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Kyanzes
Amarr
Utopian Research I.E.L.
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Posted - 2008.07.21 06:59:00 -
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Three nations have not officially adopted the International System of Units as their primary or sole system of measurement. Before you click the link, guess which three countries? 
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Akita T
Caldari Navy Volunteer Task Force
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Posted - 2008.07.21 07:10:00 -
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Liberia, Myanmar (former Burma), and I always forget that third country for the darndest of reasons
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The TX
Gallente
Earth Inc.
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Posted - 2008.07.21 08:57:00 -
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Typical.
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Mamarto
Minmatar
Dead Pirates' Society
Valhalla Alliance
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Posted - 2008.07.21 09:46:00 -
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Is that Wiki-page right when it says that the kilogram(kg) is the base unit for measuring mass in the SI?
That just makes absolutely no sense, it should be the gram, why the heck would they have put kilo infront of it otherwise?
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Mark Lucius
Kinetic Vector
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Posted - 2008.07.21 09:54:00 -
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 Originally by: Mamarto
Is that Wiki-page right when it says that the kilogram(kg) is the base unit for measuring mass in the SI?
That just makes absolutely no sense, it should be the gram, why the heck would they have put kilo infront of it otherwise?
I believe you are right. Good call.
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Kyanzes
Amarr
Utopian Research I.E.L.
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Posted - 2008.07.21 09:59:00 -
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Edited by: Kyanzes on 21/07/2008 10:01:53
Originally by: Mamarto
Is that Wiki-page right when it says that the kilogram(kg) is the base unit for measuring mass in the SI?
That just makes absolutely no sense, it should be the gram, why the heck would they have put kilo infront of it otherwise?
I believe the basis of all weight measurements is the kg since the etalon actually weighs 1kg. AFAIK there's no etalon gram.
It's different for length since the etalon is 1 meter long instead of 1km 
So it's actually logical.
Yeah, meanwhile found it click here
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Flash Bombardo
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Posted - 2008.07.21 10:02:00 -
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We in the UK will NEVAR GIVE UP MILES !
Do you hear? Nevar !!!!
On the other hand, feet and inches are silly, shape up USA !
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Wil Smithx
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Posted - 2008.07.21 12:15:00 -
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Originally by: Flash Bombardo
We in the UK will NEVAR GIVE UP MILES !
Do you hear? Nevar !!!!
On the other hand, feet and inches are silly, shape up USA !
My main problem with it is being an engineer and working for an american company in the UK...
ever heard a volume measured in barrels? -.-
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Mamarto
Minmatar
Dead Pirates' Society
Valhalla Alliance
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Posted - 2008.07.21 12:26:00 -
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Originally by: Wil Smithx
Originally by: Flash Bombardo
We in the UK will NEVAR GIVE UP MILES !
Do you hear? Nevar !!!!
On the other hand, feet and inches are silly, shape up USA !
My main problem with it is being an engineer and working for an american company in the UK...
ever heard a volume measured in barrels? -.-
Isn't that how they always measure oil on the large scale?
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Wil Smithx
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Posted - 2008.07.21 12:41:00 -
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Originally by: Mamarto
Originally by: Wil Smithx
Originally by: Flash Bombardo
We in the UK will NEVAR GIVE UP MILES !
Do you hear? Nevar !!!!
On the other hand, feet and inches are silly, shape up USA !
My main problem with it is being an engineer and working for an american company in the UK...
ever heard a volume measured in barrels? -.-
Isn't that how they always measure oil on the large scale?
Painfully yes (work placement with an oil company). My university decided that we should always work in metric so I have no real idea what 20,000 barrels of oil is, but I'm sizing stuff for that volume... lol
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Mark Lucius
Kinetic Vector
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Posted - 2008.07.21 13:13:00 -
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Originally by: Kyanzes
I believe the basis of all weight measurements is the kg since the etalon actually weighs 1kg. AFAIK there's no etalon gram.
It's different for length since the etalon is 1 meter long instead of 1km
So it's actually logical.
Yeah, meanwhile found it click here
Interesting. None of the other base units have prefixes. Must be why I got confused. It does make sense though.
So a gram is 1/1000 of the kilogram and not the other way around.
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Nomakai Delateriel
Amarr
Shadow Company
Souls of Vengeance
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Posted - 2008.07.21 13:30:00 -
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Well, today it is. But the original measurement was the gram, which rather quickly became the kilogram since the gram wasn't all that practical.
I wonder if they're ever going to do a re-measurement of the IPK against 1 litre of vienna standard ocean water (at it's maximum density). It would be interesting to see how the IPK has changed over the years since the first test.
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Kyanzes
Amarr
Utopian Research I.E.L.
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Posted - 2008.07.21 16:35:00 -
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Originally by: Nomakai Delateriel
Well, today it is. But the original measurement was the gram, which rather quickly became the kilogram since the gram wasn't all that practical.
I wonder if they're ever going to do a re-measurement of the IPK against 1 litre of vienna standard ocean water (at it's maximum density). It would be interesting to see how the IPK has changed over the years since the first test.
Believe it or not you are actually onto something here because you know what? Click here.
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