Imperial System... oh how i loathe theee! - Page 4

Rockin Robbins · 09-22-09, 04:27 PM

I don't see why it's so confusing. If you know both and feel comfortable with both you are better equipped to understand the qualities being measured than anybody who is only comfortable with one.

When it's 61º F outside you can say "It's 61º of the difference between damned cold and damned hot" and simultaneously know it's 16º C, 16% of the way from freezing to boiling water.

0º C equals 32º F. 16º C equals 61º F. 28º C equals 82º F. Everything else in human environmental temperature range can be interpolated or extrapolated roughly in a 2 for 1 relationship between C and F.

SteamWake · 09-22-09, 04:27 PM

LOL when I was in elementry school / high school we were taught and told that the 'world' including the US would standardize on the metric system within 10 years... that was a lot longer than 10 years ago

Frederf · 09-22-09, 07:54 PM

You know I wish I could have a good grasp of weather reports in Celsius. Fahrenheit is what I've come to know but I totally realize it's nothing special. I guess it's kinda nice to say "It's in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s" and those are pretty useful in the scale. I know if I grew up with Celsius I'd feel just as at home with that.

When was it that science classrooms in the US switched to Metric? I can't imagine doing a physics degree in Imperial... I just can't. I mean, carpenters are going to be using feet and inches for a looooong time. I think it's silly to try a forced change... just let 50 years go by such that every living person had Metric taught to them in middle school and it'll come about of its own accord.

It's not necessarily that metric is better but that it's dumbsauce for there to be more than one system worldwide and there's more metric than there is imperial out there.

gutted · 09-22-09, 09:02 PM

50F degrees here is damned cold due to the humidity (New Orleans).

seriously, i went to colorado once, and was standing on the balcony of the hotel in shorts smoking a cig while it was like -10 and snowing and didn't care at all. if i did that over here at 40F.. i'd be squeeling.

Rockin Robbins · 09-23-09, 09:22 AM

I thought "humidity" was a copyrighted trademark of Florida. The Orlando Magic should have been called the Orlando Humidity.

Wilcke · 09-23-09, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Rockin Robbins

I don't see why it's so confusing. If you know both and feel comfortable with both you are better equipped to understand the qualities being measured than anybody who is only comfortable with one.

When it's 61º F outside you can say "It's 61º of the difference between damned cold and damned hot" and simultaneously know it's 16º C, 16% of the way from freezing to boiling water.

0º C equals 32º F. 16º C equals 61º F. 28º C equals 82º F. Everything else in human environmental temperature range can be interpolated or extrapolated roughly in a 2 for 1 relationship between C and F.

Or as they say in Spain, "cero grados, ni frio ni calor", translates to "zero degrees, neither cold nor warm" end of quote pardon I might have mispelled "cero", I am bi-illiterate!

As for the interpolation its just like the "9's" multiplication table! Sweet! RR has a beautiful mind!

09-22-09, 04:27 PM	#46
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	I don't see why it's so confusing. If you know both and feel comfortable with both you are better equipped to understand the qualities being measured than anybody who is only comfortable with one. When it's 61º F outside you can say "It's 61º of the difference between damned cold and damned hot" and simultaneously know it's 16º C, 16% of the way from freezing to boiling water. 0º C equals 32º F. 16º C equals 61º F. 28º C equals 82º F. Everything else in human environmental temperature range can be interpolated or extrapolated roughly in a 2 for 1 relationship between C and F. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

09-22-09, 04:27 PM	#47
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	LOL when I was in elementry school / high school we were taught and told that the 'world' including the US would standardize on the metric system within 10 years... that was a lot longer than 10 years ago __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

09-23-09, 09:22 AM	#50
Rockin Robbins Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: DeLand, FL Posts: 8,900 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 52	I thought "humidity" was a copyrighted trademark of Florida. The Orlando Magic should have been called the Orlando Humidity. __________________ Sub Skipper's Bag of Tricks, Slightly Subnuclear Mk 14 & Cutie, Slightly Subnuclear Deck Gun, EZPlot 2.0, TMOPlot, TMOKeys, SH4CMS

09-22-09, 07:54 PM	#48
Frederf Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 665 Downloads: 79 Uploads: 1	You know I wish I could have a good grasp of weather reports in Celsius. Fahrenheit is what I've come to know but I totally realize it's nothing special. I guess it's kinda nice to say "It's in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s" and those are pretty useful in the scale. I know if I grew up with Celsius I'd feel just as at home with that. When was it that science classrooms in the US switched to Metric? I can't imagine doing a physics degree in Imperial... I just can't. I mean, carpenters are going to be using feet and inches for a looooong time. I think it's silly to try a forced change... just let 50 years go by such that every living person had Metric taught to them in middle school and it'll come about of its own accord. It's not necessarily that metric is better but that it's dumbsauce for there to be more than one system worldwide and there's more metric than there is imperial out there.

09-22-09, 09:02 PM	#49
gutted The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: New Orleans, LA. Posts: 1,379 Downloads: 487 Uploads: 11	50F degrees here is damned cold due to the humidity (New Orleans). seriously, i went to colorado once, and was standing on the balcony of the hotel in shorts smoking a cig while it was like -10 and snowing and didn't care at all. if i did that over here at 40F.. i'd be squeeling.