First the aliens, now zombies. Shameless prejudice!
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First the aliens, now zombies. Shameless prejudice!
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At least it doesn't say dead children.
Is 40 the speed limit? I hope that is kilometers and not miles.
It's not the US or a US territory, of course it's kilometers and not miles.
Does that mean that the UK is a US territory? :eek:
Reminds me of being in Turks and Caicos... which is a British Territory. When we left the air port i immediately noticed (1) the driver is a terrible one, and (2) we were driving on the wrong side of the road...
Wasn't one of the reasons the US came up with the anti-metric system of measurement was to disassociate ourselves from England? I'm pretty sure the UK uses the same units of measurement as England seeing as England is part of the UK.
Or do I have my data all wrong? It's these darn pigeons bringing me bad flash drives :p
There's no such thing as a wrong side of the road, dclamp!
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Wasn't one of the reasons the US came up with the anti-metric system of measurement was to disassociate ourselves from England? I'm pretty sure the UK uses the same units of measurement as England seeing as England is part of the UK.
Now Who do you think invented the measurement of the Mile along with the Yard, Foot & Inch e.t.c and i will give you a clue it wasn't the US.
The only reason the US refused to use the metric system anyway was because it was invented by the French !!
The metric system showed up around the French revolution, by which time, America was firmly entrenched with the English system. The English kind of hung onto it for a few more years, too, just to be contrarian and all.
These days, I hear (mostly older) Americans whining about the metric system, saying it is too hard for them to understand. Kind of funny, since the English system is such a mess relative to metric. However, being in science, I know some things in metric and some things in English, which can make for some difficulty in communication.
Ah so I had it all wrong in my head, I guess that's what I get for being an American and understanding the Metric and Celsius measurement scales better than the 12 inches = 1 ft (w-t-f?) and Fahrenheit (98.6 degrees instead of 100 degree, again w-t-f)
I had an interesting debate with a colleague who simply refused to believe that -40C = -40F. The fact that the two lines are not parallel didn't suggest to him that they have to intersect.
Well, considering that Celsius is based on water boiling at 100 Degrees and Fahrenheit is based on the human body being 100 Degrees (of course later on was found that the scale was incorrectly made and the human body is actually 98.6 Degree F) it's not only plausible that they would intersect but that they would have to intersect.
The one I like is 0° K
I only know Astronomical Units
The American system is the greatest system in the world.
According to the Farenheit Article on Wikipedia the top endpoint was originally calculated as 96 degrees, not 100, the relevant quote is as follows.
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Originally Posted by Wikipedia Article
Nowadays with computers it should not matter what system measurements are stored in, you should be able to use a simple conversion routine to display them into any system the user wants.