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Camaro wrote:QUOTE (Camaro @ May 26 2011, 02:45 AM) exactly what a Meter is is a bit lacking

It's about 1/(299792458)th the distance light travels in a second in a vacuum (or a little over 3 feet)
I approve of teaching SI units in american schools though.

Adept wrote:QUOTE (Adept @ May 26 2011, 11:45 AM) Do you use yards or is that just the english?

we use SI units here too. Apart from on the road, where miles are what we are used to and signs like this:



just serve as a warning. I don't know how far a yard is and I have never used one.

madpeople wrote:QUOTE (madpeople @ May 26 2011, 08:23 AM) I approve of teaching SI units in american schools though.

The majority of schools have classes that do, but it won't really matter until the whole country converts. Yikes, just another thing to spend money on .

Ive learnt both systems and honestly even in the military we use Metric.

for example:

1 klick: 1 kilometer

Also I never memorized the conversions in SI through high school, and ive been in the US a fair amount of time.

SgtMajor wrote:QUOTE (SgtMajor @ May 26 2011, 02:36 PM) Ive learnt both systems and honestly even in the military we use Metric.

That makes perfectly good sense. First of all, 10s are easier to manipulate in one's head. But more importantly, it's the harmonization of NATO standards that brought that along, I'm sure. With the protection of Western Europe at stake, it wouldn't do to call in an arty strike, for example, that is "10 miles due north" only to have the arty guy calculate 10 klicks and have a lot of friendly fire land on top of you.

QUOTE but my knowledge of exactly what a Meter is is a bit lacking[/quote]
A meter is a device used to measure the flow of a quantity. Examples include water meters, electrical meters, and parking meters.

The scientific unit for length is A MOTHER$#@!ING METRE. It's NOT an American word, you're whole goddam COUNTRY is stuck in the dark ages, so STOP $#@!ING "AMERICANISING" IT.


OH YEAH. I did that. I spelled an "IZE" word with an "ISE." Now whatcha gonna do? pffffbbbbbbbt!

juckto wrote:QUOTE (juckto @ May 26 2011, 05:40 PM) A meter is a device used to measure the flow of a quantity. Examples include water meters, electrical meters, and parking meters.

The scientific unit for length is A MOTHER$#@!ING METRE. It's NOT an American word, you're whole goddam COUNTRY is stuck in the dark ages, so STOP $#@!ING "AMERICANISING" IT.


OH YEAH. I did that. I spelled an "IZE" word with an "ISE." Now whatcha gonna do? pffffbbbbbbbt!

We fought hard and long for our ability to butcher the English language and we will damn well butcher it as we see fit!

You guys just patiently sat there until the crown got bored of you. LAME.

juckto wrote:QUOTE (juckto @ May 27 2011, 04:40 AM) A meter is a device used to measure the flow of a quantity. Examples include water meters, electrical meters, and parking meters, volt meter, tacho-meter (hyphenated for emphasis), spedo-meter, thermo-meter, ammeter, ohmmeter

If we're going to correct their spelling, best give them the correct meanings too.

madpeople wrote:QUOTE (madpeople @ May 27 2011, 08:56 AM) If we're going to correct their spelling, best give them the correct meanings too.

OOOO!!! Nitpick party, eh?

Well while we're at it...

juckto wrote:QUOTE (juckto @ May 26 2011, 11:40 PM) you're whole goddam

... damn son! NZland speak seems to have some newfangled grammar yo!