, but I like british units of measurement, basically since the US is mainly the only place on early that still has it as there main system, so I just like to be different....

I'm in communications engineering and we hava a bastardization of both. This really pisses me off. All in all, metric is better.

Originally posted by jinushaun

Metric, no competition.

The English system sucks! It's as though it was haphazardly put together--like a collection of units people just grew up using, and their forefathers before them, and their forefathers before them, etc. What the hell? Slugs? Yards? Miles? People fear change.

People apperently fear math.

Originally posted by MBTN
I like metric better even though I live in the US.

But what would you rather say:
454 Big Block
or 7.44 Big Block?!
:D

i would rather say 502 Big Block :D

Originally posted by NJTy180


i would rather say 502 Big Block :D

Atta boy! What do your students think of your Typhoon?

On topic, I find that Canada is mostly a mix of both, although we're officially metric. Damn Americans rubbing off on us :D:D We use kilometers, meters, centimeters, etc. for most things, but we measure height and weight in feet (and inches) and pounds respectively. I have absolutely how tall I am in cm or how mouch I weigh in kg either. Oh well :sigh:

What I dont understand is why the speed limit in Onterio is so dang low.
You can drive for hundreds of miles and see nothing at all. Crank that up to 150+ KPH and keep things moving.

Originally posted by Heep


Atta boy! What do your students think of your Typhoon?


the ones that know what it is drool and turn green with envy...
the clueless ones usually challenge me to race... if i wasnt a teacher, i would tell them to name a time and place :D

Originally posted by YogsVR4
What I dont understand is why the speed limit in Onterio is so dang low.
You can drive for hundreds of miles and see nothing at all. Crank that up to 150+ KPH and keep things moving.

Yeah, it sucks here. Back home in NB the limit is 110 kph, a little better, but even at rush hour you can usually have an entire lane to yourself, and in between cities there's nothing but woods and absolutely prefect brand new pavement, so you can give 'er all you want. Owner of one of the local Dodge dealers took a Viper up to 190 MPH. :D

I dunno I learned the "BRITISH SYSTEM" in grade school but being a mechanical engineering student ive become fairly comfortable with both only thing i still have trouble with is Celsius to Farieheit or vice versa but hey we all look at our engines power in Hp for the most part and thats british too so maybe some of u should just be more open minded, and learn to use both systems. Before nebody tries to make me feel stoopid yes i realize that engine Power is measure in other units as well just cant remeber them off the top of my head. just my thought on the matter

Originally posted by AEstud
ain't make no difference to me....:bandit:

me neither.

Originally posted by Heep


Yeah, it sucks here. Back home in NB the limit is 110 kph, a little better, but even at rush hour you can usually have an entire lane to yourself, and in between cities there's nothing but woods and absolutely prefect brand new pavement, so you can give 'er all you want. Owner of one of the local Dodge dealers took a Viper up to 190 MPH. :D

DAMN! Now that sounds like a blast.

Last summer I followed an M3 out of Toronto towards Windsor for a hundred miles or so. He was doing 120-130 the whole way, so I stuck back about a hundred yards and made some great time.

I'm the same as Heep, all my MAth and Science is metric (I can do some British though) and all my self-measurements are in pounds, feet, inches. Almost nobody in my school (Student) know standard, too confusing.