Metric system in Elite
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The imperial system uses measurements from an era where the length of your foot was the only measuring stick you had.
Moving on to standard units is the way to move forward, which is understood by both the scientific and military community in the US. It's just the average Joe on the street who keeps using imperial units.
Hell, shoe sizes are measured by the average length of BARLEY CORNS. Size 0 shoes = 11 barley corns in a row. Size 9 shoes = 11 + 9 barley corns.
Also, as far as inches go; "One of the earliest such definitions is that of 1324, where the legal definition of the inch was set out in a statute of Edward II of England, defining it as "three grains of barley, dry and round, placed end to end, lengthwise".
Knots comes from ancient mariners who used to gauge how fast their ship was moving by throwing a piece of wood or other floating object over the vessel’s bow then counting the amount of time that elapsed before its stern passed the object.
It's past time to move on to actual, scientific measurements instead of relying on the length of barley corns, average feet, ropes with floatsam on them and other ancient and imprecise measurements. Only reason some of these archaic measurements are accurate today is because they are being defined when compared to metric, e.g. one inch is now defined as precisely 2,54cm rather than "three grains of barley, dry and round, placed end to end, lengthwise".
Lets not even start with acres ("An acre was the amount of land tillable by one man behind one ox in one day.") and furlongs ("the distance a team of oxen could plough without resting.")
No... metric is the way forward. These other archaic, outmoded and ancient methods of measurement needs to be phased out, especially when they are only made more precises by measuring them up against the metric and define their actual lengths based on metrics (as seen with the case of inches).
Moving on to standard units is the way to move forward, which is understood by both the scientific and military community in the US. It's just the average Joe on the street who keeps using imperial units.
Hell, shoe sizes are measured by the average length of BARLEY CORNS. Size 0 shoes = 11 barley corns in a row. Size 9 shoes = 11 + 9 barley corns.
Also, as far as inches go; "One of the earliest such definitions is that of 1324, where the legal definition of the inch was set out in a statute of Edward II of England, defining it as "three grains of barley, dry and round, placed end to end, lengthwise".
Knots comes from ancient mariners who used to gauge how fast their ship was moving by throwing a piece of wood or other floating object over the vessel’s bow then counting the amount of time that elapsed before its stern passed the object.
It's past time to move on to actual, scientific measurements instead of relying on the length of barley corns, average feet, ropes with floatsam on them and other ancient and imprecise measurements. Only reason some of these archaic measurements are accurate today is because they are being defined when compared to metric, e.g. one inch is now defined as precisely 2,54cm rather than "three grains of barley, dry and round, placed end to end, lengthwise".
Lets not even start with acres ("An acre was the amount of land tillable by one man behind one ox in one day.") and furlongs ("the distance a team of oxen could plough without resting.")
No... metric is the way forward. These other archaic, outmoded and ancient methods of measurement needs to be phased out, especially when they are only made more precises by measuring them up against the metric and define their actual lengths based on metrics (as seen with the case of inches).
I always wondered about this, my wife asked me the other day what a furlong was, and even though I was a manager for Coral for 5 odd years I never knew that. I know now the only place I know of its use is in horse raceing.
Ohh not sure if anyone has said this but in Sweden they have a Swedish mile which = 10 Km, If I got that wrong sorry to any Swedes, im still gettting used to metric since moving from England
Also my first boss on my first job back when I was 16 was an old farm hand, so he worked in inches, feet and yards, so that was sort inbeeded into me.
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What's going on with units of measurement in aviation is pure dumb idiocy that is quite literally killing people.
Yeah, bring back pounds, shillings, pennies, sixpences, threpenny bits, florins, farthings,..........
Actually, The Philippines also seems to have an Imperial Hangover. Though, this is more thanks to the 50 years of Hollywood* in recent years than anything else.
*When describing the Philippines, "350 years of Spanish Catholicism, and 50 years of Hollywood" is pretty much dead on.
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We are more likely to revert even further to bartering for food with coloured pebbles.
While at it, what about sheepskin clothes and stuff?
Loinclouts and woad.
"Food"? After the Brexit Border is up the coloured pebbles might look more appetising!
you can imagine if it was changed to imperial measurements, transport 500 hogsheads of beer and 200 bushels of tobacco.
I'm never googling that again.
No it's fine apparently we'll be able to get all our food from our close neighbor New Zealand, or something equally impossible expensive and impractical.
Not that Brexit will result in an actual border anyway, they've already ruled that out completely. Bratwurst and Brie will be smuggled straight in via Ireland by just driving trucks along a country road.
EDIT : sorry mods I forgot the political ban
On topic Metric is best.
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hello,
Just one thing.
have you ever heard of something like the European parliament and the voting for it is much more Democratic than your 'Winner takes it all' voting system.
You left - you in Britain and anyone else in Europe is satisfied! Go back to your 'Imperial (this word alone make me freezing) System'.
Your cars and motorbikes will have the same kind of quality again like they had when they still used 'Imperial' screws and nuts.
so far you are correct
all the rest of your crap, i snipped.
Just one thing.
have you ever heard of something like the European parliament and the voting for it is much more Democratic than your 'Winner takes it all' voting system.
You left - you in Britain and anyone else in Europe is satisfied! Go back to your 'Imperial (this word alone make me freezing) System'.
Your cars and motorbikes will have the same kind of quality again like they had when they still used 'Imperial' screws and nuts.
At least one error in there: Canada should be green.
verminstar
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We gonna be fine here in Northern Ireland considering the sheer size of the border and how it couldnt be controlled in the past by the entire british army...an hours drive and yer in the EU, pickup all the cool duty free stuff from...specialist vendors...then back to the UK and profit while the rest of britain and the EU tie themselves up in knots over what to do with us. I find the situation absolutely hilarious because out of everything, we win no matter what happens ^
thanks for that vid.
works with switzerland though. they're not in the eu but still trade with them without any problems.