[ARCHIVED THREAD] - The Metric System (Page 1 of 5)
Posted: 8/6/2017 10:10:47 PM EDT
| I assume that most people here would not want to switch to the metric system. What I want to know is: Why not? |
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Metric is awesome but sae is here to stay. We machine in thousandths here even if it's a metric part. Metric is much simpler, know what's one bigger than a 12mm wrench? Know what's one bigger than a 7/16s? |
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I'm fine with metric, it's just when the 2 get mixed that I have a problem. We will still have SAE everywhere, and still have to keep both sets of tools handy. FWIW, the metric system never won a world War or put a man on the moon. |
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Metric is awesome but sae is here to stay. We machine in thousandths here even if it's a metric part. Metric is much simpler, know what's one bigger than a 12mm wrench? Know what's one bigger than a 7/16s? |
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I assume that most people here would not want to switch to the metric system. What I want to know is: Why not? You've been here long enough to have read the arguments that prove the US Customary Units of measurement is superior, and that SI provides no advantage to the users that use it for anything besides the label on a bottle. Proof: An objects mass is 387 kilograms. A force of 1678394 Newtons is applied. The acceleration is 1678394/387 meters/second^2. "But, but, muh multiply by 10's ..." QED ETA: For those of you that manage to read this far - There is no such measurement system as SAE. The SAE sets down some standards for thread dimensions and similar matters. It does not define a system of measures, the SAE uses the US Customary System, which is similar to the Imperial System of measures, and simultaneously, the SI system of measure. The problem has nothing to do with the base of the counting system. I can specify a weight as 0.001 pounds-force, or as 0.001 Newtons. Same with dimensions, 13.753 meters, 13.753 yards. The key there is understanding the definitions of those four measures. Want to talk about milli-inches? We can do that, too. "Milli" has a definition separate from an SI measurement system. |
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I could fix anything on my old '68 stang with a 7/16, 1/2 and 9/16. Quoted:
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Metric is awesome but sae is here to stay. We machine in thousandths here even if it's a metric part. Metric is much simpler, know what's one bigger than a 12mm wrench? Know what's one bigger than a 7/16s? |
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Countries that don't use the metric system: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Metric_system.png |
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Metric is awesome but sae is here to stay. We machine in thousandths here even if it's a metric part. Metric is much simpler, know what's one bigger than a 12mm wrench? Know what's one bigger than a 7/16s? 
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I always find myself trying to convert metric units to our units for comparison. I haven't yet gotten to the point that I intuitively know that 37 centimeters equals X inches. I am guessing it is 11 inches or so....about a little more than a third of a meter....
My point is it would be nice if I automatically knew what the metric equivalent was without having to do all those mental gymnastics. |
| Y'all are so off base with this one. Have you ever noticed those little green number signs on the interstate? Every mile you'll see one. Do you have any idea how much it would cost to replace those? Taking all the signs down, buying kilometer signs, which is what 3/5 of a mile? Your talking about 40% more signs or something. We just can't do it. The cost is impossible. |
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Metric is awesome but sae is here to stay. We machine in thousandths here even if it's a metric part. Metric is much simpler, know what's one bigger than a 12mm wrench? Know what's one bigger than a 7/16s? 
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Metric makes sense until it comes to tires. REALLY fucking stupid way to size tires, holy hell. Fucking retarded. |
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Y'all are so off base with this one. Have you ever noticed those little green number signs on the interstate? Every mile you'll see one. Do you have any idea how much it would cost to replace those? Taking all the signs down, buying kilometer signs, which is what 3/5 of a mile? Your talking about 40% more signs or something. We just can't do it. The cost is impossible.  .
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Do you honestly think the USA couldn't have made it to the Moon if it used the metric system????  Quoted:
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There are two types of countries. Those that use the metric system. And those who have been to the moon. |
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You've been here long enough to have read the arguments that prove the US Customary Units of measurement is superior, and that SI provides no advantage to the users that use it for anything besides the label on a bottle. Proof: An objects mass is 387 kilograms. A force of 1678394 Newtons is applied. The acceleration is 1678394/387 meters/second^2. "But, but, muh multiply by 10's ..." QED Quoted:
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I assume that most people here would not want to switch to the metric system. What I want to know is: Why not? You've been here long enough to have read the arguments that prove the US Customary Units of measurement is superior, and that SI provides no advantage to the users that use it for anything besides the label on a bottle. Proof: An objects mass is 387 kilograms. A force of 1678394 Newtons is applied. The acceleration is 1678394/387 meters/second^2. "But, but, muh multiply by 10's ..." QED |
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Meh, we already use both almost everywhere and most people manage to figure it out so really who cares at this point.
I will say that when I did laboratory work it sure is a lot easier working in SI than whatever fucktarded USC units exist. In machining it was easier using imperial measurement, point is you just adapt and deal with it. It's not going away any time soon. |
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I always find myself trying to convert metric units to our units for comparison. I haven't yet gotten to the point that I intuitively know that 37 centimeters equals X inches. I am guessing it is 11 inches or so....about a little more than a third of a meter.... My point is it would be nice if I automatically knew what the metric equivalent was without having to do all those mental gymnastics. |
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Y'all are so off base with this one. Have you ever noticed those little green number signs on the interstate? Every mile you'll see one. Do you have any idea how much it would cost to replace those? Taking all the signs down, buying kilometer signs, which is what 3/5 of a mile? Your talking about 40% more signs or something. We just can't do it. The cost is impossible. 
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All I know is 33x12.50 makes INFINITELY more sense than 285/75. Quoted:
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You do know tires are already sized in a mix of metric and sae right? It makes much more sense than the old way of 50s, 60s, 70s series tires. |