Why was the US system of measurement created?

[MHasegawa]

The metric system seems much easier to me. Also who's idea was it and when was it established?

Honest answers only, please.

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[Snoogans]

huh?
we use the proper measuring here, at least i use grams, eights, quarters stuff like that

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[JPMNICK]

Snoogs -
I know you were kidding but a gram is metric. And quarter and eights are US System because they mean 1/4 ounce. Not 1/4 gram. Either way you order it, you still get fucked up.

[Snoogans]

im awarre, those are proper to me


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[furie]

if God wanted us to use the metric system, Jesus would have had 10 apostles.

I think the english system (not the US system Mr. egocentric) was created before metric


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[schmega]

yeah, metric's more accurate and the world standard, but FUCK 'EM. and fuck the french for inventing it. i dont want to give my height in centimeters or my weight in kilograms. and i dont wanna drive in kilometers/hour.

[blakjeezis]

The English or Standard system wasn't really created I don't think. It just kind of evolved. Like a foot, at one point in time, was actually measured by the length of the king's foot, stuff like that. It's kind of like the English Constitution and Common Law. We never actually wrote anything down, just made it up as we went along. Now the Germans, there's a bunch of system lovin' fools. If you want nice predictability and sense, go talk their anal asses.











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[TooCute]

<a href="http://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/units/usmetric.html">Some info</a>

<a href="http://www.slcc.edu/schools/hum_sci/physics/tutor/2210/measurements/history.html">Some more info</a>

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[East Side Dave]

if God wanted us to use the metric system, Jesus would have had 10 apostles.


Jesus DID have ten apostles! At least that's what the movie "And God Spoke" taught me!



....and one of them was named Scooter!

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[jeffdwright2001]

I'm all for metric.

I think it sounds more impressive to say 5.08 centimeters rather than 2 inches. (course anything might be more impressive than 2 inches).

[MizzleTizzle]

The English or Standard system wasn't really created I don't think. It just kind of evolved.


Yepper, just like everything else, from Corvettes to Mickey Mouse.

There are dozens of systems of measurement, even given the 'standardization' of the metric system, and the SI.

The beauty of metric is how the units of mass volume and distance are all inter-related, derived from each other, and based on... water! [and the distance from equator to pole, but that's another story]...

What the really cool thing for me is, the history of standards. Meaning, we now use the physical world itself to create standards. The vibration of the quartz crystal gies us a rock-solid way to standardize one second.

See, the standards are SO important. There are 'official' meters. These are pieces of metal with two lines etched on them, one meter apart. These were deemed so important, so vital, so crucial to technology [and they were, and are].

Amazingly, when the Germans bombed France, orders to NOT bomb the buildings where the standards were kept.

So much more, but I'm lengthy, so...

feel free to ask anything specific!

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[Doctor Manhattan]

if God wanted us to use the metric system, Jesus would have had 10 apostles.


Jesus DID have ten apostles! At least that's what the movie "And God Spoke" taught me!



....and one of them was named Scooter!

No, He had 13, one was named Rufus!

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[Freakshow]

The Metric system is the tool of the devil. My car gets 40 rods to the Hogs head, and that's the way I likes it.

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[Snoogans]

all i know is when i see anything over 7 grams im happy

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