Question regarding character weights?

[BlueFoot]

So seeing how this is based in the US, and alot of us including me as a Canadian, only understand pounds, is there a way to switch the kg to pounds?

[Cal_Gaz]

Just double the number then add 10% of the result. Its not exact but close enough. Although it would be a nice feature to have!

[BlueFoot]

Originally posted by caligad2006:

Just double the number then add 10% of the result. Its not exact but close enough. Although it would be a nice feature to have!

Unfortunately I can't do that math in my head lol.

[Lemonhead]

*facepalm* C'mon buddy. 2 times 80? 160. Drop the last digit for ten percent, add to original sum. 160 + 16?

Yes though, setting is KY USA. I can't believe everything is still metric. At least we have fahrenheit.

[Ma Bufang Chinese Warlord]

You don't even need to know kilograms, just know that 75-85 is normal and anything below/above is not normal.

[BlueFoot]

Originally posted by Lemonhead:

*facepalm* C'mon buddy. 2 times 80? 160. Drop the last digit for ten percent, add to original sum. 160 + 16?

Yes though, setting is KY USA. I can't believe everything is still metric. At least we have fahrenheit.

I thought the same about Farenheit, I hate Celcius and that comes from a Canadian, eh?

[Ficelle]

While i agree an option to switch unit would be nice, it isnt really needed to play the game

All you have to know is the right numbers, here 75-85
You dont even need to understand what they mean or how to do the conversion

Still, learning something, no matter what, makes you less stupid at the end of the day...

[DivineEvil]

Personally, I don't think its as big of a deal as with Fahrenheit. At least it can be easily calculated. Generally hate Imperial units (why the hell anyone use Imperial units as a self-established Democracy? Boredom?) for their arbitrary nature.

Metrics are based on natural properties, and Imperials are based on Metrics. Just ridiculous.

[Waggy]

Originally posted by Lemonhead:

160. Drop the last digit for ten percent, add to original sum. 160 + 16?

Yes though, setting is KY USA. I can't believe everything is still metric. At least we have fahrenheit.

What witchcraft is this? That's an awesome trick. What else do you know about it? I'm here running several experiments. If you want 20% you can multiply the "16" by 2 to 32, if you want 50% multiply by 5 etc. It seems to also work in the thousands (e.g. 10% of 1200 is 120). What if it ends in a unit other than 0? Then add a decimal (e.g. 10% of 165 is 16,5; 10% of 1205 is 120,5; 10% of 162 is 16,2 etc.). What if you want 20% of a number that ends in other than a 0? Then double that digit as well (e.g. 20% of 162 is 32,4, or 16,2 times 2).

What else can you do? What are the limits to this technique? Why are you not a mathematics teacher? Where can I learn more things like this? I don't understand at all how or why this works but I love using this like a learned idiot.

[BlueFoot]

Originally posted by DivineEvil:

Personally, I don't think its as big of a deal as with Fahrenheit. At least it can be easily calculated. Generally hate Imperial units (why the hell anyone use Imperial units as a self-established Democracy? Boredom?) for their arbitrary nature.

Metrics are based on natural properties, and Imperials are based on Metrics. Just ridiculous.

Because we grew up with it, and we would be lost if they decided to drop it and use Metric, I am in the US for a reason after all. I got confused and could not understand what they were even talking about with celcius that is, everyone still uses pounds in Canada with the exception of weights on licenses of which I got confused. Basically the registry in canada would take your height in ft, and weight in pounds and put it in the computer and it would convert it for their licensing system

[Ficelle]

Honestly, in these days and ages, using Imperial units makes little sense

Especially as one of the leading nations of the world
Anything scientific requires internationnal units anyway
It is one of the rare things USA hasnt been able to enforce to the whole world...for a reason

It would be like counting in base 7 instead of base 10
It would work, of course, but it would be just as awkward

Being used to is hardly a reaon
The whole europe was used to their different money units...it changed to euro...everyone adpated

[BlueFoot]

Originally posted by Ficelle:

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Being used to is hardly a reaon
The whole europe was used to their different money units...it changed to euro...everyone adpated

I'm gonna keep my politics out of the discussion as you wouldn't like to hear what I think about several countries all using one easily manipulated currency, which is all paper money of these days.

[Ficelle]

Originally posted by BlueFoot:

Originally posted by Ficelle:

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Being used to is hardly a reaon
The whole europe was used to their different money units...it changed to euro...everyone adpated

I'm gonna keep my politics out of the discussion as you wouldn't like to hear what I think about several countries all using one easily manipulated currency, which is all paper money of these days.

Never said i like euro, i said people can easily adapt to a new unit

[BlueFoot]

Originally posted by Ficelle:

Originally posted by BlueFoot:

Never said i like euro, i said people can easily adapt to a new unit

Well we'll agree to disagree on that one, I don't like kilograms at all, and personally measuring temperature by a system based on water when we live in air, makes no sense to me.

[Death]

Honestly fahrenheit makes more sense to me and celsius feels more arbitrary and like it's trying to make things sound better than they are. For instance 100 degrees fahrenheit says hot to me, while 30 degrees celsius (yes I know that isn't quite the difference there, it's just an example.) makes it sound not so bad. Personally both are quite arbitrary systems if you really think about it and using one over the other doesn't make you better or worse than anyone else.

Edit: Also most of us aren't scientists, so what difference does it really make which system we use?

[Ficelle]

Fahrenheit
0 chosen as the lowest temperature during winter 1708 in Danzig
High (96, because reason...) horse blood temperature

Celsuis
0 water freezes
100 water boils

Yep, both are arbitrary...but one is just lol