Go.
(Yes, just like the dutch topics, my opinion is just for fun)
Potatoe vs fries?quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 13:19 schreef Rezania het volgende:
Most useless is still patat vs. friet.
Imperial is way to complicated, 3 feet in a yard, 12 inches in a foot, inches divided in quarters and eights.
If we start using imperial here, we might end up crashing another Mars drone due to "an unfortunate miscalculation"
.I think patat / friet is a better discussion than metric or imperial because only retards prefer imperial.
Instead of that bloody metric:
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lolquote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 15:58 schreef muhahaha het volgende:
They use the metric system in science for obvious reasons.
quote:The cost of the mission was $327.6 million total for the orbiter and lander
However, on September 23, 1999, communication with the spacecraft was lost as the spacecraft went into orbital insertion, due to ground-based computer software which produced output in non-SI units of pound-seconds (lbf s) instead of the metric units of newton-seconds (N s) specified in the contract between NASA and Lockheed. The spacecraft encountered Mars on a trajectory that brought it too close to the planet, causing it to pass through the upper atmosphere and disintegrate.
Odd...doesn't that make things messy?quote:Op zaterdag 2 januari 2016 16:19 schreef Joezi het volgende:
In the construction industry in the Netherland, and worldwide, we still use English standard measurements. They are converted to the metric system.
Yeah kinda strange if you look at this:quote:
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Odd...doesn't that make things messy?
Most former English colonies dont use the imperial system anymore
As long as it's restricted to just inches (which are fairly easy to convert from top of ones head anyway), I'd say it's doablequote:
Also (tv)screen measurements are always in inches
.Rims are also in inches.quote:
Also (tv)screen measurements are always in inches
That is another biscuit.quote:
Most useless is still patat vs. friet.
Rimjobs, how many inches can u takequote:
.We'd better not put the people that invented that horrible system in charge of our future Mars colonization program
.lol 1 bron uit 1999 lolquote:
Why does this chart states that 14cm = penis.quote:
The avarage penissize is about 30cm, right?
So?quote:
Well, only retards prefer 'friet' as well. It doesn't exist, yet they still want to believe.quote:
Here we call patatoes kartof and fries kartofki. So it is patat.
I think patat / friet is a better discussion than metric or imperial because only retards prefer imperial.
Damn, that avatar of yours is addicting to look atquote:
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Well, only retards prefer 'friet' as well. It doesn't exist, yet they still want to believe.
Also, when Canada switched from imperial to metric back in 1983, the switch contributed in an event that turned a Boeing 767 into a glider.quote:
And aviation still uses feet to measure altitudes, and (nautical) miles for distances. Not to be confused with imperial miles.
If you take one third of a foot, you have 12/3=4 inches. In the metric system, a third of an meter would be 33.33... centimeters.
Everyone who likes the metric system instead, must be a snobby and chauvinistic Frenchman.
Didn't know inches could be measured that way.quote:Op zondag 3 januari 2016 00:49 schreef Hondenbrokken het volgende:
Imperal system of course. It's logical, because there are 12 inches in a foot.
If you take one third of a foot, you have 12/3=4 inches. In the metric system, a third of an meter would be 33.33... centimeters.
Everyone who likes the metric system instead, must be a snobby and chauvinistic Frenchman.
That source is even older... and yes I know they still use feet and nautical miles. I was talking about S.C.I.E.N.C.E. How hard can this be to understand.quote:
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Also, when Canada switched from imperial to metric back in 1983, the switch contributed in an event that turned a Boeing 767 into a glider.
And aviation still uses feet to measure altitudes, and (nautical) miles for distances. Not to be confused with imperial miles.
Chill...quote:
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That source is even older... and yes I know they still use feet and nautical miles. I was talking about S.C.I.E.N.C.E. How hard can this be to understand.
Enjoy your 3 inches of coffee
Good end of discussionquote:
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Chill...
Enjoy your 3 inches of coffee
Just read the OP, it's supposed to be a senseless discussion, so no need to take it too seriouslyquote:
.Anyway, I should get some sleep, cya
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Just read the OP, it's supposed to be a senseless discussion, so no need to take it too seriously
Anyway, I should get some sleep, cya
maybe not officially but here we are using imperial measurements still often in day by day conversationquote:
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Yeah kinda strange if you look at this:
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Most former English colonies dont use the imperial system anymore
The bad thing is I need double the amount of wrenches.
The imperial definition of a nautical mile is one minute of an arc projected over the planet (1 degree is 60 minutes), which is far more convenient making calculations than using the metric system.
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Most people still use imperial here, even the kids born after 1983. Mostly for distances (miles), lengths (feet/inches), surface area (square feet, sections) and in food preparation (tablespoon/cups).quote:
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Also, when Canada switched from imperial to metric back in 1983
It took me about 8 years to finally get the hang of it... but sadly I'm now converted myself and think in feet and cups. Crap.
So you use miles for distances, even though the signing is in kilometers. That must be confusing. Same goes for the other stuff, mixing metric and imperial isn't making life any easier.quote:
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Most people still use imperial here, even the kids born after 1983. Mostly for distances (miles), lengths (feet/inches), surface area (square feet, sections) and in food preparation (tablespoon/cups).
It took me about 8 years to finally get the hang of it... but sadly I'm now converted myself and think in feet and cups. Crap.