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Anonymous Coward User ID: 983978 Canada 04/01/2011 02:21 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Ask anyone how big their house is and they will tell you in square feet. Ask anyone how tall they are and they will tell you in feet and inches. Walk into any hardware store and k for a two-by-four. Thats inches. Not centimeters. Thirty years of fail. Oh, but the temperatures and speed limit signs are changes! |
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METRIC SUCKS User ID: 1270266 Mexico 04/01/2011 02:26 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Metric system is completely stupid and makes no sense. Everyone says, "Oh, it makes more sense because it is all in base TEN". Do you all think that over the thousands of years of civilization, NO ONE EVER NOTICED THEY HAVE TEN FINGERS AND ALL COUNTING IS IN BASE TEN? Ask yourself why, then, has nothing ever been measured in a base ten system? Why doesn't your watch have ten hours on it, one hundred minutes in an hour, one hundred minutes in a second? Huh? Think about it. Why aren't there 100 degrees in a circle? Everything has always been done in twelve, eight, or sixty. Why? BECAUSE IT IS MUCH EASIER TO WORK WITH. Tell me quick, what is one third of a liter? An irrational number. What is one quarter? OOPS> |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 589518 Australia 04/01/2011 02:29 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Metric system is completely stupid and makes no sense. Quoting: METRIC SUCKS 1270266Everyone says, "Oh, it makes more sense because it is all in base TEN". Do you all think that over the thousands of years of civilization, NO ONE EVER NOTICED THEY HAVE TEN FINGERS AND ALL COUNTING IS IN BASE TEN? Ask yourself why, then, has nothing ever been measured in a base ten system? Why doesn't your watch have ten hours on it, one hundred minutes in an hour, one hundred minutes in a second? Huh? Think about it. Why aren't there 100 degrees in a circle? Everything has always been done in twelve, eight, or sixty. Why? BECAUSE IT IS MUCH EASIER TO WORK WITH. Tell me quick, what is one third of a liter? An irrational number. What is one quarter? OOPS> A liter is a metric measurement, numbnuts. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 983978 Canada 04/01/2011 06:18 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Metric system is completely stupid and makes no sense. Quoting: METRIC SUCKS 1270266Everyone says, "Oh, it makes more sense because it is all in base TEN". Do you all think that over the thousands of years of civilization, NO ONE EVER NOTICED THEY HAVE TEN FINGERS AND ALL COUNTING IS IN BASE TEN? Ask yourself why, then, has nothing ever been measured in a base ten system? Why doesn't your watch have ten hours on it, one hundred minutes in an hour, one hundred minutes in a second? Huh? Think about it. Why aren't there 100 degrees in a circle? Everything has always been done in twelve, eight, or sixty. Why? BECAUSE IT IS MUCH EASIER TO WORK WITH. Tell me quick, what is one third of a liter? An irrational number. What is one quarter? OOPS> A liter is a metric measurement, numbnuts. You just proved his point, name caller! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1329383 Canada 04/05/2011 03:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | It is phased out. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 983978Ask anyone how big their house is and they will tell you in square feet. Ask anyone how tall they are and they will tell you in feet and inches. Walk into any hardware store and k for a two-by-four. Thats inches. Not centimeters. Thirty years of fail. Oh, but the temperatures and speed limit signs are changes! Yes - this is how it is! |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 1325071 Australia 04/05/2011 03:32 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Metric was invented by godless geniuses for the mathematically gifted Quoting: Anonymous Coward 1324122it is not suitable for Canadians, and definitely not Americans this ^ Sir, despite being french, you deserve my applausse. They invented the metric system. Some respect. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 1321962 United States 04/05/2011 03:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I am amazed ... absolutely amazed! The metric system is one of the few "on the surface" differences between English Speaking Canada and the United States. They must truly be preparing for full integration with the US when French Speaking Quebec finally goes it's separate way. I wonder how many states they will demand to become when they join the US? Ontario clearly should be at least two states, maybe as many as four (when Texas joined the United States it was given the option to later separate itself into up to 5 separate states). Most of the other provinces and territories could remain intact and jsut switch to becoming states. The last big hurdle is the Canadian Health Care System. If that problem is solved they could voluntarily join the US in just a matter of months!! There would be no need for the US to invade! (though John Candy in "American Bacon" gave us the blueprint!) |
Another anonymous coward User ID: 10342320 United States 12/02/2012 07:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Metric system is completely stupid and makes no sense. Quoting: METRIC SUCKS 1270266 Everyone says, "Oh, it makes more sense because it is all in base TEN". Do you all think that over the thousands of years of civilization, NO ONE EVER NOTICED THEY HAVE TEN FINGERS AND ALL COUNTING IS IN BASE TEN? Ask yourself why, then, has nothing ever been measured in a base ten system? Why doesn't your watch have ten hours on it, one hundred minutes in an hour, one hundred minutes in a second? Huh? Think about it. Why aren't there 100 degrees in a circle? Everything has always been done in twelve, eight, or sixty. Why? BECAUSE IT IS MUCH EASIER TO WORK WITH. Tell me quick, what is one third of a liter? An irrational number. What is one quarter? OOPS> 1/3 of a liter irrational? Now that's really irrational! Go back to school and learn some math. You just proved why you probably never will understand any system... |
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