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In reply to the discussion: Let's make some more reactionary, xenophobic heads explode: WH Petition for the Metric System [View all]Sirveri
(4,517 posts)Or did I get that backwards...
As a machinist I was taught SAE primarily, so metric is strange and scary, but at the end of the day I just shift a lever on the lathe and deal with it. My big issue is that I don't fully grasp what a cm looks like. I know 25.4mm = 1in, but...
As for the start ups... I'm more concerned about the existing companies, economy on shaky ground, this could risk putting some of them under unless there was money for a change over. But why would they change over if their customers demand SAE? Government can say we're all using one system, I think they tried doing that back in the late 80's early 90's. Doesn't do much if everyone ignores them! At the end of the day all systems we've created are arbitrary, does it really matter what hodge podge of crazy stuff we use so long as it all works?