OT: SI vs Imperial [was re: daylight saving time algorithm changing]

[Jason Tower]

as a mechanical engineer, i can say in no uncertain terms that metric is 
the only way to fly.  in four years of college -everything- in my 
classes was measured in metric units.  force in newtons, mass in grams, 
length in meters, etc.  -every- engineering drawing i made while working 
in the auto industry (including gm, ford, and chrysler) was in metric. 
i've lived and worked in europe, the rest of the world laughs at the US 
for not using metric.  except when it comes to cars - europeans still 
rate their engines in horsepower :)

perspective is not the issue.  engineering calculations are next to 
impossible using the english system.  by any objective measure the 
metric system is -better-, period.  it is only inertia keeping the US on 
our current system of measurement.

Warren Myers wrote:
> Perspective may have some to do with it. But since our perspective is the 
> imperial system, and not SI, English units are better.
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> WMM
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> On 8/9/05, Brian Henning <brian at strutmasters.com> wrote:
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>>>I personally don't like the metric system outside of soda bottles. 
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>>Imagine
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>>>buying a liter of milk. It's just not right. I also prefer the 427 V-8
>>>engines to the roughly equivalent 7.0 liter designation.
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>>I for one don't like my recipes sounding like chemistry experiments.
>>Having dated someone from an SI-speaking country, I have first-hand
>>experience. Somehow "250mL dry sherry" makes me think of pouring stuff
>>in graduated cylinders(*), not creating delicious food... In the same
>>vein though, the SI-speaker just goes to show it's completely a matter
>>of perception. 'Round here, SI means chemistry class. Over there, it's
>>just the way it's done.
>>
>>~Brian
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>>(*) - What about the poor cylinders that couldn't quite cut it? Do we
>>have dropout cylinders? Perhaps GED cylinders? Maybe it's time for a
>>Federal No Cylinder Left Behind Act...
>>
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