It is currently 28 Mar 2024, 17:24
Woodbloke wrote:I've gradually weaned myself away from the Imperial system; one of the glaring inconsistencies is that we still drive from A to B in miles instead of Km. Daft 'tis - Rob
Mike Jordan wrote:The imperial system will never die, the Americans are not about to stop using it!
SamQ aka Ah! Q! wrote:As a scientist, trained and work hardened, every calculation I executed was in S.I. units. I just wonder how Moggster will cope when he has an X-ray, C.T. scan or M.R.I.? Is there really a Victoriana Bupa?
As already said, metricisation removed many sources of error and miscalculation (Hubble comes to mind). Processing is undoubtedly faster, especially when prototyping or establishing parameters, and there is greater cross-parity between units.
I taught over 5000 children up to A level in 37 years at the chalk face and when one day I conducted my Year14 set through perches, rods and chains to verify the Test Match parsmeters, the howls of derision and scoffing was something to hear...THEN I translated their weekend beer/club kitties into 'poundshillingsnpence' and reduced them to catatonic disbelief.
The political throwbacks presently defying Darwinian Selection (by virtue of their accumulated wealth and patronage) need to get a grip of reality. Moggster? Try teaching Diffusion Pressure Deficit in Imperial. Go on, have an aneurism.
Sam.
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