Supreme Cmdr Posted October 15, 2002 Report Posted October 15, 2002 oops I was reading a computer magazine the other day and came across this titbit.
AWells Posted October 15, 2002 Report Posted October 15, 2002 Well, look on the bright side... they didn't blow anybody up this time
Charles Lindsey Posted October 15, 2002 Report Posted October 15, 2002 quote:oopsThat's gotta hurt. Is it too much to ask they all use the same units? I have experience with this. If I'm working on a car and it's either all standard or all metric I can deal with it. But when they start mixing units of measure it is a PITA to deal with.
AWells Posted October 15, 2002 Report Posted October 15, 2002 So, who's up for volunteering for the first manned mission to Mars? They promise to get it better this time and land you within 6 meters, 4 inches, and 54 kilometers of the planet.
Supreme Cmdr Posted October 16, 2002 Author Report Posted October 16, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Litvyak: So, who's up for volunteering for the first manned mission to Mars? They promise to get it better this time and land you within 6 meters, 4 inches, and 54 kilometers of the planet.ahahahaha, count me out!! Its bad enough that I use a mix of metric and English units in my games.
AWells Posted October 16, 2002 Report Posted October 16, 2002 quote: ahahahaha, count me out!! Its bad enough that I use a mix of metric and English units in my games. Well, see... you have experiance in working with both systems... you're the perfect canidate Just think of it this way, they haven't lost a single person so far in exploring Mars
Epsilon 5 Posted October 16, 2002 Report Posted October 16, 2002 I have alot of problems with the english system. So complicated for nothing, while the metric system is both easy and practical .. to convert inches to miles I must do the inches -> centimeters -> kilomters -> miles because I have no idea how many inches there's in a mile. The metric system is all about multiples of 10.
Soback Posted October 16, 2002 Report Posted October 16, 2002 12 inches in a foot, 6000 feet in a mile. It's very simple. I was born in Russia and we use metric system. Then I came here and finished my schooling in US, got used to their system. Both systems are fine as long as you know how to use it. So the advantage of multipliers of ten to just remembering your units are rather miniscule considering how many people you would have to switch over, and I like the way altitude sounds in feet, it's 6,000 feet up rather than 1828 meters, sounds much higher
Raven Posted October 16, 2002 Report Posted October 16, 2002 Well, I prefer metric myself. I still use the english system a lot, but thatÔÇÖs primarily because everyone else does. Metric is considerably easier, and not just because you donÔÇÖt have to deal with a bunch of arcane units. ItÔÇÖs conversion, itÔÇÖs so easy to convert between different units (and please, donÔÇÖt tell me its just as easy to figure out how many inches in a mile as centimeters in a kilometer), not to mention there is non of that nonsense about varying distances. Never mind what Soback says about a mile being 6,000ft, that isnÔÇÖt the case, a mile (depending on what country youÔÇÖre in) can very between a little over a thousand feet to nearly 12 thousand feet, and never once cone to an easy measure like 6,000. In the good old USA a mile happens to be 5280ft, an absolutely horrific number to do much of anything with. quote: Its bad enough that I use a mix of metric and English units in my games. Yea, I was wondering about that myself. Oh well, I donÔÇÖt do much planet side anyway, so I donÔÇÖt often have to look at that horrible altimeter
Epsilon 5 Posted October 16, 2002 Report Posted October 16, 2002 quote:12 inches in a foot, 6000 feet in a mile. My calculator says 5280 feets in 1 mile I love my calculator .. a ti-85 .. I can tell you that there are 3.7246174224e17 inches in a light year [ 10-16-2002, 03:47 AM: Message edited by: Epsilon 5 ]
Wolferz Posted October 16, 2002 Report Posted October 16, 2002 Uh Oh! Ep has discovered exponential numbers.
Supreme Cmdr Posted October 16, 2002 Author Report Posted October 16, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Epsilon 5: I have alot of problems with the english system. So complicated for nothing, while the metric system is both easy and practical .. to convert inches to miles I must do the inches -> centimeters -> kilomters -> miles because I have no idea how many inches there's in a mile. The metric system is all about multiples of 10.Then you need Versaverter (which I link to in the VCF for exactly this reason).
Guest Grayfox Posted October 17, 2002 Report Posted October 17, 2002 3 feet equal a yard. how many feet equal a meter??? some off number. 12 inches equal a foot, 4 quarts equal a gallon yadda yadda yadda. the only thing i know in metric is my own height/weight. but back on topic (i love how one person can take a topic like this, and turn it into a metric/english debate) how could they not catch the problem??? dont they have a myriad of people that do nothing but check stuff??? and dont they have people checking them??? what an idiotic mistake. i wont see the headline "Humans Land on Mars" in my lifetime. [ 10-17-2002, 02:19 PM: Message edited by: Grayfox ]
Raven Posted October 17, 2002 Report Posted October 17, 2002 No, itÔÇÖll probably be ÔÇ£humans crash on marsÔÇØ
Epsilon 5 Posted October 17, 2002 Report Posted October 17, 2002 quote:how many feet equal a meter??? 1 ft>m .3048 1 m>ft 3.28083989501 I love my graphical calculator ... I always keep it handy.
Guest Grayfox Posted October 18, 2002 Report Posted October 18, 2002 exactly. its not a rounded even number. 1 yard = 3 feet nice and round. no decimals no nothing
Epsilon 5 Posted October 18, 2002 Report Posted October 18, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Grayfox: exactly. its not a rounded even number. 1 yard = 3 feet nice and round. no decimals no nothing yards and feet are in the same system. they are bound to be round
Rosko Posted October 18, 2002 Report Posted October 18, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Epsilon 5: quote:how many feet equal a meter??? 1 ft>m .3048 1 m>ft 3.28083989501 I love my graphical calculator ... I always keep it handy.Yeah, I love the Ti's , I got the 83.... BTW, isn't it only America that uses non-Si?
Epsilon 5 Posted October 18, 2002 Report Posted October 18, 2002 quote:BTW, isn't it only America that uses non-Si?Yup. Only america, although several countries still use alot pounds insteads of kilograms for weight. I know I weight around 170lb, but I have no idea in kg
Joel Schultz Posted October 19, 2002 Report Posted October 19, 2002 When I was in Ireland (not N. Ireland) on vacation, the tour guide said that on the road, distances are measured in kilometers while speed limits are in miles per hour. Or maybe it was the other way (distances in mi and speed in kph). Talk about really weird -- at least if you're using units from the same system for speed and distance, figuring out how long it'll take to get somewhere is trivial.
Epsilon 5 Posted October 19, 2002 Report Posted October 19, 2002 quote:Originally posted by Joel Schultz: When I was in Ireland (not N. Ireland) on vacation, the tour guide said that on the road, distances are measured in kilometers while speed limits are in miles per hour. Or maybe it was the other way (distances in mi and speed in kph). Talk about really weird -- at least if you're using units from the same system for speed and distance, figuring out how long it'll take to get somewhere is trivial.the speed was probably in kph - and the stones in miles - hence the term milestone
Guest Grayfox Posted October 19, 2002 Report Posted October 19, 2002 ok fer the love of pete, can we PLEASE swing this thread back on topic??? any metric discussions??? post em somewheres else.
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