Let's stick to nerdy polls

I`de have to go with Meters, as it`s almost the standard for all other modern measurements (nano METERS etc...)

though on occasion I do use Inches (Imperial system), I guess it all depends on what I`m doing or measuring at the time...

Science = Metric

Household (curtains etc...) = Imperial

even to Miles per hour in the car has more meaning than Kilometers per hour

It's not something I'd really thought about to be honest.

 

How do I decide which is my favourite?

SI!!!!

I mean, I quite like parsecs but it's not the unit I use most often

lol. i was wondering the same thing as sayo....what makes a unit my fav

 

I picked lightyear, because when I was younger I was fascinated by measuring distance using time.

I chose parsec because measuring in parallax is cool, and its the best unit for talking about distance on the intergalactic scale. It's also the largest base unit (1pc=3.26ly)

you`re all totaly mental )))

 

though I must agree SI (System International) is by far the best scale.

 

and I can`t really believe I`m actualy disscusing this either! what`s going on here? )

 

the NERDY bit seems to fit! LOL

oh smeg, now I`m rhyming!

oh for the love of Einstein

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if this doesn't point out that we should've all been beaten up in high school, nothing will

 

I like millimeters for measuring distances between cities, but for everything else I use nanometers

 

although fathom is a cool word, and so is parsec

Go meters!

 

Nanometers are best if you want to milk a funding agency though.

I took the liberty of adding "leagues" because they are... well... funny.

 

But I voted parsec. Go Parsecs!

 

"Hey, how far is it to Manchester?"

"0.00000000000012 parsecs Squire".

someones Girlfriend told me NANOmeters was more accurate! (but I`m saying nothing)

for the thousandth time YT, you're supposed to make those jokes on other people, not yourself

Leagues are funny, but not as funny as "barleycorns"

 

1 barleycorn = 0.0085 meters

Cubits are neat too. (roughly 22 inch long) and used as the basis for Pyramid building and there`s several refferences to it in the Bible also.

"Arms Length" was that ever an official unit though?

I know that 1 "foot" was, and did it mean arm as in human or a weapon? spears or something?

From: http://members.aol.com/JackProot/met/antbible.html

 

the digit (width of the forefinger - in Latin digitus = finger)

the inch (width of the thumb)

the foot

the cubit (theoretically the distance between the elbow and the middle finger)

the pace (or double step)

the fathom (finger-tip to finger-tip with arms outstreched)

a Fathom I took to be about 6 foot, so that sounds about right, inch and foot sure. never heard of a digit or a pace before tho? other than in films and stuff, "walk 20 paces turn and fire" kinda thing

 

there are many measurements for the Cubit tho (I use the British system) of 22 inches.

 

here`s a little more data: http://www.hooper-home.net/TEMPLE/Intro~08.htm

 

I still recon Metric or SI is the best (for me anyway)

oh for the love of Einstein

 

OFF WITH YOUR HEAD BLASPHEMOUS FOOL!

'j0 momma

Long live SI

Sayonara³ said in post #11 :

I took the liberty of adding "leagues" because they are... well... funny.

 

But I voted parsec. Go Parsecs!

 

"Hey, how far is it to Manchester?"

"0.00000000000012 parsecs Squire".