Discussion of Numerical Punctuation

[Brando]

I poured gills in London. Have a gill of Irish Whiskey for me. Scotch will work fine too.

 

[McRat]

158gr JHP

 

[ggr]

I have never seen measurements in centiliters, deciliters, dekaliters or hectaliters.

The standard unit for blood sugar measurement in the US is mg/dL (milligrams per deciLiter). Ask me how I know :-(. Note that this is the same as centigrams per Liter.

 

[cpa]

I think this thread wouldn't be complete without a discussion of Phonetic Punctuation)

Like Victor Borge's classic routine?

 

[ggr]

There is nothing wrong with Mg. Who says it should not be used?

The approved unit is Tonne.

 

[ohmman]

I generally hate Metric

I can't even fathom this.

 

[e-FTW]

I can't even fathom this.

Ooooh, I thought that was in reference to the band Metric. Thanks for clarifying.

 

[HankLloydRight]

In a humorous vein, I would like to see the resurrection of the grain, gill, rod, chain, rood, bushel, peck, and dry quarts and gallons. We could have some real fun!

How about furlongs per fortnight?

 

[Zaxxon]

Come on, give him sympathy...

 

[deonb]

We had a metric system segment in math when I was in grade school in the early '60s.

We learned all these prefixes: milli, centi, deci, deka, hecta, kilo.

Yet 55 years later many of them are never used to my knowledge.

Millimeter, Centimeter, Decibel, Dekagram (just "Deka" in Austria), Hectare, Kilometer.

All commonly used. Might just need to travel some more .

 

[N5329K]

I can't even fathom this.

Just cube-it. Then it makes more sense.
Robin

 

[Acho]

Indidentally, this is one case where one ton and one megagram (1Mg) are both approximately similar measurements, and one of the rare cases where I think the Metric system isn't as bad as it is in other areas (temperature, length measurements, etc.). But, Metric being a piece of crap as always, I look it up and find out that "megagram" isn't supposed to be used, and instead, some inconsistent anti-math atrocity is mandated by the Metric System. Ok, so Metric sucks as always! Screw them. I extend the most benign of peace offerings to the Metric System, and it comes back and bites me like a rabid dog. Damn it to hell!

With all my respect Metric is way more math cinsisten than standard. It makes way more sense and the units are clear and easily convertible.

Just saying

 

[jgs]

How about furlongs per fortnight?

An early draft of what became ISO-10589 (the Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System routeing protocol) specced all the timers in microfortnights. (It turns out a microfortnight is pretty close to a second, 1.2096 seconds to be precise.)

 

[HankLloydRight]

What's the next gen Roadster 0-60 in fortnights?

 

[ggr]

An early draft of what became ISO-10589 (the Intermediate System-to-Intermediate System routeing protocol) specced all the timers in microfortnights. (It turns out a microfortnight is pretty close to a second, 1.2096 seconds to be precise.)

A nano-C (speed of light that is) is 1.08 km/h. Most speedometers are only required to be accurate to +/- 10%.

 

[arcus]

Here: Metric 4 US - Why Metric is the Better System