What is the weight of one kilogram? [science topic]

Post by **matthew1** » 09 Aug 2013, 21:51

This is very interesting.

tomatoes4all · Post by **tomatoes4all** » 10 Aug 2013, 04:14

Cool! Have you watched the links at the end of the video? Note to self: must watch less YouTube, unless it is scientific. Cheers, Erik.

Post by **jimmy57** » 10 Aug 2013, 14:24

If you need more time in front of a screen go look at "smartereveryday" on youtube.

Post by **ThinAir** » 10 Aug 2013, 21:04

"..I've got science for any occasion
Postulating theorems formulating equations
Cheech wizard in a snow blizzard
Eating chicken gizzards with a girl named Lizzy..."

Dropping science like when galileo dropped the orange.

nonturbo · Post by **nonturbo** » 13 Aug 2013, 11:53

1 kilogram = 2.20462262 pounds ! lol

benrk · Post by **benrk** » 13 Aug 2013, 14:18

1l of water

Post by **precopster** » 13 Aug 2013, 15:39

Hmm Latvia, Burma and the USA. Still holding on to excellence :geek: Are there any plans afoot to metricate the USA or is that just too radical at the moment?

benrk · Post by **benrk** » 13 Aug 2013, 16:49

There is no need to metricate the USA, both systems, metric & US customary have been legal for trade in the US for the last 200 years or so, since the metrication act of 1975 the US federal government is exclusively using the metric system, if one lives in the US & thinks metric is the better system: start using it!

btw: Latvia is using the metric system too, that 3rd country was somewhere on the west coast of Africa.

precopster wrote:Hmm Latvia, Burma and the USA. Still holding on to excellence :geek: Are there any plans afoot to metricate the USA or is that just too radical at the moment?

Post by **precopster** » 13 Aug 2013, 17:25

Hey I sense some defensiveness there!! Not trying to get under anyone's skin here, just a conversation

Theory and practise are very different agendas. The metric system needs to be brought in and taught at a school level if implementation is to truly occur. Yes you're right it was Liberia, not Latvia.

I was in the 3rd grade when our primary teacher snapped his yard ruler over his knee and said "this will be no more" and proceeded to provide metric rulers and measuring devices in the classroom.

I was only 8 at the time yet my family held on to their yard and inch rulers and hardware stores continued to sell tape measures in both metric and imperial. Today (40 years on) you can't buy a measuring device in Australia with inch increments. When this happens in the USA that is when the USA will be ready to merge.

In NRL football what line did that linebacker cross when he hit touchdown?

LASteve · Post by **LASteve** » 16 Aug 2013, 09:45

The joke at the end seals the deal in this vid!