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Metric II
StressGuy Sorry I couldn't include all the reasons in a post like this, as there are just so many. All I can do it state some of the advantages without providing the detailed tables and examples. I would be happy to provide much more by email if you wish, but for now will jsut stick to...- unc
- Post #28
- Forum: Where is Engineering Going In The Next 5 Years
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Metric II
corus You have ignored totally the items you can't refute, in particular that 1/3 would be 0.4 exactly. Unless you are prepared to look at ALL of the advantages, citing a single item as a counterargument is just ducking the question of which system is better.- unc
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- Forum: Where is Engineering Going In The Next 5 Years
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Metric II
makeup I,m not saying the old measures weren't good, just that they can be improved beyond what even the metric system provides. A set of measures with a consistent increase in magnitude (as in the metric system) but with advantages not found in the decimal based metric system. Division by...- unc
- Post #20
- Forum: Where is Engineering Going In The Next 5 Years
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Metric II
HgTX Apologies for my inadequate explanation but to describe the proposal in a short post is perhaps unfair to readers. However I shall try to end your frustration. "Are you advocating shifting to an entirely base-12 number system? "10" would mean twelve, etc.?" Yes I am. There is nothing...- unc
- Post #19
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Metric II
in reply to epoisses. Where did I say the French invented base 10? All I said was that they made the mistake of using base 10 when they introduced the metric system. They could just as easily taken a harder look at the decimal system and extended it to a duodecimal system with the addition of...- unc
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I posted the following in the original Metric thread before I noticed this newer thread so here it is again. I have read nearly all these posts and have noticed many pros and cons for both metric and Imperial/Customary systems of measures. It would seem to me that neither system is ideal in all...- unc
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