Fahrenheit, the temperature scale, come in.

[Hakaku]

Who invented the metre? Did he just wake up one day and say 'I'm going to create a unit of measurement and it's going to be this big.' and proceeds to hold out his arms?

Rofl. Not even close, in fact it's the opposite reason. The metric system was invented to replace all of the many other systems of units already in use. As far as I know, the metric system is not only based on distance, but also weights and other factors. It's also highly based on water. In all, the metric system since the 18th century has changed to become probably the most precise system existing and is used by most scientist.

Also, check this site for more info, it's not long but it's pretty interesting :/


0°Kelvin (the hypothetical temperature to which all atoms cease to move) = -273.15°Celcius ^-^

[Rigor]

Rofl. Not even close, in fact it's the opposite reason. The metric system was invented to replace all of the many other systems of units already in use. As far as I know, the metric system is not only based on distance, but also weights and other factors. It's also highly based on water. In all, the metric system since the 18th century has changed to become probably the most precise system existing and is used by most scientist.

Also, check this site for more info, it's not long but it's pretty interesting :/


0°Kelvin (the hypothetical temperature to which all atoms cease to move) = -273.15°Celcius ^-^

owned

[DoTheFandango]

Yeah, you know what I hate, when people are different. I mean shit, what losers trying to be unique and shit.

Fuck them.

[Ilya]

RATTY hates our freedom

[Galleleo]

What freedom? Bush is having your phones tapped, illegal, you have no freedom.

[DoTheFandango]

Shut up, we have the freedom of choice, freedom of religion, freedom of speech and expression.

[Ilya]

Galleleo if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem.

[DoTheFandango]

A.K.A Terrorist.

[Fit of Rage]

Who invented the metre? Did he just wake up one day and say 'I'm going to create a unit of measurement and it's going to be this big.' and proceeds to hold out his arms?

From my chem book:

French Scientists who set up the metric system defined the meter as 1/10,000,000 the distance from the equator (through Paris) to the North Pole. The meter was later redefined as the distance between two fine lines engraved on a corrosion-resistant metal bar kept at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France. Fear that the bar would be damaged by war led to the adoption of an exact, unchanging, universally availible atomic standard: 1,650,763.73 wavelengths of orange-red light from electrically excited krypton atoms. The current standard is even more reliable: 1 meter is the distance light travels in a vacuum in 1/299,792,458 second.

[Riesen]

freedom of speech

That's why you can't say, "fuck" on TV, right?

Also, we went metric back in the 70s for what seemed like a day. It didn't work. You get used to certain things, and after doing something for 200 years, you keep using it.

[PH]

From my chem book: (quote block)

You forgot the clever.gif on the end.

[Pressure Drop]

http://forums.trenchwars.org/showpos...5&postcount=14

[Galleleo]

Shut up, we have the freedom of choice, freedom of religion, freedom of speech and expression.

Ow, so when you chose to be a muslim and you are auto suspect.. that's freedom, when you say the word bomb over a phone and it get's auto tapped, that's freedom.

Ok, well have fun!

[Mr. Peanuts]

yes thats right isnt it

[RATTY...]

If the americans updated to celcius, wouldn't it be smart that the rest of the world also use the metric system to mesure things?

1 inches = 2.54 centimeter

Sorry, the rest of the world are already using the metric system, mainly you and the brits left.

To the kid that quoted me, I never said the americans made it, I said they were using it.