Thanks for the correction, but you should have been correcting me on failing to mention that I used the troy ounce, which is standard for gold weight, which is about 10% bigger than a standard imperial ounce.
Why can't we just use the metric system all along?
I mean seriously? When someone says "ounce", you can't even be sure, about which ounce he is talking about?
Once a system is in use, its difficult to break out from it. Its a type of network effect.
As I understand it the federal government of the USA have already adopted the metric system, doesn't all government agencies use it? I know for sure that the military does.
Besides, if all the other countries on earth could change you would think that the USA would be able to as well. The network effect now works in favor of the metric system.
Do you have a link on the Federal G of the USA adopting the metric system?
The metric system makes more sense and will likely be the winning system within....100years.
Interestingly, it turns out that the USA adopted the metric system already back in 1866, they just never implemented it fully in the states and territories.
Quote from wikipedia below.
"Although the constitution gave the authority to dictate standards of measure to Congress, it was not until 1832 that the customary system of units was formalized.[4] In the early 19th century, the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (the government's surveying and map-making agency) used meter and kilogram standards brought from France.
In 1866, Congress authorized the use of the metric system[5] and supplied each state with a set of standard metric weights and measures. In 1875, the United States solidified its commitment to the development of the internationally recognized metric system by becoming one of the original seventeen signatory nations to the Metre Convention or the Treaty of the Metre. The signing of this international agreement concluded five years of meetings in which the metric system was reformulated, refining the accuracy of its standards. The Metre Convention established the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (Bureau international des poids et mesures, BIPM) in Sèvres, France, to provide standards of measurement for worldwide use.
Under the Mendenhall Order in 1893, metric standards, developed through international cooperation under the auspices of BIPM, were adopted as the fundamental standards for length and mass in the United States. The U.S. customary units such as the foot and pound have been defined in relation to metric units ever since.
The 1895 Constitution of Utah, in Article X, Section 11, originally mandated that: "The Metric System shall be taught in the public schools of the State." This section was, however, later repealed.[6]"
As to links about government agencies, here you go:
http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/metric/metric-policy.cfmhttp://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/metric/metric-program.cfmhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metrication_in_the_United_States
