Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Same for healthcare workplaces, body statistics like height and weight are actually recorded in metric units, they just tell it to you in imperial units.
F stands for Full-retard. Bass ackwards systems we have here in the US.
Kelvin wins!
(seen in original article's comments):
Why do people keep saying this?
People want whole number precision. One degree of Kelvin equals one degree of Celcius the only difference is the 273.15 degree offset between absolute zero and the freezing point of water. The whole number precision is the exact same as Celcius, your argument is completely wrong and invalid. Good day sir!
Because no engineer (or really even regular schmuck) has the luxury of ONLY learning one system, as 99% of the world uses the metric system so we have to learn it one way or another.I'm in the why do some of you care so damn much camp? Seriously, who cares.
Generally I prefer Celsius for most everything except weather. For weather or thermostat control I find Fahrenheit works better. It could be because it is just more familiar to be, who knows idgaf. I like both just fine for different reasons. I swear some of you act like one of them kicked your dog or something. You aren't coming off as more intelligent swearing one over the other, just as a prick.
Yes, but the scale is still completely arbitrary and not based on any natural phenominon.I dunno. When fahrenheit is used for weather zero degrees is really fucking cold and one hundred degrees is really fucking hot. Anything above or below is just ridiculous. It's basically a scale of zero to one hundred. Makes sense to me.
Seeing as how we memorized that 1 mile = 1,760 yards in elementary school here in the US (at least I did in the '80s...)Don't use a calculator or look it up.
How many yards are in 1.5 miles?
How many meters are in 1.5 kilometers?
I was scratching my head at this the whole time, too .Why do people keep saying this?
People want whole number precision. One degree of Kelvin equals one degree of Celcius the only difference is the 273.15 degree offset between absolute zero and the freezing point of water. The whole number precision is the exact same as Celcius, your argument is completely wrong and invalid. Good day sir!
Yes, but the scale is still completely arbitrary and not based on any natural phenominon.
When its 0o C out, or close to it, I know there may be ice on the road. For F I only know to worry when its 32o F because I have it memorized. Likewise, you'll know that 37o C is hot as hell just from experience, and you can figure out how cold is cold based on how much above or below freezing it is.
F stands for Full-retard. Bass ackwards systems we have here in the US.
I keep waiting for the Euros to come up with a decimal time system, and tell us how stupid americans are for not adopting their superior and awesome 100 second minutes, etc.
that's true... but then again, i doubt any of us could differentiate between 21C and 21.5C...Fahrenheit gives you almost double1.8xthe precision* of Celsius without having to delve into decimals, allowing you to better relate to the air temperature. Again, we're sensitive to small shifts in temperature, so Fahrenheit allows us to discern between two readings more easily than Saint Celsius ever could.
that's true... but then again, i doubt any of us could differentiate between 21C and 21.5C...
"without having to delve into decimals"
Seriously? That's his fine line of perfection? Try telling a machinist or scientists or ANYBODY they are no longer allowed to use decimals, all units are to be rounded to the nearest whole number
Because no engineer (or really even regular schmuck) has the luxury of ONLY learning one system, as 99% of the world uses the metric system so we have to learn it one way or another.
Furthermore, when it comes to tooling it means you don't just have to have one set of tools but double the cost with two sets. And its a double-PITA when you have some motorcycles that use some metric and some english bolts, so you can't just walk up and guess the size as it might not even be a metric bolt.
And as was pointed out its a huge PITA to work even within say distance (how many inches are in a yard... or a mile?), yet alone try to work with multiple units of measure like what dimensions is a quart in inches?
That still doesn't address why people act like one or the other kicked their damn dog. Sure some career fields it doubles the number of tools they require. However I would wager the vast majority here aren't coming from the problem of having to buy doubles of expensive toolsets (as an aside if your entire toolset cost you less then $5k then honestly you have no idea what an expensive toolset is). As I said, I use and like both systems just fine. I own standard and metric toolsets, hell I would wager I have more invested in tools then the average here due to my background. That still doesn't make me hate one or the other. I have my preferences depending on the situation and the rest doesn't bother me.
Humans are on average quite smart when it comes to conversions, at least when they decide it is important to them. Sorry I don't buy the huge PITA argument when it comes to them. Sure it might be a pain for someone to do conversions of a standard they don't use often, but if it is something you do regularly it isn't even remotely hard. I'll use me as an example here. I use metric and standard hand tools regularly. I can convert between mm and in without thinking about it most of the time. I can also look at just about any size bolt, nut or especially allen head which is the majority of what I use and be within a size or two at a glance. Even if I'm unsure if it is standard or metric it is 3-4 things in my hand at max guessing. Now I use cooking measurements far less frequently, as such those require a bit more thought, or a glance at a conversion chart. But a huge PITA? Nah not by a long shot.
The $125 million satellite was supposed to be the first weather observer on another world. But as it approached the red planet to slip into a stable orbit Sept. 23, the orbiter vanished. Scientists realized quickly it was gone for good.
...
Propulsion engineers, like those at Lockheed Martin who built the craft, typically express force in pounds, but it was standard practice to convert to newtons for space missions. One pound of force is about 4.45 newtons. Engineers at NASAs Jet Propulsion Lab assumed the conversion had been made, and didnt check.
The cost of the mission was $327.6 million total for the orbiter and lander, $193.1 million for spacecraft development, $91.7 million for launching it, and $42.8 million for mission operations.
When will the rest of the world get on board and recognize that America clearly does everything better? That's the real question.
AMERICA! F@!# YEAH!
Does this count?
http://www.wired.com/2010/11/1110mars-climate-observer-report/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Climate_Orbiter
Taxpayer money and years of hard work down the drain because someone messed up a unit conversion.
So because someone makes a mistake that makes the system the problem and not the person? Wow that is really taking the pass the blame mindset to a whole new level. By that standard we may as well just do away with everything that someone makes a mistake in because obviously the system is at fault. Convict someone innocent of murder because someone made a mistake? Do away with the entire prison system! How many lives and millions of dollars have been lost in space programs across the planet where someone made a mistake that had nothing to do with conversions? I would dare say Quite a bit more then what that mars mission cost...Challenger anyone?
Honestly they could do away with standard measurements tomorrow and I really wouldn't give two shits. Sure I like it better for certain applications, but i doubt I would even notice the change after a short period of not using one at all. My entire point is the arguments some are using are just inane.
Do you understand how the metric system works? It increases by 10's, something almost everyone can calculate in a few seconds compared to whatever the Imperial system decides (12 for inches per foot, 3 for feet per yard, etc.). It may have something to do with efficiency, that's why people like the metric system. It's consistent and makes for an efficient way of calculating stuff. Come up with a simpler measurement system and then come back.
So because someone makes a mistake that makes the system the problem and not the person? Wow that is really taking the pass the blame mindset to a whole new level. By that standard we may as well just do away with everything that someone makes a mistake in because obviously the system is at fault. Convict someone innocent of murder because someone made a mistake? Do away with the entire prison system! How many lives and millions of dollars have been lost in space programs across the planet where someone made a mistake that had nothing to do with conversions? I would dare say Quite a bit more then what that mars mission cost...Challenger anyone?
Honestly they could do away with standard measurements tomorrow and I really wouldn't give two shits. Sure I like it better for certain applications, but i doubt I would even notice the change after a short period of not using one at all. My entire point is the arguments some are using are just inane.