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[SnagaDance]

Ace Selin, on 31 May 2016 - 11:14 PM, said:

OP wants Mexican measurements ?

No, Canadian. And yes, they're sorry...

[C E Dwyer]

Fasa an American company chose the metric system, and now some strange American dude is crying about this.

Troll or utterly pathetic, the jury is out.

[Isolani]

vocifer, on 02 June 2016 - 10:05 PM, said:

Nope

Spoiler

How about this:
C: <0 = water freezes, >100 = water evaporates
Useful huh?

Water can evaporate at any temperature in that range...water BOILS at 100 C, or 212 F, assuming that the external pressure above the surface of the water is one atmosphere (or 14.696 pounds per square inch, or 1013.25 millibars, or 29.92 inches of mercury, or whatever else you like to use for pressure measurements in your country).

You would not live long at 100 degrees C, and it would be extremely unpleasant. A sauna at 100 degrees C, you would be cooking alive like a lobster in a pot.

[DarthHias]

Well, a 90 degrees C sauna is no problem at all, and 100 degrees should be ok for 10 minutes at least.

[Isolani]

DarthHias, on 03 June 2016 - 04:04 AM, said:

Well, a 90 degrees C sauna is no problem at all, and 100 degrees should be ok for 10 minutes at least.

Depends on humidity mostly. If you keep the humidity low in the sauna, you can stay in there a while. High humidity in a 100 C sauna would kill you in minutes. Even 60 degrees C in high humidity would kill most people quickly.

[Piney II]

Cathy, on 03 June 2016 - 01:09 AM, said:

Fasa an American company chose the metric system, and now some strange American dude is crying about this.

Troll or utterly pathetic, the jury is out.

Cus, 'Murica.....................

[CK16]

As much as I prefer the Imperial system in real life ( I am an engineer in the USA, just easier for shop guys to read inches ect.). For the game it's fine with metric. Plus it's military themed, even the US military as far as I am aware uses the metric system for its equipment and such. The only thing I might argue and be nice is the speedometer, but for ranges and such, metric is totally find.

Edited by CK16, 03 June 2016 - 04:44 AM.

[YourSaviorLegion]

I'm pretty sure American combat vehicles use metric as well, it's just more accurate.

[DarthHias]

Isolani, on 03 June 2016 - 04:26 AM, said:

Depends on humidity mostly. If you keep the humidity low in the sauna, you can stay in there a while. High humidity in a 100 C sauna would kill you in minutes. Even 60 degrees C in high humidity would kill most people quickly.

Well a sauna with high humidity always has low temperature. A steam bath or as the romans would say tepidarium is quite common. However no one has a high humidity high temperature sauna.

[Nyte Kitsune]

Honestly in Battletech/Mechwarrior I rather prefer the metric systems used. I may be American, I know sad isn't it? , But I prefer seeing Kilometers, Meters, etc. as that's just what was always used in these titles and would feel out of place if we converted it into Feet, Miles, etc., let's not mess with it, thanks.

[GreenHell]

I've always loved that the game uses Kelvin for the heat scale of the Fusion Reactors (273.16 Kelvin = 0.01 °Celsius = 32.018 °Fahrenheit).

As for mph vs km?
1 km = 0.621371 miles or 3280.84 feet (the max range of missiles btw)
100 kph = 62.1371 mph

So most battles happen at around 1/4th of a mile (400 meters = 0.24miles). Gives new perspective for people who didn't realize how far a meter was.

The optimal range of an AC/20 (or a med las) is 270 meters. That equals 885 feet, or 0.167 miles.

If you had no idea how far a meter was, then this should help you put things into perspective. We fight at a pretty short range don't we.

Edited by GreenHell, 03 June 2016 - 09:54 AM.

[C E Dwyer]

There is a wonderful scene in Due South where Fraser hands out a speeding ticket, explaining the difference between Kilo meters and miles per hour, alas I can't find it on you tube, I think this thread deserves it

[Metus regem]

Cathy, on 03 June 2016 - 11:38 AM, said:

There is a wonderful scene in Due South where Fraser hands out a speeding ticket, explaining the difference between Kilo meters and miles per hour, alas I can't find it on you tube, I think this thread deserves it

I cannot like this post enough for the Due South reference.

[Mister Blastman]

cazidin, on 31 May 2016 - 02:07 PM, said:

...This would be a waste of what precious few resources PGI has and there's very little reason for it.

It is a reasonable request given converting between one system of measurement to another is grade-school math.

I'd still use metric, but, whatever, it is a reasonably common feature of HUD systems.

[Mister Blastman]

YourSaviorLegion, on 03 June 2016 - 06:26 AM, said:

I'm pretty sure American combat vehicles use metric as well, it's just more accurate.

That is a false statement. All systems of measurement are equally accurate--otherwise they wouldn't be capable of measurement.

The difference between metric and imperial that is significant is how the base-10 system in metric makes conversions between various powers and levels (nano, micro, milli, base, kilo, mega, etc.) easier. The imperial system revolves around fractional units without finite levels of correlation.

Please do not spread false information.

Edited by Mister Blastman, 03 June 2016 - 11:59 AM.

[Mystere]

vocifer, on 02 June 2016 - 10:09 PM, said:

That actually explains you why BT is in metric system. Because it mostly consists of things outside Terra.

PS: BTW the only thing that keeps US from switching to metric system is money. Just imagine how many things you'll need to replace (roadsigns etc.). And it's not because the imp. system is better.

Well if the country loudly resists fixing and/or replacing aging and crumbling bridges and other critical infrastructure, what chances are there for getting road signs changed?

Edited by Mystere, 03 June 2016 - 11:59 AM.

[xWiredx]

Mister Blastman, on 03 June 2016 - 11:47 AM, said:

That is a false statement. All systems of measurement are equally accurate--otherwise they wouldn't be capable of measurement.

The difference between metric and imperial that is significant is how the base-10 system in metric makes conversions between various powers and levels (nano, micro, milli, base, kilo, mega, etc.) easier. The imperial system revolves around fractional units without finite levels of correlation.

Please do not spread false information.

The metric system isn't perfect, either. Still, OP is just troll. There's no need for American measurement here.

http://mentalfloss.c...ight-be-screwed

Also, people need to stop acting like 'imperial' and 'American' (called 'customary') measurements are the same. There are slight variations, and sometimes due to these very slight differences, big differences have been found when measuring large things.

This thread bothers me.

[cazidin]

Mystere, on 03 June 2016 - 11:56 AM, said:

Well if the country loudly resists fixing and/or replacing aging and crumbling bridges and other critical infrastructure, what chances are there for getting road signs changed?

Loudly resists? Not to get too political but the problem is two fold. Money and Demand. The way the US distributes finances for infrastructure is... complex. Certain projects are federal, others are state, and some blur the lines and how many people do you see loudly demanding better roads instead of say, better schools despite the former being much more easily fixed with money than the latter?

Please don't single out the US here, though, Canada, the UK, etc have similar problems.

[Mystere]

cazidin, on 03 June 2016 - 02:13 PM, said:

Loudly resists? Not to get too political but the problem is two fold. Money and Demand. The way the US distributes finances for infrastructure is... complex. Certain projects are federal, others are state, and some blur the lines and how many people do you see loudly demanding better roads instead of say, better schools despite the former being much more easily fixed with money than the latter?

Please don't single out the US here, though, Canada, the UK, etc have similar problems.

Considering we're talking about resistance to switching from imperial to metric system, there are only a handful of countries to which this is relevant. As such, any appearance of singling out the US is just purely coincidental.

[Alex Morgaine]

Ted Wayz, on 31 May 2016 - 04:38 PM, said:

I once did the Canyon Network run in less than 12 parsecs.

Lucky, i had to ditch my load when the clans speed me for inspections. Now i got a big debt and a pissed off mob boss