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Old 04-22-2014, 05:49 PM
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Originally Posted by Juevento [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
As someone in a technical field, I hate the metric system. I have absolutely zero frame of reference for metric units (i.e. length, force, pressure, energy, etc). With imperial units I have an innate understanding of what a lbf, psi, btu are.

Having said that milliseconds aren't necessarily metric as they are used in all unit systems.
how is a foot pound or a british thermal unit more intuitive than a joule
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