A comic for the metrically inclined
Since adding the comic strip application to my facebook profile, I've started reading more comics again. Here's one that seemed fitting for this site:
Since adding the comic strip application to my facebook profile, I've started reading more comics again. Here's one that seemed fitting for this site:
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Darren
Tue, 2007-10-02 08:55
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Bah, metric
I don't see what's wrong with Imperial measurements. Dave: how tall and heavy are you? Answer in the units you think of FIRST!
I'm not crazy...oh, wait, nevermind.
David
Tue, 2007-10-02 10:53
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Height for me works equally
Height for me works equally well in both measurements systems. Weight, I don't really care enough to know offhand in either system (although I probably tend to think in imperial there).
Scott
Fri, 2007-10-05 12:55
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We think in imperial units
We think in imperial units first because people here still uses imperial units for height and mass, moreso when we were younger. I would be quite happy to measure my mass in kilograms if I had a scale that displayed it. (And not just because the numbers would be smaller. :-P ) Adjusting to centimeters for height would be slightly more difficult, but do-able. Some swimming pools switched to measuring depth in centimeters several years ago already, so it would be nice to switch over at some point for height too.
dmodderman
Wed, 2007-10-10 12:46
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Engineering
From an engineering perspective, when you're crunching numbers all day, metric is much easier to work with! Except construction folk like to use imperial, so you can't win...