Metric vs the other one

[ACK]

I was watching Linus' video about the Razer Edge and noticed that when talking about the weight of the device he use pounds instead of grams.

So my question to the forum users, which of the two measurement systems do you use?

Also no matter the result of the poll, I would like it if Linus added metric system readings to his videos, because frankly pounds inches and the likes mean absolutely nothing to me, and probably to other viewers as well.

[felixbearpig]

 i use imp for parts 

[joelthezombie15]

 use imp because i live in 'merica. but i hate it

[Andi]

something like 3 countrys on the planet don't use the metric system. This is a international forum so I guess metric will win. But on the other side one pound is known on the hole world as ~500g

[Vaiels]

Australian here. Imperial system seems like a lot of work to me. The metric base 10 system seems so much simpler and more accurate I just don't see why the Yanks are still stuck on the old way. Even England has moved over. I though Canada used metric anyway?

[virusal19]

I live in Australia and we use metric. It would be good if Linus would somehow have both measurements in his videos, although, I am not a huge fuss about this.

[WhatARoaster]

Speed: Imp

Distance: Imp

Height: Imp
Measuring short things: Metric
Weight: I honestly have no firm  grasp of the weight of a pound or a kilogram.

[GeneralBear]

i massure in both grew up learning both form my dad as he worked in normthern canada for a amarican oil company and they used both so i had to learn to use both he said

[Tr33]

Metric is so much better. If you see something in Imp or Metric and wana convert it just type into google for example: convert 5 grams to pounds

 

Just type: Convert( number of kg,g,pounds,etc. even other things like seconds,hours.currencies etc. all kinda things) to (again insert something) and you will get the results.

[Andi]

Weight: I honestly have no firm  grasp of the weight of a pound or a kilogram.

 whooooot....how could that be? i mean how do you measure, compare anything? i mean you should know one of the two..

 

1 pound= 16 oz, 1 oz ~ 28g ^^

[Dodge]

Andi, on 16 May 2013 - 12:36 PM, said:

But on the other side one pound is known on the hole world as ~500g

Afaik it's actually 454g.

If someone here is talking about "Pfund" (pound in german) he means 500g, but you have to be carfull with the american pound. The difference is quite big.

[SinTonNiSon]

i'm studying to be an engeneer so i use metric, imperial, cgs and a weird one which i don't know it's name in english; but the main difference is that doesn't consider g(gravity acceleration) as constant

 

but i think that everyone should use the most comfortable one for each field so due to my lacation and country metric is the most easy to use; but it just doesn't really matter which one to use; just depends on your like

[WhatARoaster]

 whooooot....how could that be? i mean how do you measure, compare anything? i mean you should know one of the two..

 

1 pound= 16 oz, 1 oz ~ 28g ^^

 

Yea i know their definitions, but i couldn't tell you how much something weighed if i was holding it.

[WhatARoaster]

i'm studying to be an engeneer so i use metric, imperial, cgs and a weird one which i don't know it's name in english; but the main difference is that doesn't consider g(gravity acceleration) as constant

 

welll whats its no english name?

[Poocannon]

I'm working with the Metric system everyday. But since the Institute I work at, has a partnership with Nasa, I have to use the Imperial system quite a bit too, and honestly ? It sucks balls
 

[Andi]

but i think that everyone should use the most comfortable one for each field so due to my lacation and country metric is the most easy to use; but it just doesn't really matter which one to use; just depends on your like

You forget that we have 2 different thread(screw) types because of metric and imperial, alone for that there should be one standard for the world.

 

 

Afaik it's actually 454g.

If someone here is talking about "Pfund" (pound in german) he means 500g, but you have to be carfull with the american pound. The difference is quite big.

 

thats why i used "~" there is more than one defintion of pound, its more like 20 different, but they are all somewhere between 400-600g

[SinTonNiSon]

welll whats its no english name?

sistema ingenieril (ingeneer systems of however u wnna call it)

gc = (Kg (mass)*m)/(Kg(force)*time^2(seconds))

 

so

 

 

gc* 1kg (force)= 1 kg(mass)*9.8 (m/s^2)

 

so gc is only used when force and mass appear in the same eccuation  and alwys multilying the force

[Nit3Rid3R]

Metric, much easier to calculate stuff. 

 

This also reminds me of this 

[SinTonNiSon]

You forget that we have 2 different thread(screw) types because of metric and imperial, alone for that there should be one standard for the world.

 

 

 

thats why i used "~" there is more than one defintion of pound, its more like 20 different, but they are all somewhere between 400-600g

 not really because for measuring specific heat capacity the imperial unit is BTU and for water is 1

 

but in metric is 4180 so that makes calculations a pain in the ass; however you can also use calories instead of joules which is also 1 because is refered to the kind of degree itself

 

or while measing viscosities in cgs the vistosity of water is 1 and in metric is 0.001 

[Andi]

sistema ingenieril (ingeneer systems of however u wnna call it)

gc = (Kg (mass)*m)/(Kg(force)*time^2(seconds))

i call that physics...standard stuff

 

but even worse than imperial is Cups/tablespoons in cooking recipes....i mean that is one fucked up system :D don't even know how to translate a really complex recipe into cups and stuff...

[bradscoolio]

Metric, much easier to calculate stuff. 

 

This also reminds me of this 

 

Haha, perfect. As an Aussie myself i use metric day to day. I can only really calculate in Miles, inches and feet in my head otherwise ;)

[heineygoat]

Metric of course. It's the standard in my country. But I still find myself using inches and feet to describe lengths. Don't know what a "yard" is as a unit of measurement though.

[SinTonNiSon]

i call that physics...standard stuff

well that's not physics at all that is systems of reference and units because on metric system force is not kg is Pa as main unit; and the fact of considering two different kinds of "weight" make thinks quite different

[felixbearpig]

Metric of course. It's the standard in my country. But I still find myself using inches and feet to describe lengths. Don't know what a "yard" is as a unit of measurement though.

yd = 3 feet

[Lukiose]

Metric, only america ever uses imperial widescale iirc, everywhere else uses metric for most