DOOM: Metric system

[Eirikur]

Gammons have no issues with this obviously


Oh and OP KUATB https://forums.contractoruk.com/brex...ial-units.html

[SueEllen]

Gammons have no issues with this obviously


Oh and OP KUATB https://forums.contractoruk.com/brex...ial-units.html

WTF is that?

Just do things in 10s it's easy to work out.

[d000hg]

WTF is that?

Just do things in 10s it's easy to work out.

It's about time we metricised computers. 8 bits to a byte, what sort of ridiculous old fashioned system is that

[ladymuck]

Aren't you forgetting the mothers who may feel a little bit different when getting sewn back up!

ouch!

[Lance]

It's about time we metricised computers. 8 bits to a byte, what sort of ridiculous old fashioned system is that

But why base 10???
The only reason we use base is we have 10 digits.
Ignore the thumbs and octal is fine. And Octal works better when you only have 1s and 0s (not so well as binary but it's more human readable).

Bring back base 8.... I learned it at school before hex or binary.

[SueEllen]

It's about time we metricised computers. 8 bits to a byte, what sort of ridiculous old fashioned system is that

It's not f***ing random like that chart.

3 barleycorns to an inch
12 inches to a foot
3 foot to a yard
1160 yards to a mile
3 miles to 1 league

4 farthings to 1 pence
12 pence to a shilling
20 shillings to a pound

16 ounces to a pound
14 pounds to a stone
2 stones to a quarter
4 quarters to a hundred weight
20 hundred weights to a ton

It is just a load of random numbers.

[WTFH]

We need to get rid of Arabic numbers as well.
Bring back Roman Numerals. If it was good enough for the Romans, we should use it. Oh, no, wait, the Romans were Italian, which means the were European.

We need a new numbering system.

As a side comment, is it interesting that Boris wants to water down the ministerial code so that sexual predators, liars, etc can keep their jobs as MPs and then Mark Francois suddenly comes out of hiding and starts doing interviews again.

[WTFH]

It's not f***ing random like that chart.

3 barleycorns to an inch
12 inches to a foot
3 foot to a yard
1160 yards to a mile
3 miles to 1 league

4 farthings to 1 pence
12 pence to a shilling
20 shillings to a pound

16 ounces to a pound
14 pounds to a stone
2 stones to a quarter
4 quarters to a hundred weight
20 hundred weights to a ton

It is just a load of random numbers.

Wait till they decide to sell petrol by the gallon again, and the faithful find out how much it costs (£7.41 a gallon round here). Time to buy shares in sign companies.

[WTFH]

Wait till they decide to sell petrol by the gallon again, and the faithful find out how much it costs (£7.41 a gallon round here). Time to buy shares in sign companies.

Sorry, I need to correct that:
£7 8s 2½d

[GJABS]

4 farthings to 1 pence
12 pence to a shilling
20 shillings to a pound

Contractor day rates in shillings per day would be interesting to see. Well probably farthings in my case