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Isn't the fact that the rest of the world uses those definitions an advantage in and of itself? What is there to be gained by being inconsistent? Relevant pict
by manish_gill 13y ago
Isn't the fact that the rest of the world uses those definitions an advantage in and of itself? What is there to be gained by being inconsistent?
Relevant picture I found on twitter: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bdp2YLFCIAAM1Dy.png https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Bdp2YLFCIAAM1Dy.png
- edvinbesic 13y agoWhich is precisely the reason why the US military has adopted the metric system.
- adolph 13y agoMetric mils? Ha!
- raldi 13y agoWhat's that a map of, countries that have placed a man on the moon?
- reubenmorais 13y agoI think it's a map of countries that lost a 125 million dollars Mars probe after failing to properly convert between imperial and metric units.
- raldi 13y agoExactly! This is why it's dangerous and irresponsible to allow the metric system into your space program.