Drunk Chinese Driver Involved in Fatal Crash
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You guys really need to learn how to get your heads round SI units. Did you not do metric in school?
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yanks maybe still don't
their military does though
their military does though
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Nope we didn't and in spite of this terrible oversight, I've had a full if not meaningful life.cptrelentless wrote: ↑Fri Mar 09, 2018 4:37 pm You guys really need to learn how to get your heads round SI units. Did you not do metric in school?
As my old Cajun bait seller used to say, "I opes you luck.
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a mathematically inclined friend once gave me some long winded diatribe regarding the deficiencies of decimal systems
his premise was that base 12 or 16 gave many more multiplicating and dividing opportunities than base 10.
i suppose hexadecimal numerics in computer architecture bear out his opinion.
plus, he was a pom, thus very easy to shortchange the foreigner in the old system of money, weights and measures.
his premise was that base 12 or 16 gave many more multiplicating and dividing opportunities than base 10.
i suppose hexadecimal numerics in computer architecture bear out his opinion.
plus, he was a pom, thus very easy to shortchange the foreigner in the old system of money, weights and measures.
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America, land of contradictions.
They cheer on linguistic evolution when asked about alternative spellings and pronunciations, but steadfastly resist evolution over the metrication issue.
I still think in terms of feet and inches wrt the height of people
The liquid measurement system (fluid ounces) takes the biscuit, imo, and the crazy difference in certain areas as to what constitutes 'a pint'.
They cheer on linguistic evolution when asked about alternative spellings and pronunciations, but steadfastly resist evolution over the metrication issue.
I still think in terms of feet and inches wrt the height of people
The liquid measurement system (fluid ounces) takes the biscuit, imo, and the crazy difference in certain areas as to what constitutes 'a pint'.
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USA and Imperial are different as well
even more scope for cheating
i like that 1 kg of water is a liter
however- nautical miles,degrees,seconds,and minutes will never cease because navigation and spherical trig.
that is just natural geometry- not fashion.
i think a lot of those dozens, cubits and pecks probably arose in some natural cause.
carat is the average weight of a carob seed
even more scope for cheating
i like that 1 kg of water is a liter
however- nautical miles,degrees,seconds,and minutes will never cease because navigation and spherical trig.
that is just natural geometry- not fashion.
i think a lot of those dozens, cubits and pecks probably arose in some natural cause.
carat is the average weight of a carob seed
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Right - first, nobody outside of the US uses BAC for breath measures, because it's a breath measure not a blood measure. Secondly, it's powers of ten. So ug, micrograms, is 1000th of a milligram. So 35ug is 0.035mg. 100ml is 1/10th of a litre. So you multiply your result by 10 to get litres, making it 0.35mg/l. So dude one who looks a bit merry is nearly double the UK driving limit, the other one who looks fairly plastered is nearly triple.
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