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Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:20 pm

  • Perhaps it'll be good to change lbs to kg as SI is internationally used and a lot of people are much more familiar to SI.
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Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:07 pm

  • Use /set g_imperialist [1|0] to toggle between SI and imperial units ;)

    Does the Nexuiz/DP "physics" system even allow different player masses?

    On a side note, the speedo units can be selected from metric and imperial units.
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Mon Jul 06, 2009 10:25 pm

  • Nah, masses are just there for distraction. Same thing about the age :)
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Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:54 am

  • No, srously, metric should be used by default (unless Nexuiz isn't for US only)...
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Thu Jul 09, 2009 9:05 pm

  • SkyBon wrote:No, srously, metric should be used by default (unless Nexuiz isn't for US only)...


    well, there you have a point. This game is not for US only.

    idea: let players choose what they want in the menu in the next release
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:15 am

  • no comment.
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:05 am

  • It really sucks that some people around the US are too fucktarded to learn metric and use it like everybody else.

    It should be noted that only the United States civilains use fucked up units too. The military uses metric, and the pigs probably use metric too.

    Please, switch to metric, and use it wherever possible.
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:19 am

  • AnArKiSt wrote:It really sucks that some people around the US are too fucktarded to learn metric and use it like everybody else.

    It should be noted that only the United States civilains use fucked up units too. The military uses metric, and the pigs probably use metric too.

    Please, switch to metric, and use it wherever possible.


    Why would we want to use the same system of measurement as the police?
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:06 am

  • Why would the police want to use the same system of measurement as yurop?
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:10 am

  • Taiyo.uk wrote:Why would the police want to use the same system of measurement as yurop?


    exactly. There is (as far as I know) only one country in Europe which uses the Lbs system, and that's the JoeKay
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:21 am

  • tundramagi wrote:Why would we want to use the same system of measurement as the police?


    It's not about using the same system of measurement as the police per se; it's about making life easier for all of us.

    Removing the much less used of the two measurement standards would clear up much confusion, as some Americans are too stupid/lazy/incapable to learn metric or American standard; thus removing one of them will easily keep measurements known across countries.
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:56 am

  • Chubby wrote:
    Taiyo.uk wrote:Why would the police want to use the same system of measurement as yurop?


    exactly. There is (as far as I know) only one country in Europe which uses the Lbs system, and that's the JoeKay

    Ze vhere? The land of chavs and congestion charges is supposed to be using kg for EVARYTHING now, after the unit-related rioting and bombings that is. We still trade horses in guineas though, and b33r in pints*.


    * Because asking for "five point six eight times ten to the power of minus four cubic metres" of b33r in a crowded pub is rather challenging, after the first few anyway.
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:57 am

  • http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/06/2 ... -to-metric

    Also, I find this a bit ridiculous to call Americans "fucktards" because of the metric system they were taught to use. What the hell, people? Are Europeans moronic dumbasses because they don't even try measuring temperatures on the Kelvin scale, which is SI thus optimal for any kind of use? :P

    Sure, the system itself seems dumb, but why would it be dumb to use it? What's the advantage for most americans to switch to SI units?
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 9:58 am

  • Well, a huge boost to the calculator industry for starters ;)
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 10:26 am

  • The US was actually the second country to ratify the metric system. Only France accepted it earlier and even then Napoleon did temporarily repeal it. The only reason why the French introduced it was because at the time of the revolution there were over 70 different feet in use across France so measuring anything was getting impossible. The idea wasn't new anyway as it had been presented to the Royal Society roughly a century earlier.

    Please change it to natural units. Electronvolts are so much more useful as they actually have relevance to the real world.
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:35 pm

  • Uhmmmm... The electronvolt is a unit of energy. How about using atomic mass units?
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 12:47 pm

  • That would fit nice with the Nexuiz theme :P
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:48 pm

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Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:32 pm

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Fri Jul 10, 2009 4:55 pm

  • First off, doesn't anyone realize how moronic this topic is to begin with? It only says "lbs" in the player model previews for fun or aesthetics, those weights carry no weight in-game.

    So you might ask, what's wrong with making the aesthetics more reasonable here? Then perhaps you should recall that you are asking this about a game spelled "Nexuiz" but prounouced correctly only half way through its spelling, that is set in somekind of futuristic space opera with space stations made of wood and half the other environments made of brick.

    A more intelligent version of this topic would have been either:

    "Why don't we overhaul the name, setting and measurement system of the game to be alot more sensical and consistent?"

    or

    "Why doesn't the game use the metric system instead of 'quake units'?"

    AnArKiSt wrote:It really sucks that some people around the US are too fucktarded to learn metric and use it like everybody else.
    It should be noted that only the United States civilains use fucked up units too. The military uses metric, and the pigs probably use metric too.
    Please, switch to metric, and use it wherever possible.


    By the same token, it really sucks that some people around the EU are too fucktarded to learn a 12 numeral per digit system, instead of the fucktarded metric system with its obsession with 10, which unlike 12, cannot be naturally divided into basic thirds or fourths.

    Pop quiz European Union civilians, what's a third of a meter?

    What's that you said? It is 3.33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 decimeters?

    I'm sorry but you are WRONG!. The correct answer has a few more decimal places in it. :wink:
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 6:53 pm

  • Taiyo.uk wrote:Uhmmmm... The electronvolt is a unit of energy.

    e = mc^2 :wink:

    Electronvolts are the natural units of mass and are always use in subatomic physics.

    Flying Steel wrote:By the same token, it really sucks that some people around the EU are too fucktarded to learn a 12 numeral per digit system, instead of the fucktarded metric system with its obsession with 10, which unlike 12, cannot be naturally divided into basic thirds or fourths.

    EU? You mean the whole of the world other than the US surely? Have you ever stopped to think about what the official definition of a foot is nowadays? 0.3048 metres exactly. That's because it's an irrelevant pointless old unit and we had to define it from the metric system to make it mildly useful. Do you even know how old it is? It was only in the 1830's when it was defined as a poor alternative to a sensible unit of measure not based upon strange human anatomy.

    It's because of the US (less than 5% of the world population by head, perhaps 15% by mass) and it's strange obsession with 'English' (please don't call them that, it's the imperial system, a specific set of pagean units) units that we have such engineering challenges everywhere. Just use metric and everything would be simpler for everyone... that and ISO paper formats.

    Seriously, make it kilograms or electronvolts.
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:25 pm

  • Flying Steel wrote:First off, doesn't anyone realize how moronic this topic is to begin with? It only says "lbs" in the player model previews for fun or aesthetics, those weights carry no weight in-game.

    So you might ask, what's wrong with making the aesthetics more reasonable here? Then perhaps you should recall that you are asking this about a game spelled "Nexuiz" but prounouced correctly only half way through its spelling, that is set in somekind of futuristic space opera with space stations made of wood and half the other environments made of brick.

    A more intelligent version of this topic would have been either:

    "Why don't we overhaul the name, setting and measurement system of the game to be alot more sensical and consistent?"

    or

    "Why doesn't the game use the metric system instead of 'quake units'?"

    AnArKiSt wrote:It really sucks that some people around the US are too fucktarded to learn metric and use it like everybody else.
    It should be noted that only the United States civilains use fucked up units too. The military uses metric, and the pigs probably use metric too.
    Please, switch to metric, and use it wherever possible.


    By the same token, it really sucks that some people around the EU are too fucktarded to learn a 12 numeral per digit system, instead of the fucktarded metric system with its obsession with 10, which unlike 12, cannot be naturally divided into basic thirds or fourths.

    Pop quiz European Union civilians, what's a third of a meter?

    What's that you said? It is 3.33333333333333333333333333333333333333333333 decimeters?

    I'm sorry but you are WRONG!. The correct answer has a few more decimal places in it. :wink:


    I agree. 12 is a much more humane system.

    And to those that have a problem with the US: maybe the USA will just invade you, or nuke you, the USA has done both before. Just saying... That's how the USA rolls.
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 5:48 am

  • Ed wrote:EU? You mean the whole of the world other than the US surely?


    That might not be true. There's alot of places in the world, including those that still use symbols to represent words, instead of an alphabet.

    Have you ever stopped to think about what the official definition of a foot is nowadays? 0.3048 metres exactly. That's because it's an irrelevant pointless old unit and we had to define it from the metric system to make it mildly useful.


    So then how have you redefined the quake unit based on the metric system?

    Do you even know how old it is? It was only in the 1830's when it was defined as a poor alternative to a sensible unit of measure not based upon strange human anatomy.


    Quake units are from the late 1990's, so they must be alot better than both feet and meters, following your logic.

    It's because of the US (less than 5% of the world population by head, perhaps 15% by mass) and it's strange obsession with 'English'


    It's because of the US' small relative population and obesity widespreadness that the US uses the English system?

    (please don't call them that, it's the imperial system, a specific set of pagean units)


    On behalf of my people, I want to apologise for us naming a system of measurement after your people, so as to give said people credit for a system of their own invention that they have since grown to hate.

    units that we have such engineering challenges everywhere. Just use metric and everything would be simpler for everyone... that and ISO paper formats.


    We can't, because quake units are built into the game engine. If you'd like to convert it over to meters, you'll have my thanks though.

    Seriously, make it kilograms or electronvolts.


    You want to make it kilograms for. . . what's that game called now. . . is it Nexuiz or Nexius? :wink:
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 7:37 am

  • Flying Steel wrote:That might not be true. There's alot of places in the world, including those that still use symbols to represent words, instead of an alphabet.

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    Wikipedia wrote:Countries where the metric system is official
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 8:30 am

  • Ed wrote:
    Flying Steel wrote:That might not be true. There's alot of places in the world, including those that still use symbols to represent words, instead of an alphabet.

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    Wikipedia wrote:Countries where the metric system is official


    Heh, same exact map + India == countries that jail men for saying the wrong thing.
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:12 am

  • Bullies will be bullies until somebody or something makes them stop.

    Tyrannical govenrments are no exception; but it's too bad most people lack the balls to free themselves.

    Is tactics involving censorship and blackmail that keep people opressed more than anything.

    I'm really not surprised that people get jailed for talking. It is however, a major shame that I can't do much aside from expressing my detest over the internet.
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