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Mister Blastman, on 03 June 2016 - 11:43 AM, said:
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.
I'd still use metric, but, whatever, it is a reasonably common feature of HUD systems.
Yeah I don't think its needed but it really wouldn't hurt anything. Only thing it might is if someone called out something like the enemy is "900m that a way" and somebody using another measurement might not get it exactly. But really, I barely ever hear calls like that, and pretty sure most people using ft would just go oh so they're 2700-3000ft away.
But you know what... You could also just not put the measurement type next to the numbers.
"How far away is the enemy?"
"about 900"
"900 what?"
"900 boxes of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, or whatever it is this thing is displaying"
Heck I wouldn't mind at all if the speedometer just said 100 instead of 100kph. I know its in kph, I don't need it reminding me.
xWiredx, on 03 June 2016 - 01:00 PM, said:
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.
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.
OMG finally somebody else points that out. I keep telling everyone the US doesn't use the redcoat system but they just won't listen.
I guess I should of posted a wiki on it (since wikipedia knows everything)
https://en.wikipedia...urement_systems
I mean really, how often do you hear a American say how many "stone" they weigh.
I've also always found it funny that the US gets all the flak for not using metric when Britain still does some stuff in imperial. And some of them make even less sense. Like how in that article it points out the hundredweight. Which you would think would mean 100 something like 100lbs...And in US customary you would be right. But not in imperial...nope a imperial hundredweight is 112lbs, because reasons...
