oh this will be great. i think nony will rape f91.

America sucks because it won't use the metric system. Where are the metric system lobbyists? I don't even know the name of the American math system. Does it have a name, or is it only a bunch of convoluted crap?

There are 24 hours in a day. You should spend your time talking about sports. You'll be dead soon.

its called imperial system and its bullshit - i heard they used the proper (metric) system in science - for example because there's nothing smaller than an inch - from there on it goes to fractions of inches - which is rubbish km - m - cm - mm - µm - nm etc way2go
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tits

Yeah! Tits FTW!!!
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seriously what a retarded comment. why does this matter at all? sigh.

Because noone in their right mind would prefer a conversion from cubic feet to cubic inch over a conversion from m³ to cm³ or dm³ or l³.

Ask any American scientist that has to to with measurements and he will agree.

Was commenting about the fact that there's nothing smaller than an inch. Also, FUCK YOU EUROS WE DO USE THE METRIC SYSTEM IN SCIENCE.

it matters because it is better understandable to say 60 nm than 0,004343 inch.


And yes I know that your scientists use the metric system, which I think is quite obvious in my sentence. It's just retarded that the rest of the people are unable to change. Many other countries did.

Uh, to be honest the inches measurement makes more sense to me than your nanometer measurement. Not to mention the fact that in your day to day life i defy you to give me an example where you need something much smaller than a mm, which can easily be expressed in terms of 32nds of an inch, which is a fairly common thing to see on rulers. Aka, your instrumentation that you use in your daily life makes something that small retarded. Then again your completely arbitrary argument is amusing, so carry on.

Accuracy of robots in university.
Grade of finishes is my current line of work, for example in pipings.
Both times measurements smaller than a mm are used, sometimes down to a 1 μm.

Also, you should make up your mind, why do shout out that American scientists use the metric system and the declare the British system isn't worse.

Accuracy of robots? Most people don't use robots in their day to day life, so, your point is invalid.

Plumbing? This is done quite well using imperial units, as demonstrated by the fact that America has pipes that connect.

Again, you completely miss the point, but that's ok, I'll repeat it again. Imperial units are fine for what they're used for, that is day to day stuff. When cutting molding for my house, I don't need to be more accurate than 1/32nd of an inch. When measuring how wide a large piece of furniture is to see if it fits through a doorway/staircase, it works fine. If you can't see that, then really there's no use arguing.

but you didn't ask about most people, did you.
And no it's not plumbing but piping, as in pipes that connect compressors at up to 250 bar in an explosive environment.

And I run into stuff where imperial system is or would be a pain in the ass every week.

But it suppose it is typical American that they are one of four countries left tp use an outdated system, and still think its fine.

Uh, his comment was about most people. You're the one trying to change the topic of discussion onto other groups of people who use the metric system. Your fanatical belief in the superiority of one arbitrary measurement system over another is entirely amusing, and quite depressing, as it speaks to your inability to be flexible in your thinking. Then again it could just be a symptom of germanitis.

How the fuck do you know using imperial units would be a pain in the ass if you had always used them? You have no proof of this what-so-ever, merely expecting me to believe your silly anecdotal evidence, which, by the way, isn't evidence.

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in your day to day life i defy you to give me an example where you need something much smaller than a mm,"

And? You have no rebuttal so you just copy what I say?

When you go to the store to buy groceries, do you measure the distance in something less than mm? That's what day to day life means. I'm sorry if you don't understand that.

Now to be cute I could say something like: "Well you probably require something smaller than mm in your daily life to measure the length of your penis LLOLOLOLOLOL," but let's stay classy.

LOLOL I NO NEED MATH WHEN SEXING AND FOODING MAYSELF. THEREFORE MATH IS USELESS

What? lol

beer

you asked a specific question, I answered and then you claim to be talking about something else.

Yet you haven't answered it in any event. So what's your point? You misunderstood me, and even in that misunderstanding you can't give me an example.

I'm not sure why you really care about this. The metric system is not easier for me, and no matter what you say, that's not going to change. So your point is invalid.

well, I suppose I can't give you and example. But then probably noone could ... unless you want them to.

And you seem to care just as much ;)

.... Again, you have no argument. Thanks for playing!

ASi if there were arguments you would seriously consider

There would be. Something that actually made sense. You have not given me any evidence that in ones day to day life, the metric system or even the celcius scale for temperatures are better than their counter parts used in america. Sorry if you are unable to come to terms with the fact that there might not be one right answer.

no.
The whole argument is that working with the metric system is easier because it is based on multiples of ten and the conversion between different measurements becomes much easier. Like for example the a liter is equals one dm³ and weighs (almost exactly) one kilogram.
I gave examples but your reply is that you don't use it anyways...

Btw, you Americans actually have one measurement system that is mostly based on multiples of tens and which is also probably the one people use the most: your currency.
Tell me, do you think it would be just as easy if 89 cents were one dollar, and you have one cent, 8 cent and 41 cent coins. And the bills would be one, seven, 35 and 124.

Looks retarded, doesn't it?

one litre of mercury is around 13,55kg. Have you ever tried lifting a jar of mercury? it's pretty awesome.

Once again, for day to day activities your point is invalid. We have got by fine using feet and inches and pounds and ounces for centuries. Saying "I think it's easier" isn't an argument.

Also, you euros have a counting system that isn't based on multiples of 10. There are 365 days in a year, somewhere between 28 and 31 days in a month, 7 days in a week, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute, etc, etc etc. Why don't you change that to multiples of 10? Oh, that's right, because it works fine. Just like imperial units work fine.

I wasn't gonna mention the time thing. But yeah it sucks and causes mistakes sometimes. and it would better on a basis of ten.

The mentioing of days in a year is obviously invalid because that is not a convention but an actual measurement.

Also stop saying an argument is invalid because it contradicts your opinion.


Additionally, since I am not sure you know that, Europe had similar measurements as yours for a long time.

Zoll, Elle, Fuss, Meile, Pund, Zentner, etc. surprisingly we as almost every country in the whole world we switched because somehow people figured a well thoughtout system would be much better.

365 days isn't a measurement. Why would we have a leap year if it was? You could very easily fix it by having a day be longer than it's current 24 hours so that the leap year every 4 years isn't necessary. You're actually just totally wrong.

Also contradicting my opinion is what this is all about. The imperial system of measurement WORKS. I can do conversions in my head if i need to, and, honestly, I don't have to do it very often. There's seriously less than 10 times a year when i need to convert between lbs and ounces or cups and quarts. It just honest is. not. important. at. all.

Make the days longer? So after some time its dark from 6 am to 6 pm?
Also the length of a day is determined by the time is takes the planet to make one revolution, while the length of a year is determined by the time 2hat the Sun takes to return to the same position in the cycle of seasons, as seen from Earth." There is a difference you know. And it takes slightly less than 365,25 years so that is why we don't have a leap your in 2100.
the actual nummbers can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical_year Holy shit, that really looks like a measurement.
So pretty much the only places where I am wrong is at a flat earth society convention and inside your head.

After that I kinda doubt you can do conversions in your head. Needless to say that with the metric system noone would ever assume that you can't do conversions in your head because it is so very easy.

Except we don't do it well, otherwise there would be no need for http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leap_second . Our time is not as accurate as you make it out to be. Get over it. Also, a second has nothing to do with the earth's rotation, but with cessium.

Also, yes i find it hard to divide and multiply by 2 (/sarcasm).

how about multiplying and dividing by 1728 (cubic feet to cubic inch) as compared to 1000 (cm³ to dm³)?
but I'm sue you can do both equally fast.

You should check the history of SI units before you get something wrong. All units were "made up" at some point. And then later efforts were made to define them based on measurable natural occurences. And yes then seconds were defined on the basis of the decay of Ceasium. The meter was originally just a staff with a certain length. The later it was defined as the disctance light travel in vacuum in a specific time.
Actually the only unit that still has not "natural" definition is kilogram. It is still based on the original kilogram that is kept in Paris.

Tl;dr: Please stop writing aout shit that you have obviously no idea of, or at least do some sort of research.

About the length of the second / hour / day etc. Yes it is inexact, but the reason for that is that back when they were defined that exact measurements weren't known. And nowadays people don't want any change.

You know just lke a few countries who still hold on to other outdated systems.

You keep saying you're so "pro change," and yet you admit to not wanting to change the length of a day. Not only that, but you still use the antiquated system of saying the ones place before the tens place in your numbers. You just cherry pick things you like and don't like and then try to argue it. It really doesn't work. Either go whole hog, or just accept that it. just. doesn't matter. Repeat after me. It just doesn't matter. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079540/quotes )

Also, I have never EVER EVER EVER had to convert anything from cubic feet to cubic inches or vice versa, except in school. There's a reason for that. It is completely, totally, and utterly unnecessary for 99+% of the world's population. I'm sorry you refuse to accept that fact.

please show me where I wrote that I wouldn't want to change it?
And no, your assumption does not count.

Show me where you actively lobbied for change. Otherwise you're just as culpable as anyone else who doesn't lobby for the change in the imperial system to metric.

grasping for straws much?

How is that grasping at straws? You do nothing to change the system just like people in America, and yet you berate the people in America. You're complacent because the system you have is FINE. You understand that vierundzwandig + siebenunddreizig = 24 + 37 = 61. It doesn't take any mental effort to make that conversion for you, because that's how you learned it. Same thing with imperial units. 1 yard = 3 feet duh. 5280 feet in a mile, no thought necessary.

then why do you scientits take the effort to learn the metric system?

because in instances where conversions are necessary, the metric system has its advantages. The system is also the de facto standard used by most of the world. It's like asking non-native English speakers why they use English. Is English an inherently better language? No, it's the standard. Hence people learn it.

Imperial system is retarded. 2.54cm in an inch, 12 inch in a foot, 30.48cm in a foot, 91.44cm in a yard
5280 foot in a mile, 1.609km in a mile, its all fucking stupid and you should convert because it all makes no sense
www.metric4us.com

You mean converting between systems yields arbitrary fractional values? That's shocking peanut head. How many peanut heads in 1 real head? .5867?

Angry individual. You'll get over this phase someday, hopefully.

"The metric system is the tool of the devil! My car gets 40 rods to the hogshead and that's the way I likes it."

-Abraham J. Simpson

how do you measure speed in the imperial system? isnt it meters per second? do you say feet per second? and is acceleration feet per secondsquare?

you obviously use miles per hour for the speed of a car for example.

I don't understand your question at all. Speed is just distance / time. You can measure it with any unit of distance divided by any unit of time to get the AVERAGE speed over that time interval.

of course, but there hast du be some kind of standard, like m/s

It depends. m/s isn't the standard for cars in EU, km/h is. It's the same in imperial. Mostly we'll do velocity in f/s and acceleration in f/s/s. For example gravity is 32 ft/s/s. As I said though, it all depends on context.

P.S. I like the germification of your comment :D (hasse dich nicht :<)

ah ok, just thought f/s sounds kind of weird.

guessing its a typo, gotta type on this netbook thing and the keyboard is a pain in the ass

f/s sounds weird because feet are weird :) It's all good though :)

11:52a (thelawenforcer) GGOGOGOGOGOGO NONY

that guy's a dicked

yeah, he's face

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Is it true NoNy left Korean cause he was homesick? Giving up an opportunity to live/play out there, and nearly ruining it for any other foreigner wanting to make it big?

I've heard that in passing, but I dunno if it's "true". He seems like a great guy, and it would suck if that was the case...

GL to both regardless!

i have no idea actually - i guess you should ask PuertoRican - he's in korea and hangs out with artosis and tasteless etc (who - judging by a couple of videos on sc2gg etc - hang out with nony while he was there) - he's posting news here so i guess he'll read his iMsgs every now and then
quite possible that - if its true - nony doesn't want 'everyone' to know it but i guess you've met tasteless a couple of times and might get some more detailed info that way

wheat has casted with the great Tasteless!!!, great casts might i add... WCG italy!

i think it was the itg guys that discovered him no?

don't remember but i know they were both at itg and at some events - thats why i figured they knew each other

Rumour on TL.net has it it's his girl-friend who pressured him into coming back. As far as I know, NonY hasn't made a clear statement regarding that.

;/

indeed the chinese interweb is pants.