Why is the U.S. still not using the metric system?

[Bill3000]

One doesnt need to know the precise temperature those occur at to achieve the desired result.

Okay if you don't know the temperature of boiling water or care about how hot it is, then I think you just defeated your point for caring about a temperature system altogether. You can get used to Celsius in the same way you can get used to anything else.

And VR, if you don't care about something as simple as the boiling and freezing points of the most fundamental substance on earth, don't whine about people not knowing how to change the oil in their cars.

 

[MobBoss]

Okay if you don't know the temperature of boiling water or care about how hot it is, then I think you just defeated your point for caring about a temperature system altogether. You can get used to Celsius in the same way you can get used to anything else.

Uh. I cook with Gas. I light the burner, and turn it on high until the water boils. Duh. I poor my bath water. Put my toe in to see how hot it is. Too hot? add cold water. Not hot enough? add more hot water. Again....duh.

Sure, its nice to know what the exact boiling point of water is, but its really moot in the daily appllication of my life. At least it is until I have a stove with a digital control that I can set precisely to the exact temperature that water boils at. But guess what....odds are that will be pre-set and will simply say 'boiling water', and not involve the exact temperature at all to my pov.

Ditto with my fridge. I make sure the ice maker has water and voila.....ice cubes. I might check to see if the temp is around 32 degrees in the morning to see if there might be some black ice on the roads, but the local traffic report can do that for me as well.

My whole point was whether its metric or imperial, or celcius or whatever is moot. The end result is the same if you know your system. Big whoopee.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

Even Great Britain has ditched Fahrenheit.

20C = room temp
30C = nice and warm
40C = too hot!
10C = chilly
0C = brrr

Not hard to remember.

 

[Leoreth]

0 to 100 - It's bloody cold to it's bloody hot.

Not 0 to 100 - Eh, it's almost jacket weather to OMG MY SKIN IS SMOKING AND PEELING OFF MY BODY.

Really, who cares what the freezing and boiling point of water is. Why not the freezing and boiling point of mercury or nitrogen or <insert some other meaningless element>.

I don't know what you're getting at here, Fahrenheit is a 0 to 100 scale as well. Its 100 point is even quite sound, if only a little inaccurate given todays standards.

 

[GhostWriter16]

Even Great Britain has ditched Fahrenheit.

20C = room temp
30C = nice and warm
40C = too hot!
10C = chilly
0C = brrr

Not hard to remember.

0C isn't really that cold.

0 to 100 - It's bloody cold to it's bloody hot.

Not 0 to 100 - Eh, it's almost jacket weather to OMG MY SKIN IS SMOKING AND PEELING OFF MY BODY.

Really, who cares what the freezing and boiling point of water is. Why not the freezing and boiling point of mercury or nitrogen or <insert some other meaningless element>.

In all seriousness, I'm not against Celsius in itself, but since I don't know it well, I don't want to use it (I know what 0 and 100 are, but I don't know most of the other numbers.)

 

[Ajidica]

In all seriousness, I'm not against Celsius in itself, but since I don't know it well, I don't want to use it

So, you are lazy?

(I know what 0 and 100 are, but I don't know most of the other numbers.)

Do what I do. Celcius is roughly half of Farenheit. If it is 60F, then I know it is around 30C. It isn't the most accurate, but it works well enough so I know if I need a jacket or not.

Or, we can all start using Kelvin. Today is around 283K.

 

[bhsup]

Frankly, I rarely personally freeze ice. That nifty auto-dispenser does that for me. As far as boiling goes, that's what "Hi" is for on the stove setting

 

[Lone Wolf]

Fun fact: -40 Celsius = -40 Fahrenheit.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

It's piss easy to convert C to F anyway.

If you don't know how to turn a 32-212 scale into a 0-100 one, you suck at maths and will only be qualified to flip burgers.

EDIT: LOL, I mean 0-100 rather than 1-100.

 

[Lillefix]

If it is 60F, then I know it is around 30C. It isn't the most accurate, but it works well enough so I know if I need a jacket or not.

No that's not very accurate

Spoiler :

you forgot to subtract 30 first.

 

[NedimNapoleon]

or, we can all start using kelvin. Today is around 283k.

or, we can all start using kelvin. Today is around 283k.

or, we can all start using kelvin. Today is around 283k.

0 kelvin ultimate goal!

 

[GhostWriter16]

So, you are lazy?

Do what I do. Celcius is roughly half of Farenheit. If it is 60F, then I know it is around 30C. It isn't the most accurate, but it works well enough so I know if I need a jacket or not.

Or, we can all start using Kelvin. Today is around 283K.

Except this theory doesn't work well most of the time. And 60F is NOT 30C, IIRC 20C is over 60F actually.

It's piss easy to convert C to F anyway.

If you don't know how to turn a 32-212 scale into a 1-100 one, you suck at maths and will only be qualified to flip burgers.

From F to C- 5/9 - 32.

From C to F- 9/5 + 32.

I'm well aware of HOW to do it, but I frankly don't feel like doing this every other day.

Yeah, I'm lazy. At least, too lazy to do work I see no point in. Sue me.

 

[ParadigmShifter]

That's wrong. I'll have fries with that, thanks.

EDIT: Unless you are confusing multiplication with addition. That means you aren't even qualified for McDonalds, try the Army.

 

[GhostWriter16]

That's wrong. I'll have fries with that, thanks.

I actually think that's correct, unless everyone who has taught me is wrong.

Unless I just forgot what it was. Feel free to enlighten me.

Maybe the -32 is BEFORE the fraction? After thinking it through, that would make more sense.

No need to insult me in any case

 

[ParadigmShifter]

NEWSFLASH: Multiplication and addition ARE NOT THE SAME.

Edit: OK, I see you assumed multiplication, not bad. But using a dash - which is the same as the minus sign, is not good. I'll let you off, just this once.

EDIT2: Yeah, you need to subtract 32 from F before any linear transfrom. So you are not let off.

 

[bhsup]

C= (F-32) * 5/9

F= (C * 9/5) + 32 <<< Parenthesis should not be needed due to to order of operations, but I added them for clarification

iirc...

 

[ParadigmShifter]

VRWC gets a gold star.

 

[Racsoviale]

This thread just got alot more amusing when Paradigmshifter turned it into a math contest between conservatives

 

[uppi]

I can't believe you want to continue in this debacle of supporting this argument.
Ok, let's talk raw, decimal numbers. Current population on Earth about 6 billions. How many of these need to know the imperial system because they are to pilot a FA-whatever or a kissmyass-weapon made in USA?

That would be the case if it really was just military equipment. But it's also a lot of other stuff Americans produce. Although Americans have mostly given up producing anything of real value, they still manufacture some high tech equipment and if you need that you better have two sets of tools and screws and everything for a few pieces of equipment made in the US.

Sometimes they apologize, but sometimes there is not even that and you need to accept that you need a spacing of exactly 0.0195 inches to interface with the device.

 

[GhostWriter16]

C= (F-32) * 5/9

F= (C * 9/5) + 32 <<< Parenthesis should not be needed due to to order of operations, but I added them for clarification

iirc...

Thanks

This thread just got alot more amusing when Paradigmshifter turned it into a math contest between conservatives

not really a contest. More me wrongly getting made fun of for my ignorance.