Well I guess the title says it all, I was just wondering who ya'll thought were the most active 'forumers' in this part of the AG forum. Opinions, that what this Forum is going to be, pure opinions, and yes you can say 'Me'.
I believe you're talking about collective nouns. These have little to do with mathematics so you can't classify them as being that same type of measurement.
Not just an argument over metres, but an argument of Fahrenheit vs Celsius vs Kelvin and the merits of the US Imperial system of measurement and the Metric system of measurement.
This is why the USA has alot of smarticle particles because we actually do MATH by sometimes muliplying and dividing instead of moving the decimal point.
I'm an American and even I laughed at that. We don't really use manual mathematics for figuring stuff out; the measurements are already laid out in front of us. Same goes for the metric guys, 'cept when converting, they only have to multiply/divide by 10. I was stressing is that our system of measurement is more precise. Yes, they may come out as decimal integers, but being precise is the difference between a perfect irrigation system and linking a river to the Gulf of Mexico in a short amount of time. Did you hear about that? One thousandth of a decimal off, and the whole river floods into the gulf. Hilarious!
I don't know havin to check so many times to make sure that we don't flood the gulf seems like alot of work which you would not have to do with our system.
Freakenstein was using an example. The supposed precision doesn't preclude the use of decimals for you system either. You just have to use a lot less decimals. It all depends.
Even when it comes to consumer usage, I still think the metric system is better.
Freakenstein was using an example. The supposed precision doesn't preclude the use of decimals for you system either. You just have to use a lot less decimals. It all depends.
It was a true example, nonetheless.
A slight difference in measure can get someone fired AND fined. Both systems must be checked, as the measurements can be within decimal places.
A slight difference in measure can get someone fired AND fined. Both systems must be checked, as the measurements can be within decimal places.
And thus they suffer the consequences. I still believe the simplicity of ten outweighs the disadvantage of at times copious recurrences of decimals though.
Personally, I'd like to see more metric system used in the Untied States myself. I do find out system complicated, and I often find myself forgetting how many feet are in mile. I defiantly think we should change.
And on another note, I'm not really seeing how using the metric system would be less accurate than the english system. I mean, you can still be just as accurate and its easier to convert to smaller or larger units.
Personally, I'd like to see more metric system used in the Untied States myself.
It makes a lot more sense to use the metric system, but most Americans (myself included) don't have very good perception when it comes to the metric system. In other words, if you tell an American you're 6 feet tall, he knows about how tall you are. If you tell an American you're 190 centimeters, however, he won't necessarily know if you're taller or shorter than he himself is.
That's one of the main reasons why we haven't yet converted.
I actually hadn't thought of that before, Ernie. I had kind of forgotten about the difficulty to convert there would be for the average American. I think I mentioned something before about the U.S. trying to convert before, but failing in its attempt. I guess that for now, its best for the u.s. to stick with the English system.
I would also like to make a note that i am also American.
That doesn't necessarily mean that "gallons" are more precise. It find it rather pointless to use gallons, quarts, pints and fluid ounces when I can use litres and millilitres.
I'll take a pint over 568ml any day thank you very much. People find whatever they've grown up with the most natural to use, and that's that. However you measure something, it's true value remains the same. The inconvenience of conversions is a minor one, since you almost never need to do so in every day life. If you do, that's what calculators or phone apps are for. Problem solved.
