Standard VS Metic

[YogsVR4]

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.

[hermunn123]

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

[Heep]

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?

[V.S.]

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!

[kris]

Originally posted by hermunn123
metric makes more sense

[Spec2 Girl]

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.

[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?)

[AEstud]

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

[YogsVR4]

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.

[AEstud]

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

[YogsVR4]

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

Not very talkative today huh.

[RazorGTR]

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.

[danmangt40]

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

[AEstud]

Not very talkative today huh.

Not really....:bandit:

[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.

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.