We've discussed this before, and I'm staunchly on the Imperial side of the argument, and I agree with the points you make.

However, I think my primary reason for remaining a Imperialist Measurer is just because there are so many Metric advocates that seem to want to set up Metric Totalitarian Empires. It's not good enough that they like the metric system and use it, everyone else has to, too. They seem to have this deep-seated paranoid fear that somewhere, someone might be using the Imperial system. I'm just waiting for the Metric Inquisition to come wipe me out.

I don't get why the two systems are mutual exclusive. When I'm doing something that requires a great deal of conversion, the metric system suits me fine. If I'm doing something in the real world, bring on the Imperial units.

Happily, my chosen field is free of the contention. I'm a software engineer, one of the few technical fields that don't demand use of competing measurement systems. I'm not sure what system "bit" and "byte" fall under, but there's no alternative.

Heh. Thinking about it, they'd probably be considered Imperial units, because there's eight bits to a byte, not ten. I challenge metric Dictators everywhere to build a 10-bit computer and have it be as efficient and cost-effective as a computer built around powers of 2. Ha. :-P