The U.S. is one of only 3 countries that…

[CraigV]

Does anyone know the answer? When you find out what the other two countries are, the answer will astound you.

 

[adwilk]

The U.S. is one of only 3 countries that...

Alex is still allowed in?

 

[jamie2112]

No I don't know.....astound me..

 

[adk highlander]

Only three countries (Burma (Myanmar), Liberia, and the United States) have yet to adopt the International System of Units as their official system of measurement.

Oh I'm astounded.

Google is your friend.

 

[mike c]

Only three countries (Burma (Myanmar), Liberia, and the United States) have yet to adopt the International System of Units as their official system of measurement.

Oh I'm astounded.

Google is your friend.

and for those who are too lazy to look it up ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_System_of_Units

it's the mm instead of inch way of measurement.

 

[Djizasse]

At least you drive on the RIGHT side of the road

 

[Adam]

it's the mm instead of inch way of measurement.

Real men don't need to measure in millimeters.

[Begins to lobby congress to adopt SI units. ]

 

[Adam]

Alex is still allowed in?

Bastard. I just about hurt myself trying not to laugh out loud at that (I'm still at work, but about to head home).

 

[CraigV]

Only three countries (Burma (Myanmar), Liberia, and the United States) have yet to adopt the International System of Units as their official system of measurement.

Oh I'm astounded.

Google is your friend.

Cheater

That would be it. I can’t believe it frankly. I’ve been trying to get use to the metric way by changing my thermometers to C, my GPS is set to kilometers, and I’m trying to get use to measuring everything I can in the system the rest of the civilized world uses. I don’t know how many of you follow space news (a big passion of mine) but there have been several vehicles & landers lost because some engineers were using the metric system, and some the old imperial system, resulting in crashed landers. I’m amazed we haven’t even started making the transition yet. We should have been teaching this to our kids for years now.

 

[Sheep]

Excuse me while I drink my Liter Cola.

SheepStar

 

[jamie2112]

Excuse me while I drink my Liter Cola.

SheepStar

The snozberries taste like snozberries..........its the cops here eat these...and these and this...great opening scene..
whats a liter cola? do we have liter cola?I peed myself a little when he goes over the counter...too funny

 

[trnqk7]

I learned it in school about 15 years ago-throughout elementary, middle, and high school. It's just that there's no reason to use it in day to day life b/c everyone else in the US uses feet and inches. I used it throughout college too-engineers love base ten systems However, honestly, a kilometer means nothing to me...does it to you?

 

[gmichael]

When I was in grammer school (1969) we were told that we would convert to the Metric system within the next ten years.
Must be the new math.

 

[mike c]

we use both. officially, on blueprints, we use the metric system. but the actual material specifications are mostly in inches.

we use KPH though.

 

[lsiberian]

I learned it in school about 15 years ago-throughout elementary, middle, and high school. It's just that there's no reason to use it in day to day life b/c everyone else in the US uses feet and inches. I used it throughout college too-engineers love base ten systems However, honestly, a kilometer means nothing to me...does it to you?

Speak for yourself. We prefer base 8 or 16 systems in computer science.

 

[mperfct]

Speak for yourself. We prefer base 8 or 16 systems in computer science.

well, we're (IT peeps) not exactly the measuring stick that we should compare the general population against, agree?

 

[aberkowitz]

Hey- at least we're not Canadian!!

 

[gmichael]

Hey- at least we're not Canadian!!

Or afraid of the dark.

 

[Mike JL]

Speak for yourself. We prefer base 8 or 16 systems in computer science.

Real IT guys prefer base 2.

 

[jliedeka]

I'm a programmer so I'm okay with binary, octal or hex.

That said, after high school chemistry (many moons ago), I can't understand why we still use Imperial measurements. As a DIY speaker builder, it's not important because I learned the Google trick. Just type "20 liters in cubic feet" into the Google search box and it will translate the units. That works for everything I have tried.

Jim