| Get used to it, scorp. As much as many of us are pro-metric system, all the constants that we know were taught to us in a pro-English system world. Once you get into the industry, you'll realize how much inertia there is in switching an entire system of measurement over. If it were mandated that things change, it would grind the entire industry to a screeching halt for a year or more, because all the "engineering judgment" out there that's so crucial to the field of engineering is all known in English units.
So be irked about it, sure, but don't do that "can't take any engineer or scientist who uses the english system seriously" thing. We can't change the world we have to work in. If I started using the metric system exclusively starting Monday morning, I'd have my arse canned in less than a month. |