Why doesn't the USA adopt officially the metric unit?

[Azza]

Just for giggles, what if the compass you dive with was calibrated in radians or grads, the two "other" ways of measuring an arc? Now wouldn't that be fun?

On land I use a compass that is measured in Mills....far more accurate than degrees

 

[Rick Murchison]

but it shouldn't happen during a full moon and it was a full moon according to a preceding scene. It should have been 2 weeks earlier during the new moon, right?

Aye, you got it... it was the full moon the night of the eclipse...
Rick

 

[The Chairman]

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[Rick Murchison]

Just checked my radian compass. Nice markings of pi at West. pi/2 at North, pi/4 is NE, pi/8 is ENE, pi/16 is E by N.

Wow. We just reinvented the old mariners compass with 32 points of 11-1/2 degrees or pi/16 radians each.

So, figuring your one radian clockwise from East, you'd go for a reciprocal of about 212.7°, eh?
In round numbers, that is
Rick

 

[almitywife]

Simple really-

1. Old habits die hard.
2. We don't want to.
3. You can't make us!

you forgot "you cant make us"




edit: opps, that wasnt there while i was typing!

 

[wardric]

you forgot "you cant make us"




edit: opps, that wasnt there while i was typing!

oh, but we can make them, Almytywife. By showing them continuously how much it's a better system. They will understand... one day... with a lot of patience

 

[Walter]

oh, but we can make them, Almytywife. By showing them continuously how much it's a better system.

But it's not.

 

[wardric]

But it's not.

dont worry, we will be patient :sigh:

 

[almitywife]

oh, but we can make them, Almytywife. By showing them continuously how much it's a better system. They will understand... one day... with a lot of patience

kinda like the water torture/treatment.... just keep at 'em

maybe we should start of small... like getting them to use 's' instead of 'z' in all their spelling


so what sounds better.... $1.20 per litre of petrol or $4.54 per gallon???

:10:

 

[wardric]

yeah, and let's give the u it's place too. like humour or colour