What are you listening to right now?

[Ein Tyrion]

Band:Anberlin<br>Song:Cadence

[Gipper]

Thanks for the Ice Cream...oh, and now I am listening to the Linkin Park:Live in Texas album. But I still listen to Binaural...my math teacher is the bassist.

[LaconianShot]

Holy Diver- Ronnie James Dio

[Siren]

Stranger in a Strange Land- Iron Maiden

[Gipper]

Song: Home<br>Band: Three Days Grace<p>BTW Malakai, Kg? Why on earth would you use metrics?

[LaconianShot]

Because last time I checked, most of the countries on earth used it.

[Malakai]

<blockquote><i>Originally posted by Gipper</i><p>BTW Malakai, Kg? Why on earth would you use metrics?<br></blockquote><p>Simple, my boy. I'm Italian, and Italy uses the metric system just like the rest of europe. Sure I know pounds and ounces because I've lived in America for a while, but kilograms and meters still come to mind first.

[Tails99]

I hate pounds, ounces, feet, yards, miles, all of the Imperial(that is the term for it) measurements. I get metric much better<p>BTW, I'm American.

[Gipper]

What's to know? 16 oz. to a pound. Easy enough. Besides, 100 lbs. is more than 100 kg (something like 1.5x I think).

[Neo48]

Alice Cooper (feat. Rob Zombie) - Feed my Frankentstien

[Ein Tyrion]

band: Sunday's Best <br>song: Love My Friends, Hate My life

[Malakai]

<blockquote><i>Originally posted by Gipper</i><p>What's to know? 16 oz. to a pound. Easy enough. Besides, 100 lbs. is more than 100 kg (something like 1.5x I think).<br></blockquote><p>Gipper you've got it backwards.<br>1 kg=2.21 lbs<br>100 kg=221 lbs<p>Measuring by 10 is much easier than by 16, 12, 3, 1760, 5280, etc. In metrics you have two base numbers: 1 and 0. If you ever go into physics, chemistry, or mathematics you'll understand.

[Siren]

Indeed. Conversion and scientific notation in chemistry would be hell without the metric system...

[Gipper]

I was thinking distances for some reason (1 Km=.6 Mi). And to rebut your number theory, I don't have to remember all of those annoying prefixes. What <i>is</i> the difference between Deci- and Deca- anyway?<p>If you say I have to remember mile, pound, inch, ect., you have to remember liter, gram, meter, ect, so that is not a valid argument.<p>Plus there is a nice weight to volume conversion for liquid: 1 pt. = 1 lb. True for water and almost anything other than oil that you would need to measure on a regular basis.<p>Oh, and...<br>Beastie Boys:Brass Monkey<br><p>[size=small][Edit by Gipper on [TIME]1107568453[/TIME]][/size]

[LaconianShot]

No, metric system is infinitely more efficient. No obscure numbers to memorize. As Malakai said, easily remembered base numbers.<br>If you can't be bothered to remember the prefixes, then that <i>really</i> says something about yourself. Young kids of 10 years and even younger know the prefixes. Honest, it's nothing totally mind-boggling.<br><p>[size=small][Edit by LaconianShot on [TIME]1107568927[/TIME]][/size]