Confession: I switched back to Metric

[Ducimus]

Looking at the empty diet pepsi can upon my desk, it says.......

12 FL oz
(355ML)

:rotfl:

[DirtyHarry3033]

Zylark,

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

But I'll stick with Imperial thanks just the same. If nothing else, the speedometer in my car is calibrated both in Imperial and Metric, but the metric scale is very small and I can hardly see it with my poor eyes!

Also, citywide speed limit where I live is 35 mph. That translates to 56.32704 kph which would be a very difficult speed for me to maintain Only option would be to round it down to exactly 55 kph which is only 34.17541 mph - everywhere I went it would take me longer to get there, and it takes too long already :hmm:

Could be worse I guess, my understanding is that at one time the "foot" was based on the length of the organ at the end of the current monarch's leg, and I guess that (for a time anyway) with every change of monarchy, the definition of the "foot" would change...

[DirtyHarry3033]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Looking at the empty diet pepsi can upon my desk, it says.......

12 FL oz
(355ML)

:rotfl:

Damn, Ducimus!!!! Those worthless b*stards at Pepsi failed to divide by 1000 to get the "correct" number in Liters... I think a class-action lawsuit is in order

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I know why they did it... Imagine yourself looking at two products in identical-sized containers - one says it contains 0.355 of the product, and the other says it contains 355 of the product. Which do you buy? The bigger one!!! We Americans are convinced that bigger is better, so the bigger number wins, right?

[BBury]

[quote=DirtyHarry3033]

Originally Posted by Ducimus

Looking at the empty diet pepsi can upon
I know why they did it... Imagine yourself looking at two products in identical-sized containers - one says it contains 0.355 of the product, and the other says it contains 355 of the product. Which do you buy? The bigger one!!! We Americans are convinced that bigger is better, so the bigger number wins, right?

Yes, getting "20 to life" is much better than "5 with parole"...hehehehe

[Ducimus]

>>We Americans are convinced that bigger is better, so the bigger number wins, right?

I think its a given that everyone thinks of a can of soda as 12 oz Then thers beer, that comes in 12 oz cans or the "tall boys", what are they, 42 oz?

And yet, when it comes to bottles of soda, immediatly a "2 liter bottle" of pepsi comes to mind. How quickly we change from one system to the other in our daily lives.

[zylark]

Nonononono, beer comes in 33cl (1/3 of a liter and glass bottles) and 50cl (half a liter in alu-cans). Trust me, I know beer

Well, around here it does anyways

[Lagger123987]

Metric A$$!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111111

[Payoff]

My biggest gripe is when the W.O. gives me nearest visual contact in feet. "Bearing 025, Range 14'108 sir" I'm thinking with these skills this guy has far more important things he can be doing for the cause & maybe the new guy will just give me good ol American yards.

[MaxT.dk]

Stop being ignorant like
- Americans using imperial
- British driving on the wrong side of the road
and be "normal" as the rest of the world!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

[joea]

Originally Posted by MaxT.dk

Stop being ignorant like
- Americans using imperial
- British driving on the wrong side of the road
and be "normal" as the rest of the world!

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Maybe they are ignorant today ... but so is that joke. As I posted several times already the USN used imperial in WWII, or did you not know that?

THe only reason some are using metric is because the game does not convert properly (I am not sure it is that bad) but to be realistic you sohuld use imperial, and metric when playing SH3.

If some of you were in a history class, I'd fail you. :p

[NefariousKoel]

Well, after going metric momentarily, I've switched back to Imperial because it just wasn't right driving an american boat and using meters.

I'll just continue to move that Stadimeter down further on the image and estimate where it should probably be.

[DirtyHarry3033]

Originally Posted by NefariousKoel

Well, after going metric momentarily, I've switched back to Imperial because it just wasn't right driving an american boat and using meters.

I'll just continue to move that Stadimeter down further on the image and estimate where it should probably be.

I can understand that! Hearing my diving officer reporting "Depth 30 meters!" would not only be wrong, I would probably only hear the "30" part and (thinking in feet as I should...) order "Make your depth 250!" only to hear the sound of my pressure hull being crushed like an eggshell

Nefarious, have you looked at Mav87th's Cameras.dat mod?

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...732#post525732

Might fix your Stadimeter issues - he says it modifies the magnification level for the Observation scope so that it works with Kim Ronhof's Range Calculator SH1 whiz-wheel. I built one of those wheels this week and it's nice but just don't work with default scope mags in SH4. If the mod does what he says, it should be just the ticket for accurate ranges!

I d/l'ed it today but haven't tried it yet. You can get Kim's wheels here if you don't already have 'em:

http://www.subsowespac.org/silent_hunter_mods.shtml

Search for:

Kim Ronhof's Manual Tools With Guide

and you'll find it.

Regards,

DH

[wstaub]

I went and switched to Metric and found manual targeting easier

[NefariousKoel]

Thanks Dirty.

However, I've been using the length of the ship to estimate it's speed and I don't think a magnification will fix the Stadimeter output, but I'm hoping.

[DirtyHarry3033]

Originally Posted by NefariousKoel

Thanks Dirty.

However, I've been using the length of the ship to estimate it's speed and I don't think a magnification will fix the Stadimeter output, but I'm hoping.

Hmm, think you mis-understood. What I'm referring to does nothing to fix the Stadimeter bugs. What I was referring to is Kim Rohnof's Range Calculator whiz-wheel that he made for SH1 way back when.

It's got two wheels, outer one representing the "tic marks" in the scope, and inner one representing mast head height plus ranges for 1x, 2x, 4x and 8x magnification thru the periscope.

Once you've printed it and laminated it and assembled it, what you do is put the scope on the ship with the horizontal line on the waterline, then count the number of "tic marks" to the top of the masthead as seen thru the scope.

Then you move the inner wheel so that the mast head height in feet, of your target is aligned with the number of "tics" you observed.

Finally, you move the clear "alignment tool" to line up with the "2.0" tic mark on the outer wheel and read the range to target (via the appropriate magnification scale) on the inner wheel.

The problem with it is, SH4's magnification is supposedly totally screwed up. (and also the % of a degree per tic mark on the scope) The mod I mentioned supposedly fixes this so that you can get accurate ranges using this wheel.

As it is, the wheel seems to work great with 1x magnification thru the observation scope. Very accurate for close targets, but then 1x mag isn't optimal for distant ones... If the mod does what it says, it will be exciting to say the least!

Do yourself a favor, D/L Kim's package that I linked to and read his manual. It might get you a little excited about the possibilities

When I get back to port, I'll put the cameras.dat mod on and report how well it works!

DH