Metric vs. other measurement systems - chart

[jdurand]

I've found there's two things people don't understand about computers, 0 and 1.

[IntheGroove]

01010111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00111111

[DIYSwede]

Just a video for your amusement:

PS: Shameless plug at the end, and -Yes, the guy is Irish.

Quote from an expat friend of mine:
-"Anger and resentment"? - MY thoughts on THAT?
-Well, I'm Irish. It's our bloody national sport!"

[NortonDommi]

This argument will keep raging until the entire world kneel down before statues of Stalin and all sanity has been annihilated.
It does not matter what system you use as long as everybody doing something to work on a project ALL use the same standards. Growing up with Imperial, having the country change to metric at age 9 I had to go through school and sit all exams including Trade exams in both.
Some things are just quicker and faster using Imperial, other times metric is easier.
As there is a huge amount of old stuff in the world which occasionally has to be worked on is reason enough to be conversant in both. This Irish guy might be of the bog variety, certainly dumbed down by being raised with only metrickery.

Here is some good information that helps explain a few things that you will never be taught in school today: Weights, Measures and Volumes of the Ancient Mediterranean

[Toolmaker51]

This argument will keep raging until the entire world kneel down before statues of Stalin and all sanity has been annihilated.
It does not matter what system you use as long as everybody doing something to work on a project ALL use the same standards. Growing up with Imperial, having the country change to metric at age 9 I had to go through school and sit all exams including Trade exams in both.
Some things are just quicker and faster using Imperial, other times metric is easier.
As there is a huge amount of old stuff in the world which occasionally has to be worked on is reason enough to be conversant in both. This Irish guy might be of the bog variety, certainly dumbed down by being raised with only metrickery.

Here is some good information that helps explain a few things that you will never be taught in school today: Weights, Measures and Volumes of the Ancient Mediterranean

Hear Hear! Especially with that "old stuff" being stuff we like to work on!

[Crusty]

I don't know this for a fact but in my musings on the origin of the phrase I've come to the opinion that the phrase "Hear, Hear!" likely is a misquote of the original phrase, "Hear here!" which means to me to call attention to something someone has said and it fits with its common usage in conversation.

And now back to your regularly scheduled program.

[mklotz]

I don't know this for a fact but in my musings on the origin of the phrase I've come to the opinion that the phrase "Hear, Hear!" likely is a misquote of the original phrase, "Hear here!" which means to me to call attention to something someone has said and it fits with its common usage in conversation.

Nope, it's "Hear, hear"; location, as in 'here', has nothing to do with it.

https://whatis.techtarget.com/featur...e-or-hear-hear

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/here-here-vs-hear-hear/

[Toolmaker51]

Nope, it's "Hear, hear"; location, as in 'here', has nothing to do with it.

https://whatis.techtarget.com/featur...e-or-hear-hear

https://www.grammarly.com/blog/here-here-vs-hear-hear/

Lol, and why I rarely depend on speech to text. Semi-skilled typist with aversion to typo's.

[Jon]

[DIYSwede]

FWIW: https://www.urbandictionary.com/defi...=refridgerator

" A refrigerator keeps items in a state of frige, a word that has yet to be assigned a logical definition.
A refridgerator keeps items fridged and may continuously refridge this items, a well logical word."