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i think he was reffering to the cold...

 

Pansy, you think a mere 0 C is cold for diving.

Try diving at 0 K. If you were a real man, you wouldn't need anything but a scuba tank for that. You would probably need some uber-dry-suit with a behemoth heater. Wimp.

 

Icky, I'm not sure this is happening to anyone else, but ever since you got that damnable custom display you've turned into an idiot. You're posting the stupidest shit, and you're getting very arguementative and annoying.

 

0 K is a temperature. Of course, no one has actually REACHED it yet though. They've gotten really close, but not quite there. Once you dived in to a 0 K pool of water though, I don't think it would be 0 K anymore.

 

is that -273 celsius?

 

No. No, I don't believe it is.

 

Yes, you're correct wolf. If you want to convert from K to C, just subtact 273 degrees.

 

CENTIGRADE!!! *slaps self* Never mind.

 

Same difference.

 

I think it's actually -273.3 degrees Celsius, but yeah...Celsius is clearly superior to Fahrenheit, and the metric system is better than the imperial one. Now, if only the USA would catch up with the rest of the civilised world...

 

i wish. although converting everything would be a bitch. but i'm constantly amazed by the dumbasses who can't seem to grasp the metric system. it's not like it's hard. maybe if we reminded people it's just like money...

 

Jar, the USA is working to 'catch up', but that would mean that all new cars would need new measurement instruments, all highway signs would need to be changed, most home equipment would have to be repurchased. If you send each USA family a thousand dollars, we'll be converted in no time. Until then, you'll just hafta dip your steaming balls in some cold water and wait.

 

I wish we converted to metrics too. It would make talking about measurement with people of other countries MUCH easier.

 

Why does it fucking matter? There's nothing wrong with the Imperial system, and like xento said, it would be a cast-iron bitch to change all the measurements in the country. Not only road signs and car dashboard read-outs, but all public records pertaining to the measurement of ANYTHING would have to be changed. Birth certificates, driver's licenses, blueprints, etc. That would just be ridiculous. I think it may be too late to switch over, but don't lose hope: the US Military already did it. That proves that nobody is too stupid for the metric system, it just needs to be beaten into them.

 

If people start gradually introducing it, it will happen. I bet in a few decades, kids will be learning to read 24 hour clocks and ONLY 24 hour clocks. Besides, when compared to the efficiency of the metric system, the imperial system sucks. It takes a lot longer to convert inches to miles than centimetres to kilometres.

 

Okay, you're right that the metric system is more efficient and in effect easier ot use, but everyone in this country already knows how to convert inches to miles, etc, or they are just idiots. I definitely support the 24-hour clock, I already use it on my cell phone. People get pissed when they ask the time and I say, "Oh, it's 17:35."

 

If the clock's not digital i can't read the fucking thing... well that's not entirely accurate, if it's not something simple, like actually resting on a number it usually takes me about 10-15 seconds to actually count just how far each hand is around the face. I don't even wear a watch anymore and haven't for about 6-7 years now, ever since i got a mobile which has a clock in the corner of the display screen thingy

 

It took me nineteen years to actually become proficient in reading analog clocks; I used to have to stare at the thing for half a minute or more before I could read it. Then, suddenly, I can read analogs by second nature.

 

all the schools i grew up in were poor and ghetto as hell... so they all had regular clocks. reading 'em is easy for me. of course, now i have a cell phone, and that's even easier... viva le laziness!!!