14 Apr 05
Originally posted by flexmoreDang nabbit! And this is correspondence chess, so the days of the week really "wicked things up"!
if you ever play a frenchman ... just exchange your queen ... or get their bishops and knights because they think:
1.00 pawns = 0.25 knights = 0.25 bishops = 0.125 rooks = 0.05 queen.
if you ever play an american then you will not know what the hell to do - but neither do they, because they think:
193 pawns = 65 knights = 47 rooks = 67 bishops on sund ...[text shortened]... wednesdays = 69 bishops saturdays, tuesdays, and thursdays = 64 bishops on fridays = 23 queens.
Take his queen on Friday, and if he moves on Saturday, it was a good move - however, if he only moves Sunday...
* My head hurts, must sit down...
14 Apr 05
Originally posted by Colettidude gas is cheap thats like 5 to 7 dollars a gallon its not cheap at all
As an engineer I prefer the metric system, it's much more efficient and there are other benefits:
you get to drive faster (60 mph vs 96 kpm! - or I can't drive 95!),
you're taller (5 foot 3 inches vs 168 cm)
gas cost less ($2.95 per gallon vs 0.79¢ per liter)
and you weigh less (285 lbs vs 130 kg)
14 Apr 05
Originally posted by ilikepeanutsIt should do [as you say]. However, it's not the fact we have two different measurement systems, it's the fact we try and use both of them at the same time.
in europe that is, the metric system doesnt change anything it just changes the numbers but they still all add up to the same thing which ever way u look at it
16 Apr 05
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Originally posted by RingtailhunterBecause it's fun.
The metric system and schools in the United States.
My daughter came to me the other night with a math problem involving the metric system....why? Why do they keep cramming that system down our throats if we are never going to us ...[text shortened]... take off every other part on a ford),it is totally useless.
RTh
I once bought six "metric" tape measures and redrew the plans of a house that I had memorized. I presented my 5 coworkers with the newly drawn blueprint and metric tape measure. It was quite the experience. We normally built this particular plan in 65.8 man hours. It took us about 72 hours to build the same thing using metric. God knows what it would have taken on a plan that we all hadn't memorized.
metric is better. In my humble opinion.
17 Apr 05
Originally posted by RingtailhunterThe metric system is not always used, even in metric countries.
The metric system and schools in the United States.
My daughter came to me the other night with a math problem involving the metric system....why? Why do they keep cramming that system down our throats if we are never going to use it?
I have yet to roll open a blue print of a building and have it be in metric (although it would make life a lot ...[text shortened]... k on a foreign car (or try to take off every other part on a ford),it is totally useless.
RTh
Aircraft altitude is always given in feet - internationally. But aircraft weight, distance and fuel capacity can be in either unit - which led to this problem in Canada. The word used is glide - this pilot made a non-powered landing when all engines stopped.
"In July of 1983, a plane on its way from Montreal to Edmonton ran out of fuel over northwestern Ontario. The pilot was able to glide to a safe landing in Gimli, Manitoba. The incident was blamed on the conversion from the imperial system of measurement to metric. The 767 was the first plane to be calibrated in metric. In this incident, it was left with only half the fuel required to reach its destination."
17 Apr 05
Originally posted by AThousandYoungGo check the US metric system page and and try to find cubic centimeter.
What? Are you on crack? Cubic cm are just fine metric units.
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/basic.htm
And yes, I am on crack which I buy by the gram. But when I buy dope, it is weighed in ounces. So I can handle both systems.
17 Apr 05
Originally posted by steerpikecu·bic centimeter (kyū'bĭk)
Nope -it is actually 1000 ml. Cubic centimetres belong with archaic measurements like cubits, leagues, perches and inches.
n.
(Abbr. cc) A unit of volume equal to one thousandth (10-3) of a liter or to one milliliter.
1 cubic centimeter is equal to:
Metric
cubic meter 1e-06
cubic decimeter 0.001
cubic millimeter 1000
hectoliter 1e-05
decaliter 0.0001
liter 0.001
deciliter 0.01
centiliter 0.1
milliliter 1
microliter 1000
17 Apr 05
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Originally posted by steerpikeDid you notice how 1 L = 1 dm^3 on that page? This can be mathematically manipulated via standard metric dimensional analysis to give 1 mL = 1 cm^3.
Go check the US metric system page and and try to find cubic centimeter.
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/basic.htm
And yes, I am on crack which I buy by the gram. But when I buy dope, it is weighed in ounces. So I can handle both systems.
mL aren't there either...does that mean they shouldn't be used?
17 Apr 05
Originally posted by steerpikeBy the way - how do Americans purchase the good sfuff? Do you ask your dealer for a dram or a pennyweight of coke?
Go check the US metric system page and and try to find cubic centimeter.
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/basic.htm
And yes, I am on crack which I buy by the gram. But when I buy dope, it is weighed in ounces. So I can handle both systems.
17 Apr 05
Originally posted by steerpikehttp://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/basic.htm
Go check the US metric system page and and try to find cubic centimeter.
http://lamar.colostate.edu/~hillger/basic.htm
And yes, I am on crack which I buy by the gram. But when I buy dope, it is weighed in ounces. So I can handle both systems.
has
volume liter** L, l 1 L = 1 dm3 = 10-3 m3
and also has:
centi c 0.01 10-2
so it does cover our favourite: cubic centimeters.