When everything is obviously scaled by feet?
Seriously though

Confused american is confused.
Iceland and China (Places where they develop this game) use meters and 80% of world population too.

When everything is obviously scaled by feet?
Seriously though

Confused american is confused.
Iceland and China (Places where they develop this game) use meters and 80% of world population too.

Using meters is standard for physics. It makes coding the physics engine easier.

The inside of the MCC is"27m" long, does that look like 88 ft to anyone?

No. It actually sounds like 88 ft, 6 18/25 in.

The english units need to be phased out for SI. I'm glad this game uses SI.

lol don't like the metric system?? you can always leave

only 3 countries don't use the metric system the US, liberia and burma. therefore your argument about the world using "feets" as measurements are wrong

lol don't like the metric system?? you can always leave

only 3 countries don't use the metric system the US, liberia and burma. therefore your argument about the world using "feets" as measurements are wrong

You're an idiot.

What the hell is up with all these Europeans thinking I'm some stupid American trying to claim our system is superior. Of course the metric system is better, only a moron would prefer the imperial system.

Now that we have that out of the way, look at the KITTEN game! What the game tells you is 30m is clearly not 30m, it's far closer to 30 feet. So since you're all oh so proud of the metric system, how about you ask CCP why they've decided to r*pe it?

Awh, I can derail this thread no further. He's let the cat out of the bag.

You're an idiot.

What the hell is up with all these Europeans thinking I'm some stupid American trying to claim our system is superior. Of course the metric system is better, only a moron would prefer the imperial system.

Now that we have that out of the way, look at the KITTEN game! What the game tells you is 30m is clearly not 30m, it's far closer to 30 feet. So since you're all oh so proud of the metric system, how about you ask CCP why they've decided to r*pe it?

lol what makes you think im European?

and really? you people take the games stat seriously??? i've never taken the game serious enough with its stats about how many meters this is etc etc

Yah, but who really cares about any of those other countries anyway? As far as I am concerned there's only two countries in the world the US and every where else. So, by my logic, half of the countries of the world use the imperial system. So :P

Should use a Base 12 system... much better.

...and my stomach thanks to subway...

No! Hexidecimal! Base 16! Hexidecimal is the numbering system of the GODS!

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Now that we have that out of the way, look at the KITTEN game! What the game tells you is 30m is clearly not 30m, it's far closer to 30 feet.

Blatant American Exceptionalism strikes again! It's almost as bad as religious fundamentalism.... almost.

Edit: no offense to anyone who happens to be either one though

What if... oh my god.

Wait, guys. Oh my-, wait. Just, just wait. Oh my god. Breathe. Oh man. I think I got it. I think I GOT IT! I understa- holy kitten. This is, great SCOTT, this is unbelievable.

What if, just. Just wait for it. Wait. What if, ready? What if we are all GIANTS, and 30m actually looks like 30 feet!

But OP is stupid if his complaint is that 30 meters looks like 30 feet. If so, he should be saying "Hey CCP, why does it say 30 meters when it looks like 10 meters?"

When everything is obviously scaled by feet?
Seriously though

Now that we have that out of the way, look at the KITTEN game! What the game tells you is 30m is clearly not 30m, it's far closer to 30 feet. So since you're all oh so proud of the metric system, how about you ask CCP why they've decided to r*pe it?

When everything is obviously scaled by feet?
Seriously though

Everything American sucks. Learn the Metric system.

Everything American sucks. Learn the Metric system.

When everything is obviously scaled by feet?
Seriously though

All speeds should be measured in furlongs per fortnight.

You learn to not need our help every 5 minutes then.

ALL OF EUROPE: "Oh no, whatever shall we do, there is another tinpot dictator at our doorstep?"

'MURICA: "Hmmm, looks like another idiot screwing with those guys I saved and am therefore responsible for."

AOE: "Oh yes sir, whatever you want sir, would you like our countries on a platter, or just in a to-go bag?"

'MURICA: "Okay, ass stomping boots... check. Democratic election framework plans... check. Good reason... eh, I'll figure it out on the way."

AOE: "oh if only there were some backbone leftover from the knights of old, left spinning in their graves due to what bureaucratic ninnies we've become, we could stop you tinpot!"

TINPOT: "Hahaha-"

*'MURICA Burst through the door, knocks TINPOT out*

AOE: "Thank you 'MURICA, you bunch of bible reading, gun toting, sociopaths. Get the hell out of here, we had this all squared away until you showed up!"

'MURICA: "Sure you did, kiddo. Call me when you need me again next week!"

*'MURRICA exit stage right*

AOE: "Thank god 'MURICA was here, but never let them know, it will go to their head. just keep with the insults."

*Curtain*

This hasn't been true since WWII, but I'll leave it at that instead of staring a debate on it. For the record, I'm American.

And they will never live that down. if someone is on your doorstep demanding you give everything to to them, do you entertain that notion?(appeasement)

America doesn't. We laugh in the uppity little bastard's face and slam the door, or wait until he steps just enough out of line to justify taking him down hard.

knew I should have left that line in there

the original version read the same, except for one difference

"America doesn't(current president notwithstanding)"

figured it would set off some kind of political firestorm, and it is waaay to early in the morning for that.

Just to throw this in here at the UK we are more messed up

we use both equally

if you ask people thier hieight they will say 6'3" and not 190cm same with car speed its 60 mph not 100 km

but all our food and stuff is sold in kg and ml except beer, when i lived in holland i felt cheated when i got a large beer and got 500ml, wheres my other 68ml :(

Because once upon a time a foot used to be a foot's length, in particular the king of england's. His thumb an Inch, his stride a yard, so on and so forth. When you got a new king however all the previous measurements had to be redone and people did not like this system at all. So the smart people who where between two kingdoms wanted to have a unit of measurement that would not change between two kings of two nations or generations.

So ledgend goes two scientist got a stick of iron, made two marks and between the two marks made 10 perfect marks and made those into perfect 10 sections of each as well. Thus a meter was born! The stick was then 'weigthed' and thus a kilogram, then the iron was smelted into a bowl and the water it contained was a liter!

You learn to not need our help every 5 minutes then.

ALL OF EUROPE: "Oh no, whatever shall we do, there is another tinpot dictator at our doorstep?"

'MURICA: "Hmmm, looks like another idiot screwing with those guys I saved and am therefore responsible for."

AOE: "Oh yes sir, whatever you want sir, would you like our countries on a platter, or just in a to-go bag?"

'MURICA: "Okay, ass stomping boots... check. Democratic election framework plans... check. Good reason... eh, I'll figure it out on the way."

AOE: "oh if only there were some backbone leftover from the knights of old, left spinning in their graves due to what bureaucratic ninnies we've become, we could stop you tinpot!"

TINPOT: "Hahaha-"

*'MURICA Burst through the door, knocks TINPOT out*

AOE: "Thank you 'MURICA, you bunch of bible reading, gun toting, sociopaths. Get the hell out of here, we had this all squared away until you showed up!"

'MURICA: "Sure you did, kiddo. Call me when you need me again next week!"

*'MURRICA exit stage right*

AOE: "Thank god 'MURICA was here, but never let them know, it will go to their head. just keep with the insults."

*Curtain*

So ledgend goes two scientist got a stick of iron, made two marks and between the two marks made 10 perfect marks and made those into perfect 10 sections of each as well. Thus a meter was born! The stick was then 'weigthed' and thus a kilogram, then the iron was smelted into a bowl and the water it contained was a liter!

So ledgend goes two scientist got a stick of iron, made two marks and between the two marks made 10 perfect marks and made those into perfect 10 sections of each as well. Thus a meter was born! The stick was then 'weigthed' and thus a kilogram, then the iron was smelted into a bowl and the water it contained was a liter!

Just did the math. A 1m long bar of iron, weighing 1kg, would have to be about 1cm in radius. That gives a volume of about 0.0064 m3 of iron. To hold 1 liter (0.001 m3), the radius of the bowl would need to be 0.078 m in radius. That gives a surface area of 0.0383 m2.

This means the bowl would have had to be 16cm thick. Nice bowl.

Actually, a metre was originally 1 ten-millionth of the distance between the equator and the north pole. It has been further refined over time as measuring equipment became more accurate. Nowadays it is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299,792,458 of a second.

A gram was originally defined as the mass of water 1cm cubed at a temperature of 4 degrees C, making a kilogram the same mass as a litre of water. From this a prototype kilogram was manufactured.

lol don't like the metric system?? you can always leave

only 3 countries don't use the metric system the US, liberia and burma. therefore your argument about the world using "feets" as measurements are wrong

I need a slow clap gif for this. Well done, sir.

I will state this though, America flipped to metric would screw its economy over. Transportation costs would be the most fubared followed by sales of other liquids such as milk.

Just did the math. A 1m long bar of iron, weighing 1kg, would have to be about 1cm in radius. That gives a volume of about 0.0064 m3 of iron. To hold 1 liter (0.001 m3), the radius of the bowl would need to be 0.078 m in radius. That gives a surface area of 0.0383 m2.

This means the bowl would have had to be 16cm thick. Nice bowl.

When everything is obviously scaled by feet?
Seriously though

What if... oh my god.

Wait, guys. Oh my-, wait. Just, just wait. Oh my god. Breathe. Oh man. I think I got it. I think I GOT IT! I understa- holy kitten. This is, great SCOTT, this is unbelievable.

What if, just. Just wait for it. Wait. What if, ready? What if we are all GIANTS, and 30m actually looks like 30 feet!

When everything is obviously scaled by feet?
Seriously though

Well its a silly story that was tossed around science classes never went over the history of it.

I will state this though, America flipped to metric would screw its economy over. Transportation costs would be the most fubared followed by sales of other liquids such as milk.

So I learned a few interesting things from this thread.

1. Everyone but the guy who started the thread failed to actually read and comprehend the first post, and took it the wrong way.
2. It took over a page and a half for anyone to notice he spelt "metres" wrong.

I'm sorry. Does the world have to revolve around the imperial system of measurements rather than the metric system of measurement?

Thank you for not being an idiot
But about #2, "metres" is just one of those words we Americans spell differently, I changed it in the title anyway.

You're an idiot.

What the hell is up with all these Europeans thinking I'm some stupid American trying to claim our system is superior. Of course the metric system is better, only a moron would prefer the imperial system.

Now that we have that out of the way, look at the KITTEN game! What the game tells you is 30m is clearly not 30m, it's far closer to 30 feet. So since you're all oh so proud of the metric system, how about you ask CCP why they've decided to r*pe it?

it did require me to read more than 3 lines of text which was a push (one too far for most others clearly)

Well, that escalated quickly. I saw this before work and was thinking something like, "Because they want to give you the impression that DUST 514 is poetry in motion, and not your average pedestrian shooter..."

But, well, I did a little experimenting by pacing of 30 feet and squinted at various things like cars and passers by and buildings while holding my hands up in front of my face to get that real FPS perspective and it seems the game is fairly accurate. 30 meters (I am a bloody yank, after all) is not very far away. 30 feet is basically right up in your face. Especially if you are standing in the street and squinting at oncoming traffic, or, well, an LAV.

The Metric System is scientific too. Doing engineering calculations where there are pounds-force and pounds-mass is just odd.

Odd?

i'd say more unpleasant then odd

I'm english and ask a british person how they have their milk and beer.

ypu are making less sense then usual 4447

Always as smart as the person above

or below

ypu are making less sense then usual 4447