Comments on: In Good (Non-Metric) Company http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/ Korea... in Blog Format Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:29:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94697 Sonagi Tue, 03 Jul 2007 03:40:34 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94697 <i>"I would find it totally annoying at school to use the English Imperial system in Maths then switch to the Metric system during Science… "</i> It's worse than that. Both systems are used in math AND science until 7th or 8th grade, when the need for easy convertibility pushes aside customary in favor of metric in the science lab. “I would find it totally annoying at school to use the English Imperial system in Maths then switch to the Metric system during Science… “

It’s worse than that. Both systems are used in math AND science until 7th or 8th grade, when the need for easy convertibility pushes aside customary in favor of metric in the science lab.

]]> By: Richardson http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94686 Richardson Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:52:12 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94686 Try this; http://www.weirdconverter.com/ Try this;
http://www.weirdconverter.com/

]]> By: peninsular aborigine http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94665 peninsular aborigine Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:58:39 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94665 I remember being taught in school that America would be metric by 1976! I remember being taught in school that America would be metric by 1976!

]]> By: SomeguyinKorea http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94664 SomeguyinKorea Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:58:38 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94664 "Pounds, shillings and pence would be better." Only if you're a 50 year-old Brit. “Pounds, shillings and pence would be better.”

Only if you’re a 50 year-old Brit.

]]> By: otoritakeo http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94661 otoritakeo Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:46:19 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94661 Wouldn't it be easier for children to learn just the metric system in school? Then the next-generation Americans would find it easier to make the change to the metric system.... and I would find it totally annoying at school to use the English Imperial system in Maths then switch to the Metric system during Science... Plus degrees celcius is easier- 0 being the freezing point and 100 being the boiling point.. rather than 32 degrees F being the freezing point and godknowswhat being the boiling point. Wouldn’t it be easier for children to learn just the metric system in school? Then the next-generation Americans would find it easier to make the change to the metric system…. and I would find it totally annoying at school to use the English Imperial system in Maths then switch to the Metric system during Science…

Plus degrees celcius is easier- 0 being the freezing point and 100 being the boiling point.. rather than 32 degrees F being the freezing point and godknowswhat being the boiling point.

]]> By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94658 Sonagi Mon, 02 Jul 2007 23:02:01 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94658 Oops, you're right. I must have been been groggy after my nap. Nutritional information is in grams, not ounces. Oops, you’re right. I must have been been groggy after my nap. Nutritional information is in grams, not ounces.

]]> By: globalvillageidiot http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94655 globalvillageidiot Mon, 02 Jul 2007 22:21:40 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94655 "3 ounces is equal to 85 grams, not 20." Drawing on certain recreational activities growing up in Canada many moons ago, that sounds about right! I think we switched in the mid-1970s, so a lot of us growing up in the transition period (ie. speed limit signs indicating both miles and km/h for a while) have the good fortune of being able to think/function comfortably in both. (Not to say that one had to grow up in Canada in the 70s to do that, but it didn't hurt.) Metric makes a hell of a lot more sense - someguy's money analogy is a prime example - but I can understand why some people might want to stick with something familiar, especially when it comes to such basic day-to-day things as temperature, distance, weight, etc. As for Myanmar, I guess that the checkpoints along the highways (or the sometimes-paved arteries that pass for highways there) must have been situated every few miles, but it could just as easily have been every km from what I can remember. Metric or not, there's a police state for you! “3 ounces is equal to 85 grams, not 20.”

Drawing on certain recreational activities growing up in Canada many moons ago, that sounds about right!

I think we switched in the mid-1970s, so a lot of us growing up in the transition period (ie. speed limit signs indicating both miles and km/h for a while) have the good fortune of being able to think/function comfortably in both. (Not to say that one had to grow up in Canada in the 70s to do that, but it didn’t hurt.)

Metric makes a hell of a lot more sense - someguy’s money analogy is a prime example - but I can understand why some people might want to stick with something familiar, especially when it comes to such basic day-to-day things as temperature, distance, weight, etc.

As for Myanmar, I guess that the checkpoints along the highways (or the sometimes-paved arteries that pass for highways there) must have been situated every few miles, but it could just as easily have been every km from what I can remember. Metric or not, there’s a police state for you!

]]> By: Ut videam http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94650 Ut videam Mon, 02 Jul 2007 21:15:29 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94650 <blockquote>one serving of meat = 3 oz. or 20 grams or about the size of a deck of cards</blockquote>Sonagi, you're unintentionally proving Josue's point here. 3 ounces is equal to 85 grams, not 20.

one serving of meat = 3 oz. or 20 grams or about the size of a deck of cards

Sonagi, you’re unintentionally proving Josue’s point here.

3 ounces is equal to 85 grams, not 20.

]]> By: Sonagi http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94641 Sonagi Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:01:50 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94641 <i>"Grams are much too small to be a reasonable unit of measurement, and kilograms too high."</i> I'm guessing you don't cook much or read labels. one serving of meat = 3 oz. or 20 grams or about the size of a deck of cards Nutrition information on US packaging is almost exclusively in metric. Folks minding their fats, protein, and carbs think in grams, not ounces. “Grams are much too small to be a reasonable unit of measurement, and kilograms too high.”

I’m guessing you don’t cook much or read labels.

one serving of meat = 3 oz. or 20 grams or about the size of a deck of cards

Nutrition information on US packaging is almost exclusively in metric. Folks minding their fats, protein, and carbs think in grams, not ounces.

]]> By: The Western Confucian http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94633 The Western Confucian Mon, 02 Jul 2007 14:00:41 +0000 http://www.rjkoehler.com/2007/07/02/in-good-non-metric-company/#comment-94633 <em>Tell me, how is it different from counting your money in cents and dollars?</em> Pounds, shillings and pence would be better. Tell me, how is it different from counting your money in cents and dollars?

Pounds, shillings and pence would be better.

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