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Posted - 2004.10.13 10:01:00 -
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 Originally by: Feyd Darkholme
... So I'm sitting here reading the first page of this thread thinking to myself, "Six pages, they can't all be bashing each others countries and arguing about punctuations..."... Turn right to page six, and sure enough... 
I actually read through all this crap  and I can't believe this thread hasn't been locked yet.
Well since I've read it all then I must comment. And Wren you do realize that Swedish people don't actually use the words decimal point to describe their decimal comma they speak Swedish for christs sake. Actually the word they use is 'decimalkomma'.
Icelanders do you use decimal comma. I do however see it as a problem because it causes a lot of confusion when nations have different definitions on how they interpret numbers but it's a hard to make a nation change their customs.
Americans (as far as I know) are trying to adopt the metric system but it's a hard thing to change so it probably won't happen very fast. The metric system does have a few advantages over the english system for example it is based on the decimal system and it has been adopted by the scientific community.
Now will you all please shut the **** up and have a nap or something.
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Posted - 2004.10.13 10:01:00 -
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Originally by: Feyd Darkholme
... So I'm sitting here reading the first page of this thread thinking to myself, "Six pages, they can't all be bashing each others countries and arguing about punctuations..."... Turn right to page six, and sure enough...
I actually read through all this crap and I can't believe this thread hasn't been locked yet.
Well since I've read it all then I must comment. And Wren you do realize that Swedish people don't actually use the words decimal point to describe their decimal comma they speak Swedish for christs sake. Actually the word they use is 'decimalkomma'.
Icelanders do you use decimal comma. I do however see it as a problem because it causes a lot of confusion when nations have different definitions on how they interpret numbers but it's a hard to make a nation change their customs.
Americans (as far as I know) are trying to adopt the metric system but it's a hard thing to change so it probably won't happen very fast. The metric system does have a few advantages over the english system for example it is based on the decimal system and it has been adopted by the scientific community.
Now will you all please shut the **** up and have a nap or something.
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Posted - 2004.10.13 10:27:00 -
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Originally by: TheMiner
Your head asplode.
Hey r you female irl? If so.. I will give you ISK and stuff..under a few conditions.
Anyone else a little bit creeped out What are those conditions?
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Posted - 2004.10.13 10:27:00 -
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Originally by: TheMiner
Your head asplode.
Hey r you female irl? If so.. I will give you ISK and stuff..under a few conditions.
Anyone else a little bit creeped out What are those conditions?
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Posted - 2004.10.13 11:02:00 -
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Edited by: Dust Puppy on 13/10/2004 11:06:31
Edited by: Dust Puppy on 13/10/2004 11:05:28
Originally by: Avon
When I was studying nuclear physics and quantum electrodynamics it never occured to me to measure things in nano feet, it just wouldn't make sense.
And finally, if metric is so great and so much superiour to Imperial, what time is it?
Of course it nano feet wouldn't make sense. If I understand it correctly then 12 inches make up one feet where as nano is a prefix used in the decimal system.
Oh and the time is 13.02 GMT. Compared to this am pm system then I must admit our system is vastly superior 
Edit: errm 11.02 I forgot I'm on Swedish time 
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Posted - 2004.10.13 11:02:00 -
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Edited by: Dust Puppy on 13/10/2004 11:06:31
Edited by: Dust Puppy on 13/10/2004 11:05:28
Originally by: Avon
When I was studying nuclear physics and quantum electrodynamics it never occured to me to measure things in nano feet, it just wouldn't make sense.
And finally, if metric is so great and so much superiour to Imperial, what time is it?
Of course it nano feet wouldn't make sense. If I understand it correctly then 12 inches make up one feet where as nano is a prefix used in the decimal system.
Oh and the time is 13.02 GMT. Compared to this am pm system then I must admit our system is vastly superior
Edit: errm 11.02 I forgot I'm on Swedish time
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Posted - 2004.10.13 11:06:00 -
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Edited by: Dust Puppy on 13/10/2004 11:09:41
What isn't?
Edit: oh right the time, well how to you tell time in metric system. Afaik you don't you can tell differences in time but then you use seconds.
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Posted - 2004.10.13 11:06:00 -
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Edited by: Dust Puppy on 13/10/2004 11:09:41
What isn't?
Edit: oh right the time, well how to you tell time in metric system. Afaik you don't you can tell differences in time but then you use seconds.
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Posted - 2004.10.13 11:20:00 -
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Originally by: Avon
Why would you use an imperial measurement like the second?
Second is used as a basic unit in the SI system as is meter and they make the unit for speed m/s. Even though it is used in the imperial system doesn't mean it's not used in the SI system. The systems are not mutually exclusive.
As far as I recall there are 7 base units the most known are meters, seconds, kg (yeah I never got what's up with that why it's not g).
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Posted - 2004.10.13 11:20:00 -
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Originally by: Avon
Why would you use an imperial measurement like the second?
Second is used as a basic unit in the SI system as is meter and they make the unit for speed m/s. Even though it is used in the imperial system doesn't mean it's not used in the SI system. The systems are not mutually exclusive.
As far as I recall there are 7 base units the most known are meters, seconds, kg (yeah I never got what's up with that why it's not g).
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Posted - 2004.10.13 11:26:00 -
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Originally by: Avon
Whoa there.
The second is a measurement adopted by SI, it was unchanged from its imperial value and is fundamentaly at odds with the metric system as a whole.
It was adopted because no-one could agree on a better measurement, not because it was in anyway metric.
Yes it was adopted by the metric system and is therefore metric. It is also used in the imperial system so it is also imperial. Do you think the imperial system was the first one to define the second? They might have but I think not.
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Posted - 2004.10.13 11:26:00 -
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Originally by: Avon
Whoa there.
The second is a measurement adopted by SI, it was unchanged from its imperial value and is fundamentaly at odds with the metric system as a whole.
It was adopted because no-one could agree on a better measurement, not because it was in anyway metric.
Yes it was adopted by the metric system and is therefore metric. It is also used in the imperial system so it is also imperial. Do you think the imperial system was the first one to define the second? They might have but I think not.
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Posted - 2004.10.13 11:34:00 -
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What the hell are you talking about. First of if we were accustomed to this then it wouldn't really be a problem.
Let's say one day is 10 hours' which is the same as 24 hours so one hour' is the same as 2.4 hour which is ...
Why am I even bothering it's not like time is imperial anyway those are two different systems that's like telling me to measure womans hotness in SI system.
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Posted - 2004.10.13 11:34:00 -
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What the hell are you talking about. First of if we were accustomed to this then it wouldn't really be a problem.
Let's say one day is 10 hours' which is the same as 24 hours so one hour' is the same as 2.4 hour which is ...
Why am I even bothering it's not like time is imperial anyway those are two different systems that's like telling me to measure womans hotness in SI system.
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Posted - 2004.10.13 11:42:00 -
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Well Avon I've been using the metric system as the same as the SI system but I guess that's not totally correct although it is referred to often as the modern metric system and the second is very much part of it.
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Posted - 2004.10.13 11:42:00 -
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Well Avon I've been using the metric system as the same as the SI system but I guess that's not totally correct although it is referred to often as the modern metric system and the second is very much part of it.
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Posted - 2004.10.13 12:01:00 -
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yeah that's very ebil of them.
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Posted - 2004.10.13 12:01:00 -
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yeah that's very ebil of them.
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Posted - 2004.10.13 12:23:00 -
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Originally by: Wren
Hey, Eris, your .99 hotness in my metric book.
How does this measurement works is it number of fingers divided by 100 given you have hundred fingers?
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Posted - 2004.10.13 12:23:00 -
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Originally by: Wren
Hey, Eris, your .99 hotness in my metric book.
How does this measurement works is it number of fingers divided by 100 given you have hundred fingers?
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Posted - 2004.10.13 12:27:00 -
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I'm guessing this much
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Posted - 2004.10.13 12:27:00 -
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I'm guessing this much
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