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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 19 2014, @03:15PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday March 19 2014, @03:15PM (#18573)

    It may be 'logical'. However, you are looking at it from a 'what I like' POV. For most people they do not care what the underlying base is. All they care about is how much of X do I need. My recipe calls for 3 cups. The speed limit is 35MPH. However when I drive I put the little needle next to 35 and put three of this cup in.

    Sure I can retool everything I own. Are you going to pay for it? As from most normal sane people the effect is *exactly* the same. I put the needle on a number and drive or I use this measuring cup.

    Also everything would have to be re-measured. Oh just convert you say. However my property is X feet from the post buried in the street. My deed says that. It is a legal document. Can you imagine the neighborhood disputes going on? Your fence is now 1.2 cm in my yard. Then I get to goto court because some shlub working a state job rounded wrong by .01?

    For *anything* scientific we have already converted. For practical day to day things we didnt bother with the cost. The purpose of most temperature readings is to crow on the news should you bring an umbrella or coat or swimsuit. 60 down get a jacket, 50 down get a coat, 80 up you may be able to go swimming! If you look at an scientific journal it better be in C as that is what the audience there expects.

    I have noticed in my state they have changed the signage. It no longer says MPH on it and is just a number. They are slowly replacing signs as they rust out. Then at some point they can switch and the cost is minimal and they can re-use. Instead of replacing millions of signs just so someone can get their OCD on.

  • (Score: 1) by urza9814 on Monday March 24 2014, @04:53PM

    by urza9814 (3954) on Monday March 24 2014, @04:53PM (#20324) Journal

    I have noticed in my state they have changed the signage. It no longer says MPH on it and is just a number. They are slowly replacing signs as they rust out. Then at some point they can switch and the cost is minimal and they can re-use. Instead of replacing millions of signs just so someone can get their OCD on.

    Except that when they switch I guarantee they're gonna have to have both MPH and KPH posted for several years for those people whose cars either don't have KPH or they don't know how to switch it. So they'll have to buy all new signage anyway...that's probably just an aesthetic decision.