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PlainName:

--- Quote ---Decimal is the only sensible way to make measurements and do calculations
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Pity no-one told computers and electronics.

sleemanj:

--- Quote from: TimFox on June 01, 2022, 03:57:19 pm ---I asked the young lady for "six tenths of a pound".  No response.
I then asked her for "zero point six pounds".  No response.
Repeat:  "zero point six pounds, like it reads out on the scale".  No response.

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They were waiting for you to call it what it is, 600 millipounds.

Ian.M:

--- Quote from: IanB on June 01, 2022, 07:09:14 pm ---I don't think it's entirely about programming. It would be so confusing. Suppose your receipt said this: "0 lb 8.5 oz at $8.99/lb thus $4.76"

Can you imagine the confusion? How could you ever check whether you had been charged the correct amount without a calculator?

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Then you've failed maths, and cant handle even basic mental arithmetic.  8 oz is half a pound, rounding to $9/lb that's $4.50
The additional half ounce is near enough 1/30 lb, so $0.30
TOTAL: $4.80 which is within a nickel of the actual price.
It took me far far longer to type this than to do the math, in my head.

If you don't math, and don't own a smartfone with a calculator app, how do you manage to check you aren't being ripped off for state and city sales taxes? 

Also, as you aren't qualified for any job more technical than asking "Would you like fries with that?" or pushing an idiot stick, and don't math, odds are your boss is ripping you off something rotten by wage theft!

bd139:

--- Quote from: sleemanj on June 01, 2022, 10:50:13 pm ---
--- Quote from: TimFox on June 01, 2022, 03:57:19 pm ---I asked the young lady for "six tenths of a pound".  No response.
I then asked her for "zero point six pounds".  No response.
Repeat:  "zero point six pounds, like it reads out on the scale".  No response.

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They were waiting for you to call it what it is, 600 millipounds.

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LOL. I’m so going to ask for 250,000 milligrams of cheddar next time I’m in the supermarket.

Zero999:

--- Quote from: IanB on June 01, 2022, 07:09:14 pm ---
--- Quote from: Zero999 on June 01, 2022, 06:37:23 pm ---I must be an American thing. It's such an easy thing to program. My kitchen scales can even be set for pounds and ounces, although the resolution drops from 0.05oz to 0.1oz on the pounds setting, because the display doesn't have room for the extra decimal place.

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I don't think it's entirely about programming. It would be so confusing. Suppose your receipt said this: "0 lb 8.5 oz at $8.99/lb thus $4.76"

Can you imagine the confusion? How could you ever check whether you had been charged the correct amount without a calculator?

The reality is that America is decimal, and has been for quite some time.

In engineering, weights are in pounds (lb), thousands of pounds (Mlb), or millions of pounds (MMlb).

Distances are in feet, hundreds of feet, or thousands of feet. Road signs will say "500 ft" when giving a distance to a hazard.

Also in engineering, measurements are in inches and thousandths of an inch (mils). The dimension of a part will be given as 2.351 inches. Pins on ICs or headers are 0.1 inches apart.

It makes sense. Decimal is the only sensible way to make measurements and do calculations.

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Why not use ounces? I personally fine 1.25lb more confusing than 1lb 4oz or even 20oz. I'm pretty sure things were sold in pounds, as well as ounces before the UK went metric.

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