Your favorite units of measurement

[Markness]

As a chemist I feel obligated to say the 'Mole'... If you don't know what it actually is, it sounds ridiculous when people start talking about measurements in little brown furry creatures...

Yay, now I fell all included because I learnt what that was last week in chemistry (yr 11).

Also correct me if I'm wrong but I thought S.I units were just the metric system and didn't inlude anything else. Anyway I love the simple 10 x = 1 y for the metric system instead of 12 x = 1 y (inches and feet) or 5280 feet to the mile whats going on here?

Edit: Purple Rain, I think hes trying to say stone might sound weird to us because we don't use stone as a weight measurement ie: Australians using the metric system might not know what a stone is (as a measurement).

Edit2: Or it's possible I'm digging myself into a hole, arrrrrrrrrhhhh, Cobra's!!!!!!!!

 

[DeadpanLunatic]

I have removed my words from this site.

 

[Markness]

My favourite unit of measurement?
The Olf, its used for measuring stench.
1 Olf= The smell of a man who is having 0.7 baths per day

I sincerly hope you just made that up. Also what about other factors such as use of deoderant and/or recent physical exercise.

If you were making a joke whoops, I'm not really sure after the I looked up siemens on wikipedia and it was true.

Going to sleep now.

 

[cleverlymadeup]

Edit: We also have the same problem with languages, where everyone is convinced that all other peoples should learn English, instead of taking the time to learn to speak a new language.

In all fairness, Great Britain made English the universal trade language long before our country was ever dreamt up... We just don't want to change it. Hell, 3/4 of the world speaks English, why SHOULD that change? (Not as a primary language, but it is the primary language of Aviation, and most scientific words in other languages are slight changes of their english counterpart, if they even bother to change the spelling...)

actually i'll kill 2 birds weighing one stone here

the international language up till recently (50 years at the most) was french believe it or not, this was also used in diplomacy and aviation

as for americans learning other languages, from what i've seen it's just them speaking english slower and louder, the tempo and volume changes depending on the language they are trying to speak

 

[DeadpanLunatic]

I have removed my words from this site.

 

[Mythbhavd]

The Cubit (18 inches) for the win. It makes about as much sense as the Stone (14lbs).

 

[posom2]

tacticity is cool. also dyne isn't used anymore, but it's still cool

 

[ThaBenMan]

About the stone - my bad, I just figured Australia used it as well. And I was saying it would sound weird because it would be a common, banal thing to those that actually use it.

 

[number2301]

I find it really strange that Americans' don't use stones but use pounds. That's like using inches but not feet. 100 pounds or whatever to weigh someone is just stupid.

Metric horsepower does exist, PS, which stands for Pferdestärke (or Horsepower) and it equals somewhere near 0.9hp. But kW is the proper way to measure power.

 

[Ancalagon]

I like Scovilles, used to measure the piquancy of chillis, and also the Erg. Just for the way it sounds.

 

[jamiemac]

The Pint. Just because it implies Beer

 

[Voodoo Child]

The Tesla. Magnetinc flux density ftw, man.

Seconded.

Also, if we're gonna go into fictional ones, I've always loved the Rel, even though it's very ill-defined.

EDIT: My favourite slang unit is "As long as a piece of string."

 

[Joeshie]

Edit: We also have the same problem with languages, where everyone is convinced that all other peoples should learn English, instead of taking the time to learn to speak a new language.

In all fairness, Great Britain made English the universal trade language long before our country was ever dreamt up... We just don't want to change it. Hell, 3/4 of the world speaks English, why SHOULD that change? (Not as a primary language, but it is the primary language of Aviation, and most scientific words in other languages are slight changes of their english counterpart, if they even bother to change the spelling...)

actually i'll kill 2 birds weighing one stone here

the international language up till recently (50 years at the most) was french believe it or not, this was also used in diplomacy and aviation

as for americans learning other languages, from what i've seen it's just them speaking english slower and louder, the tempo and volume changes depending on the language they are trying to speak

English is largely the "universal language" largely due to Great Britians colonization and the scientific progress of the United Stated post-WWII. Most science columns and papers were published by English speakers and so it was in many peoples best interest to pick up and learn English. The spread of American and British culture post-WWII also facilitated the process.

 

[Melaisis]

I'm a traditional sort of guy, so I'll have to go with the Calvin [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/208709].

 

[ThaBenMan]

The Pint. Just because it implies Beer

haha, nice

 

[propertyofcobra]

Metric, by far.
Now if only the US of A would stop being so archaic and stupid about their measurements.
Imperial? Fahrenheit? What the hell, man? What's wrong with Metric and Celsius? The scientific community, and most of the free world, use them. Stop being difficult!

After metric, however, I have to admit my fondness for the good old "Fuck" system.
Twice as much of X as you could ever concievably need is a Fuckload. (Where X is anything between "Toothpaste on that toothbrush" and "SCUD Launchers")
Two Fuckloads is a Metric Fuckload.
Two Metric fuckloads is a fuckton.
Two fucktons is a Metric Fuckton.
Ergo, a few metric fucktons of explosives and ammo means that your "Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction" plan is on the right way.

 

[Lukeje]

The Pint. Just because it implies Beer

In that case, the 'Quart' would be even better...

 

[Meshakhad_v1legacy]

The unit of evil: the kilonazi, as used here:

http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0489.html