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  Runningman 8 years ago

  One thing I used to think was funny when you go over the border into Canada they go by the metric system so when I was on the highway at first glance I thought the sign said that I could go a 100 mph.

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  Johnnynull 8 years ago

  @Ant that's very interesting.
  @Joe geeks can be predictable, no? ;^)

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  Ant 8 years ago

  for those not in the UK "The one show" is a tv show the BBC spit out to fill air time between the evening news and main programming times on week day's

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  Joe 8 years ago

  I think we've found a subject we can all enjoy. Hahahhaha 😂

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  Ant 8 years ago

  According to the One show; The reason we still have metric and imperial in the UK is because during the rein of Thacher she scrapped the conversion programme.
  The issue is most obvious on the roads. Speed in MPH distances on singage is in miles. We still have mile markers but since the early 2k's highways agency have been installing kilometer markers every 500 meters ( or 550 yards if you are that way inclined ) see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driver_location_sign for more info
  

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  Johnnynull 8 years ago

  @Joe: woah!

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  Johnnynull 8 years ago

  @Sigg3 Yes, Fahrenheit's non-linearity makes the most sense for temperatures applicable to day-to-day life, what we experience. Less so for science-y stuffs, cosmology or whatever.

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  Joe 8 years ago

  Wow! Just looked it up we moved to metric in http://www.britannica.com/science/British-Imperial-System.

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  Stolensoul 8 years ago

  Well, in France we almost only use official units (well, most of them were invented by french, directly or not ^^'). Except for unpractical units like Kelvin, in fact.
  I guess this is mostly a cultural matter.

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  Joe 8 years ago

  Metres*

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  Joe 8 years ago

  Weird isn't it. We use Meyers but then drive in miles and speed limits are mph. The rest of Europe uses kilometres mostly

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  Stolensoul 8 years ago

  Kelvin isn't more accurate than celsius, it's just a shift (0K=-273.5°C if i'm not mistaken, and 0°C=273.5K).
  On the other hand, meters and kelvin are the units used by the international system, so they are more scientific, in a way.

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  Sigg3 8 years ago

  @Johnnynull Celsius seems more scientific, no? Water freezes at 0°C and boils at 100°C, with 100 units in between to work with:) Though water will boil at lower degrees at higher altitudes, so Kelvin is a lot more accurate.

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  Johnnynull 8 years ago

  Well, only partially. One of the primary points was "blood-heat". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit#History

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  Joe 8 years ago

  Yea that's the same here. We use Celsius though as we know 0 is freezing. Fahrenheit is to do with human body or something?

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  Johnnynull 8 years ago

  Oh yeah, and it means we have to have both metric and imperial ratchet sets and such if you're going to do any work on your car.

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  Johnnynull 8 years ago

  Yes, as a nation we are still imperial. Military and NASA are metric. There's reluctance from the public at large to switch. Reasons run from inertia to weird patriotism and everything in-between. I myself have a hard time visualizing metric measurements. Old habits. I still hold Fahrenheit makes more sense for casual day-to-day use of the citizenry.

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  Joe 8 years ago

  Actually scrap that... just looked at my post we mostly use both. But mainly metric

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  Joe 8 years ago

  You guys are still imperial no?.. strange considering its been metric here as long as I've been alive. We still use imperial for some things though like weight

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  Johnnynull 8 years ago

  #TrivialObservation height in metric, delusional height in imperial.

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  Joe 8 years ago

  Yea I think they're all tapped in the head.

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  Stolensoul 8 years ago

  That must be a Jack Russel thing. Mine tries to attack dogs 2 or 3 times bigger :')

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