11-14-2017, 08:29 PM | #21 |
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Re: What equipment should be provided?
I've never heard an actual American use the term "Imperial" for US measurements. Brits, sometimes someone from the Commonwealth. It's a common misunderstanding (internationally) but I've never heard an American use the term. We mostly don't need a name for it.
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11-14-2017, 09:21 PM | #22 | |
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11-14-2017, 09:54 PM | #23 |
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Re: What equipment should be provided?
Now I see why some of my calculations are of when I was converting GURPS to the metric system. GURPS doesn't use Imperial measurements but US measurements.
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11-15-2017, 10:35 AM | #26 |
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Re: What equipment should be provided?
That would probably depend on what stage in history. In the Default Present it does seem that they have a Confederate force, and more important(for the Imperial forces do answer to the Emperor directly in the 3I) have a more compact state and an ability to more strongly protect it's oligopoly of public force. There are probably local forces of some kind to however those may be more like National Guards or frontier militias or like the hired guns of some frontier businessmen like cattle barons or railroaders.
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GIven that many US texts list US Customary as "Imperial" excepting for the gallon and 5th... where US and Imperial are differentiated. It's become a footnote, that by law, it's "US Customary Measure" and that, pre-metricization, the UK adopted a larger standard for gallons, tons, and a couple other obscure measurements. Arguing it isn't imperial measure, when it's routinely taught as such doesn't do much for your public image, and doesn't do much to inform the reader of the real situation. Now, it is worth noting that the US military still has some non-SI tools for non-SI fasteners... but so does almost every shade tree mechanic in the US, and not a few in Canada. |
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11-16-2017, 08:25 PM | #28 | |
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Anyway it can cause problems when people do conversions, as Lord Azagoth found out, so it is a distinction worth being aware of. I personally don't encounter much if any use of "Imperial" in face-to-face conversations, it is mostly an internet thing, IME. |
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