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The rest of the world uses SI units, why would you expect anything else in the international edition?
by sjf 7y ago
The rest of the world uses SI units, why would you expect anything else in the international edition?
- hueving 7y agoBecause any competent engineer should be able to work with both interchangeably.
- dannyw 7y agoIf you ask any competent engineer in Australia to work with imperial units, they will go whaaat.
- jhoh 7y agoIf you ask any competent engineer outside the US to work with imperial units, they will go whaaat.
- lugg 7y agoAnd almost all of the world uses SI units, so why would you expect anything else in the international edition? I.e, all you've given us is a reason to only ever use SI. Which isn't really what your intention was, was it? (I'm aware non SI is useful in some contexts.)
- BrandoElFollito 7y agoWhich contexts? I used to be a physicist so voodoo around constants so that we end up mass having energy units was common but I cannot think off my head of problems better where imperial units are easier. There are certainly, I am genuinely curious which.
- e12e 7y agoWell, it's easy to remember that the speed of light is roughly 1.8 terafurlongs per fortnight...
- BrandoElFollito 7y agoI thought it was a joke but it is not. And "roughly" here is actually "very close to". Now I know what imperial units are useful for, thanks.
- nraynaud 7y agoit's the link with money that I found interesting, $100 for the american units (I mean American book have problems in both system of units, aerospace, military and engineering for science tend to work in metric) and $30 for the SI unit only.