Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote
by sonnyblarney on Monday November 19, 2018 @03:37AM
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I didn't say anything about Imperial being more precise.
I'm saying it's often more useful.
1 cup mix, 1 cup milk + 1 egg.
1 pint of beer.
1 teaspoon of sugar.
These are things everyone can understand.
You can put the ml on the side of the label.
"That guy is 6 feet tall, about 180 lbs."
Is better than metric for most people.
"I'll have a glass of wine" instead of "I'll have 240 ml of wine"
Any one of you who orders beer by the 'ml' can keep arguing with me, but I suspect you all order 'pints' in which case you should consider for a moment why you do that.
I'm saying it's often more useful.
1 cup mix, 1 cup milk + 1 egg.
1 pint of beer.
1 teaspoon of sugar.
These are things everyone can understand.
You can put the ml on the side of the label.
"That guy is 6 feet tall, about 180 lbs."
Is better than metric for most people.
"I'll have a glass of wine" instead of "I'll have 240 ml of wine"
Any one of you who orders beer by the 'ml' can keep arguing with me, but I suspect you all order 'pints' in which case you should consider for a moment why you do that.