crocodile wrote on Jun 2
nd, 2020 at 1:01pm:
[quote author=bam68 link=1587819153/134#134 date=1591066566][quote author=JaSin link=1587819153/123#123 date=1591050002]
Imperial better than Metric.
That's why only 5% of nations use it and like the USA, their Economies are 4th World.
Imperial is very inefficient and it shows.
Funny how the USA 'dollar' reflects Metric, compared to the Pound.
It's easier to comprehend a Metre's length, than a Metre and a bit, like a Yard.
A metre is SMALLER than a yard, you idiot.
You're a fukkin' tosser. A metre is longer than a yard by 3.37 inches. Now, go back to school.
And YOU may find it easier to comprehend a metre than a yard, but the opposite is true if you're British (like me) or American.
It's not just comprehension. Changing between units in a metric system involves the simplicity of shifting a decimal point. An imperial system requires manipulation with a plethora of constants. More difficult when area and volume require conversion. That requires the use square and cube roots. It's a quite a bit simpler to just shift a decimal point than fukk around with squares, cubes and roots.
Quote:Imperial:
One foot of rain falling on one acre yields a number of gallons that is an infinite decimal with four different values depending on whether the acre is an international acre or a US survey acre, and whether the gallon is a British gallon or US gallon.
When I go into a pub, I ask for a pint of beer, not 568 millilitres of beer.
Don't try it in SA. You'll end up with 285 ml. I don't ask for 0.425 L either. I ask for a schooner.
Quote:Yes, 1 US gallon is 3.8 L, an imperial one 4.5 L. We measure our dam sizes logically in Litres KL, ML and GL. The US uses the ridiculous measurement of Acre - feet. Fukkin' brilliant system.
Why are acre and feet ridiculous?
Conversion between units. Pipe sizes and flow rates. Flow rate will normally be calculated in ft^3 / sec. Such an operation requires one to convert acres into square feet first. Metric simply requires a decimal point shift.