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Topic	Have you thanked Ronald Reagan yet for stopping the US Metric System Conversion?
Cheese_Crackers 06/03/17 12:18:16 AM #15:	Damn_Underscore posted... Pounds, feet, and fahrenheit are more precise than kilograms, meters, and celsius, therefore the imperial versions are better Where are you getting that from? If anything, you could argue that metric is more precise because the imperial units are defined in terms of the metric ones. Officially, 1 inch is precisely 2.54cm. On the other hand, there's nothing stopping you from defining 1cm as precisely 1/2.54 inches, but neither is better or more accurate than the other. --- Though the fear of death is a common one, the fear of life is a more rational one. <cite>Cheese_Crackers posted [p:880312339] in Have you t... [t:75415971]...</cite> <quote><cite>Damn_Underscore posted...</cite> <quote>Pounds, feet, and fahrenheit are more precise than kilograms, meters, and celsius, therefore the imperial versions are better</quote> Where are you getting that from? If anything, you could argue that metric is more precise because the imperial units are defined in terms of the metric ones. Officially, 1 inch is precisely 2.54cm. On the other hand, there's nothing stopping you from defining 1cm as precisely 1/2.54 inches, but neither is better or more accurate than the other. --- Though the fear of death is a common one, the fear of life is a more rational one.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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