Ipad will have lightning?

[ericrwalker]

That's crazy talk! Next you'll tell me that 35 degrees is a heat wave instead of nearly freezing!

LOL exactly

I use the Kelvin scale, and 35 degrees is just a little too cold for me.

I prefer it somewhere closer to 300 degrees.

 

[rsnapeuk]

Without doubt!

 

[Julien]

LOL exactly

I use the Kelvin scale, and 35 degrees is just a little too cold for me.

I prefer it somewhere closer to 300 degrees.

I prefer about 295 Kelvin. Also Kelvin is not in º's (degrees). This is very often mistaken, even in scientific papers.

...Unlike the degree Fahrenheit and degree Celsius, the kelvin is not referred to or typeset as a degree....

 

[dasx]

I hear this a lot and I believe it to be incorrect. When I watch BBC shows they are often using miles, pints, stone, pounds, and gallons, so I don't think it's the ENTIRE WORLD except the USA. At the very least the UK uses it too.

What's really confusing is the car stuff, where cars are rated in miles per gallon yet petrol seems to be sold in liters (or "litres" I guess).

The Imperial system is clearly worse than the metric system, but I'd argue that using mixed systems is even worse than using the Imperial system alone!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system#Units_outside_the_SI

Usage around the world:
(Only US and two (2!) places I can't name don't use the metric system)

EDIT: Checked google maps. Those other 2 places seem to be Liberia and Myanmar.

 

[Julien]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_system#Units_outside_the_SI....

....but we actually do use it more than most people realize.

Most packaged drinks, wine & liquor, car engines, foot/bike/swimming races, food nutrition labels, wrenches, sockets and other tools, film, medical.......

 

[ericrwalker]

I prefer about 295 Kelvin. Also Kelvin is not in º's (degrees). This is very often mistaken, even in scientific papers.

I was actually thinking about that when I said 300 degrees. I almost wrote 300 kelvin, but it sounded good when I said 300 degrees (to fit in with the rest of the conversation). Interesting info, thanks.

 

[dasx]

....but we actually do use it more than most people realize.

Most packaged drinks, wine & liquor, car engines, foot/bike/swimming races, food nutrition labels, wrenches, sockets and other tools, film, medical.......

I'd say it's present although not commonly used. I guess the real question here would be why sticking to the imperial units when even its inventors switched to the metric system (officially at least, I know it'll take more time for everyone to use it). It's like the UK driving in the left with their steering wheels at the right and saying it's just the rest of the world who does it the wrong way.

 

[ActionableMango]

I'd say it's present although not commonly used. I guess the real question here would be why sticking to the imperial units when even its inventors switched to the metric system (officially at least, I know it'll take more time for everyone to use it). It's like the UK driving in the left with their steering wheels at the right and saying it's just the rest of the world who does it the wrong way.

But I don't think the inventors have, officially.

Watch BBC some time where they are driving. The speed limit signs show MPH.

Look at this Ford UK website. It shows the government fuel rating in MPG.

Miles? Gallons? Doesn't sound like metric to me.

 

[soleilvie]

Is this thread about lightning or the metric system?!

What is the likelihood that the new iPad (iPad 3) will be updated this year to support the new connector? Or is it more likely that this will happen for the next generation iPad?

 

[dasx]

But I don't think the inventors have, officially.

Watch BBC some time where they are driving. The speed limit signs show MPH.

Look at this Ford UK website. It shows the government fuel rating in MPG.

Miles? Gallons? Doesn't sound like metric to me.

Actually they've adopted the metric system officially. Thing is this stuff takes years to adapt and people will keep using the imperial units for a long time. My guess is at the beginning both systems are just gonna to co-exist.

 

[Julien]

...What is the likelihood that the new iPad (iPad 3) will be updated this year to support the new connector? Or is it more likely that this will happen for the next generation iPad?

If I were going to bet I would put money on the latter.

 

[drambuie]

Ton is usually 1000kg

No, 1000 kg is a tonne, or metric ton, equal to 2204.6 lbs. A ton is a plain old 1000 lbs. There's also a long ton = 2240 lbs, and a short ton = 2000 lbs. So, not all tons are the same, and that's the long and short of it.

I guess if you're buying a ton of something, you'd better be sure what kind of ton it is.

 

[Breaking Good]

Very true. I remember back in the 1970's, the US tried to introduce the metric system in everyday life. They also began teaching it when I was in school. For whatever reason, it never caught on. I really wish that it had since the metric system is so much more straightforward.

And we wonder why our children are behind the rest world in science and math.

 

[Julien]

...I guess if you're buying a ton of something, you'd better be sure what kind of ton it is.

....but if I buy a pound of feathers why does it weigh more than a pound of gold?

 

[maflynn]

The thread is beyond derailed