D3 5-15-12

[Maximus]

My friend ordered car parts from Japan thinking they were in imperial but they were really in metric.
In my job in electrical design, the mm/mil question is a continual PITA, with half of things being measured in one and half in the other.
For example your typical two-pin passives can be measured in EIA/JEDEC standards (imperial) or in metric. An EIA 01005 is about 0.01" by 0.005", but about 0.4mm by 0.2mm. An EIA 0402 is about 0.04" by 0.02", but about 1.0mm by 0.5mm. Confused yet? I have trouble keeping it straight, and I yews them every day.

If the world were self-contained like it was centuries ago when the imperial system was invented, the only people who would care would be merchants, and they would get used to it. But the world is getting smaller; I can order stuff from any country in the world online. It make sense to move to one standard of measurement. Global currency is an entirely different question due to its political implications.

I've pretty much decided I'm going to boycott imperial to the greatest extent possible. Maybe I'll carry a conversion chart around so people can work out what I'm talking about.

[Max Rambone]

There's an app for that.

~archi

p.s. - I think mag needs to get laid.

[Magyk]

There's an app for that.

~archi

p.s. - I think mag needs to get laid.

Archi makes backhanded cuts at people, and then puts on his "the whole internet is against me" act when someone insults him. What a cool guy.

[GUARD!AN]

Oh god it's the siege community's time of the month

[schrute]

The imperial system is a bit tedious to the point where they yews random stuff in random places.

[Silver Absolution]

There's an app for that.

~archi

p.s. - I think mag needs to get laid.

Archi makes backhanded cuts at people, and then puts on his "the whole internet is against me" act when someone insults him. What a cool guy.

Imperial things make ppl go angry at each other


p.s. - magyk REALLY needs to get laid.

[lorax]

I'm not saying the metric system doesn't have it's advantages in certain fields, but to write off Imperial units as an "antiquated" system with no place is probably one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.

p.s. - I think mag needs to get laid.

Archi makes backhanded cuts at people, and then puts on his "the whole internet is against me" act when someone insults him. What a cool guy.

I read it more as a guy pointing out when people are making asses out of themselves... whether they be doing it to him OR to others (see Raptor)... I don't understand how standing up for others as well as yourself makes you a villain... That's kind of a defining characteristic of most heroic figures...

What's that parable about homes made of a fragile translucent material and the use of terrestrial projectiles?

[Kerafym]

You don't need to "defend" yourself from someone who's clearly just joking. I don't think Archi was seriously trying to upset Magyk, I think Magyk probably just took him a little too seriously.

v:Sv Imperial is still silly as fuck btw.

[Silver Absolution]

I'm not saying the metric system doesn't have it's advantages in certain fields, but to write off Imperial units as an "antiquated" system with no place is probably one of the stupidest things I've ever heard.

p.s. - I think mag needs to get laid.

Archi makes backhanded cuts at people, and then puts on his "the whole internet is against me" act when someone insults him. What a cool guy.

I read it more as a guy pointing out when people are making asses out of themselves... whether they be doing it to him OR to others (see Raptor)... I don't understand how standing up for others as well as yourself makes you a villain... That's kind of a defining characteristic of most heroic figures...

What's that parable about homes made of a fragile translucent material and the use of terrestrial projectiles?

p.s. - magyk REALLY needs to get laid.

[Max Rambone]

I'm not trying to keep stirring the pot here and this is not meant as an insult to Magyk, but....

I think I found his long-lost, twin brother....

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Raised totally on McDonald's, but still... quite the chick magnet.

~archi