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The metric system sucks
On Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:10:27 +1100, Gerry Myerson wrote:
In article 7, Bart Goddard wrote: And at least in Fahrenheit, 0 degrees is a brisk, manly cold compared to the wimpy-ass 0 degrees in Celcius which can barely freeze water. On the other hand, in Fahrenheit, 100 degrees is merely an average summer's day in Austin, compared to the manly 100 degrees in Celsius which can boil water clean away. It was fairly nice this afternoon, with sunlight and temps flirting with 25°C, which isn't all that rare in February in this part of Texas. -- Patrick L. "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey ) Houston, Texas www.io.com/~patrick/aeros.php (TCI's 2009-10 Houston Aeros) AA#2273 LAST GAME: Houston 4, Peoria 1 (February 21) NEXT GAME: Thursday, February 25 vs. Manitoba, 5:05 |
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On Feb 17, 8:40*pm, Andrew Usher wrote:
Darwin123 wrote: I actually praise the French revolution in general, and call myself a socialist. You would know this if you'd read many of my posts. Andrew Usher This is still the first time that I ever heard "white-guilt" associated with the metric system. Y You still haven't explained to us how the metric system relates to "white guilt" or "the left." In fact, I don't precisely understand what you mean by "the left." Most people relate "the left" to socialism. You seem to relate the "left" to blacks and Jews. Most people relate the profit motive to "the right." You seem to think that the profit motive to the Jews, not "the right. After the French revolution, the legislature was divided into the left and the right. At the time, it literally referred to the geometry of the room. The left side was associated with violent extremists, the Jacobians. The right side was associated with the "profit making" group. I don't know if there were ANY Jews on the right side, but the right definitely liked profit. From your posts, it seems that you think of yourself as a modern Jacobian. It is amusing that you like the French revolution and dislike the metric system. The metric system was created because of the French revolution. There were no Jews involved, so far as I know. For your information, the Jacobian movement collapsed. Their ideology was unworkable. The metric system has survived long after the Jacobians have disappeared. You would know this if you could read. |
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In article 7, Bart Goddard writes:
jmfbahciv jmfbahciv@aol wrote in : Andrew Usher wrote: On Feb 15, 7:06 am, jmfbahciv jmfbahciv@aol wrote: is more difficult for every calculation. If you have your computer do it, it will be wrong. Using 100 implies that you don't have to do any numbers other than 1. This is just retarded. If that is retarded, then your level of thinking is below an amoeba. The "retarded" part is thinking that Celcius is any more "metric" than Fahrenheit. No one talks about kilodegrees. No, because degrees (whether Celsius or Fahrenheit) do not start at absolute zero, but at temperatures that are commonly experienced by humans. You do, however, encounter discussion of "kiloKelvins", especially in astrophysics. The Kelvin, not the degree Celsius, is the SI unit of temperature. -- Michael F. Stemper #include Standard_Disclaimer Life's too important to take seriously. |
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