Standard? - datkinso_v2

Wrong.

In the United States it is the Standard system. British Commonwealth people may call it the Imperial system but the proper term in the US of A is the Standard system.

We have not used the Imperial system since about 1776...

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Monday, December 20 2004 @ 05:51 PM PST

Standard? - Tony Walton

Either way, I'm typing this (in England) on a 12" iBook; I can't find a 304.8mm iBook in Apple's catalog anywhere. You'll also find resolutions quoted in dpi (per INCH) not dpmm. Like it or not (and I do), the inch still lives.

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Tuesday, December 21 2004 @ 04:28 AM PST

Standard? - atshoom

http://www.chemie.fu-berlin.de/chemistry/general/si_en.html

he was talking about International Unit System (S.I.)
yes I stands for INTERNATIONAL as it is an international reference (not an obligation.)
this system is good because of it's based on "base 10"
kilo--> 10^3
mili-->10^-3
etc...
this make the human being doing less mistakes in doing calculs.
the inche,miles,etc would be a fun thing to use but it is not used with these base 10 multiplier.
in inche, we speak in 1/4 of inch 1/8th on inch etc, but the people using inchs are not even writing in base 2 (binary) so there is no logic in counting like that.
it only keeps being because of history that the nouns inch,feets,were representing approximatlvly.
one day it will die.
if you did not understood me, go back to see pulp fiction while i'll be eating a royal cheese :)

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Monday, January 10 2005 @ 06:06 PM PST

Standard? - DonSL777

Would you please fast forward my DVD copy of Pulp Fiction to approximatlvly where the "Royale with Cheese" scene begins?

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Tuesday, January 11 2005 @ 08:26 AM PST

Standard? - Tom_Robinson_574

It may not really be "the standard" but that's what it's called, so the wording in the program is correct.

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Thursday, June 30 2005 @ 07:13 PM PDT

Standard? - beeble

The beauty of the metric system is that the units of measure actually mean something. Who's thumb is an inch wide? Who's foot is a foot long? Who's arm is a yard long? None of the "standard" units of measure actually mean anything.

But with metric everything is linked. 1 cubic cm of pure water at standard temperature and air pressure (15 deg C and 1013 hPa) weights exactly 1g and has a volume of 1ml. Distance, temperature, pressure, mass and volume all precisely linked together in one extremely simple system of measuring the physical world.

And being based on the same system as the rest of numbers we use (base 10) makes doing any kind of calculation a breeze. How many yards is 100 x 1/16th of an inch? Where's my calculator? How many meters is 100 x 1.5cm? 1.5m. Maybe people in the US are just gluttons for punishment, or maybe they just like mathematics to be harder than it needs to be.

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Friday, April 07 2006 @ 08:36 AM PDT