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[2018-1-19. : 8:57 pm]  O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- and atl east imperial units are defined by SI units, so it is even possible to convert them cleanly  [2018-1-19. : 8:51 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- when I was in Scotland people kept talking about weights in stone, which is 14 pounds or something xD[2018-1-19. : 8:50 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- also idk if Britain is any better, because in addition to metric they still use all or most of the imperial ones too[2018-1-19. : 8:48 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- it's based on latitude, which makes sense for navigation because that's why we have latitude[2018-1-19. : 8:47 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- "A nautical mile is a unit of measurement defined as 1,852 meters" xD[2018-1-19. : 8:47 pm]  Corbo -- and I am sure that if you guys were not in imperial and had the majority of influence on all tech and standards I am pretty sure we would be using megametres now [2018-1-19. : 8:43 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- no, because those are antiquated units that nobody uses[2018-1-19. : 8:42 pm] Corbo -- You did not need to learn this, you already knew. You probably already know what a gigametre is[2018-1-19. : 8:42 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- I was just saying that not having a unit after mile isn't a big deal, because even in metric where there is one nobody uses it[2018-1-19. : 8:41 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- at least, because 1 Mm crosses several states, and states are bigger than your country xD[2018-1-19. : 8:40 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- but if you use megameters in your country you'll be like 3 countries over XD[2018-1-19. : 8:39 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- but nobody will ever say it's 3.1 megameters from SLC to NYC, they will say 3100 km [2018-1-19. : 8:39 pm] Corbo -- but the next scale we commonly use is astronomical one, from here to the moon or to other planets[2018-1-19. : 8:38 pm] Corbo -- FaRTy1billionFaRTy1billion shouted: yes it does ;o it's almost 1 megameter from here to san francisco I mean in that way it is still reasonable but if you want to say a thousand thousand of something you are better of using another unit[2018-1-19. : 8:37 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- yes it does ;o it's almost 1 megameter from here to san francisco[2018-1-19. : 8:36 pm] Corbo -- the only reason I think we do not use stuff like megametres is because our planet has no such scale[2018-1-19. : 8:35 pm] Corbo -- FaRTy1billionFaRTy1billion shouted: what's wrong wit saying 2000 miles? You'd still say like 2000 kilometers. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say megameters well, if you NEED TO use megameters you are travelling to a whole other country[2018-1-19. : 8:33 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- what's wrong wit saying 2000 miles? You'd still say like 2000 kilometers. I don't think I've ever heard anyone say megameters [2018-1-19. : 8:33 pm] Corbo -- like when I speak I do not say, yeah, drive FIVE THOUSAND METRES and then turn right around ONE THOUSAND AND FIVE HUNDRED metres you will then find my house[2018-1-19. : 8:32 pm] Corbo -- if you want to go bigger than a mile to describe something, it is not as easy[2018-1-19. : 8:32 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- home lots are usually measured in fractions of acres, so I've never seen anything that was just 1 acre[2018-1-19. : 8:32 pm] Corbo -- FaRTy1billionFaRTy1billion shouted: I've used imperial all my life, and I have no idea how many feet are in a mile. XD FaRTy1billionFaRTy1billion shouted: I also don't know how big an acre is XD eaxactly my point[2018-1-19. : 8:31 pm] Corbo -- which is not the case in imperial, you have to know that a mile is whatever it is and that an acre is 3897238972389723489miles and so on[2018-1-19. : 8:31 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- thoug TIL it's 8 furlongs, but idk how long a furlong is[2018-1-19. : 8:31 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- I've used imperial all my life, and I have no idea how many feet are in a mile. XD[2018-1-19. : 8:31 pm] Corbo -- like kilo means a thousand so you already do not have to find what a kilometre is[2018-1-19. : 8:30 pm] Corbo -- it makes everything easy. prefix+Metre indicates w/e meassure and you know it has an easy name[2018-1-19. : 8:30 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- ya, because devising a system on purpose means you can actually put some thought in to it instead of just measuring with random shit xD[2018-1-19. : 8:29 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- I'm pretty sure the only reason we have metrics is because during the French revolution they were like "WE ARE CHANGING GODDAMN EVERYTHING"[2018-1-19. : 8:23 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- CorboCorbo shouted: I mean, miles have all sorts of smaller equivalents with random names like furlong Miles are Roman, furlongs are English (and I didn't know it was 1/8th a mile xD)[2018-1-19. : 8:21 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- CorboCorbo shouted: Now i will probably forget the actual ammounts but i will never forget that a moment, an instant, winks and dwinks are actual fucking units in retarded imperial lmao nobody uses them though. There's a ton of radom and weird units because I guess Brits just measured shit with whatever they had lying around or whatever they could think of XD[2018-1-19. : 8:18 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- CorboCorbo shouted: NudeRaider math is the same. You would just have to google a unit converter. So kg becomes w/e. Joules become w/e.... etc you mean google? xD I use google to convert units all the time[2018-1-19. : 8:15 pm] O)FaRTy1billion[MM] -- NudeRaiderNudeRaider shouted: Freakling the thing is, it's probably trivial to you (which is why I asked you guys) but not for me, because to even start I would have to research the proper imperial unit for each variable, and then figure out how the different units convert into each other because I have no idea how math between °F and inch². F = 9/5 C + 32, 1 inch = 2.54 cm. Those are the definitions. This whole time we've been using metrics all along XD[2018-1-19. : 7:35 pm] Suicidal Insanity -- NudeRaiderNudeRaider shouted: Corbo believe it or not, but at that time people didn't have the needs for exact measurements. Nobody cared if they got sold a bit too little milk or their sheet of cloth was a bit too long. If it was *too much* deviation (or probably even when there was no deviation at all) from the expected value, then they'd argue, maybe with fists, but somehow they'd settle it and go about their days again. Pretty sure that wasn't the case for silver/gold coins though xD[2018-1-19. : 7:31 pm] Ahli -- my adblocker blocks the left banner, but does not show that in its logs... weird... |
