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SI units are organized in a very logical manner. For this reason, it is superior to United States customary units. All of the units are decimalized. For example, 1/100 of a meter is a centimeter, and 1000 meters is a kilometer (That's just over 0.6 of a mile). The units also "fit together". For example, one gram is the weight of one cubic centimeter of water. Temperature units are also logical. On the Celsius scale, 0° is the exact temperature at which water freezes at standard pressure. 100°C is the exact temperature at which water boils at standard pressure.

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  • SI units are organized in a very logical manner. For this reason, it is superior to United States customary units. All of the units are decimalized. For example, 1/100 of a meter is a centimeter, and 1000 meters is a kilometer (That's just over 0.6 of a mile). The units also "fit together". For example, one gram is the weight of one cubic centimeter of water. Temperature units are also logical. On the Celsius scale, 0° is the exact temperature at which water freezes at standard pressure. 100°C is the exact temperature at which water boils at standard pressure.
  • The metric system is an international decimalized system of measurement, first adopted by France in 1791, that is the common system of measuring units used by most of the world.
  • The Metric System is a system of measurements designed to accurately measure drugs (e.g. "50mg"), guns (e.g. "5.56mm"), and politicians (e.g. "Dennis Kucinich = 50L"). It was created by European scientists in 225 BCE (or possibly sometime in 1728 by a group of rabid Frenchmen) when they realized that the American system of measurement pwned them. The scientists then went to the devil and asked him for a weapon against it. He happily provided the scientists the tablets laying out the Metric System.
  • The Metric System is a system of measurement designed by Satan. Much like Communism, it seeks to conquer the whole world one country at a time, like a row of dominoes. Only America, Burma and Liberia stand as soldiers in this holy struggle to keep our own system. Our cars get 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way we likes it! If God had intened for man to use a system of measurment divisible by ten, he would have given us ten fingers...oh, wait. Wait, wait, I got it, if God wanted us to use a system of measurement divisible by ten, he would have given Jesus ten apostles!
  • The metric system is a decimalised system of measurement based on the metre and the gram. It exists in several variations, with different choices of base units, though these do not affect its day-to-day use. Over the last two centuries, different variants have been considered the metric system. Since the 1960s the International System of Units (SI) ("Système International d'Unités" in French, hence "SI") has been the internationally recognised standard metric system. Metric units of mass, length, and electricity are widely used around the world for both everyday and scientific purposes.
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  • SI units are organized in a very logical manner. For this reason, it is superior to United States customary units. All of the units are decimalized. For example, 1/100 of a meter is a centimeter, and 1000 meters is a kilometer (That's just over 0.6 of a mile). The units also "fit together". For example, one gram is the weight of one cubic centimeter of water. Temperature units are also logical. On the Celsius scale, 0° is the exact temperature at which water freezes at standard pressure. 100°C is the exact temperature at which water boils at standard pressure.
  • The metric system is a decimalised system of measurement based on the metre and the gram. It exists in several variations, with different choices of base units, though these do not affect its day-to-day use. Over the last two centuries, different variants have been considered the metric system. Since the 1960s the International System of Units (SI) ("Système International d'Unités" in French, hence "SI") has been the internationally recognised standard metric system. Metric units of mass, length, and electricity are widely used around the world for both everyday and scientific purposes. One goal of the metric system is to have a single unit for any physical quantity. All lengths and distances, for example, are measured in metres, or thousandths of a metre (millimetres), or thousands of metres (kilometres), and so on. There is no profusion of different units with different conversion factors, such as inches, feet, yards, fathoms, rods, chains, furlongs, miles, nautical miles, leagues, etc. Multiples and submultiples are related to the fundamental unit by factors of powers of ten, so that one can convert by simply moving the decimal place: 1.234 metres is 1234 millimetres, 0.001234 kilometres, etc. The use of fractions, such as 2/5 of a metre, is not prohibited, but uncommon. (The rest of this article can be read on Wikipedia and is being used here under the GFDL)
  • The Metric System is a system of measurement designed by Satan. Much like Communism, it seeks to conquer the whole world one country at a time, like a row of dominoes. Only America, Burma and Liberia stand as soldiers in this holy struggle to keep our own system. Our cars get 40 rods to the hogshead, and that's the way we likes it! If God had intened for man to use a system of measurment divisible by ten, he would have given us ten fingers...oh, wait. Wait, wait, I got it, if God wanted us to use a system of measurement divisible by ten, he would have given Jesus ten apostles! HA! Suck on that, Frenchie! This article is a stub. You can get a Tip of the Hat* from Stephen by adding only truthiness to it.*Tip of the Hat not guaranteed. Image:RoarkeTattoo.jpg Welcome To Wikiality.comPlease everyone, you are invitedto edit this page! Image:SallyStruthers.jpg Hi, I'm Sally Struthers, and I'm here to tell you how you can help pages on Wikiality.com.In the same amount of time it takes to drink one cup of coffee, you can fill an internets tube with the truthiness it so desperately needs.Please join me in this cause. Thank You. Image:OnozOmgAni.gif Image:FTroopCast.jpg Oh No!Metric Systemneeds help fast!Quick! Someone call the cavalry!
  • The metric system is an international decimalized system of measurement, first adopted by France in 1791, that is the common system of measuring units used by most of the world.
  • The Metric System is a system of measurements designed to accurately measure drugs (e.g. "50mg"), guns (e.g. "5.56mm"), and politicians (e.g. "Dennis Kucinich = 50L"). It was created by European scientists in 225 BCE (or possibly sometime in 1728 by a group of rabid Frenchmen) when they realized that the American system of measurement pwned them. The scientists then went to the devil and asked him for a weapon against it. He happily provided the scientists the tablets laying out the Metric System. The best-known opponent of the Metric System was probably George Washington, who died on a visit to England in 1981 when he was rounded up by rabid mathematicians and forced to divide by zero. CIA director Stephen Kapps calls the Metric System "The silliest dumbass idea I've ever heard", and generally insults the intelligence of the parents of anyone who uses the system.
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