The Metric System with Rounding is Garbage

Thank you for your reply and your brilliant answers. 1.) I like the perfection/imperfection details. Absolutely, But... A.) Your original argument stated "Rounding exist for these reasons:1. Speed of computation 2. Ease of computation" B.) Your following arguments indicate an understanding that work must be done to fix results. C.) Do you not see the irony of what you say? For ease and speed, yet you must WORK hard to fix it. D.) Does it not defeat the purpose of "ease" if takes a "rocket scientist" to get results with minimal accuracy? E.) Don't you think the average intellect that does not how to fix it as you do will have problems with a system that is supposed to be...well... easy? 2.) You Said "But don't you know that 0.999… = 1" Sorry, but I have to disagree. 0.999... and other "run on numbers" are NOT numbers until you STOP working(multiplying or dividing), They are FUNCTIONS. It is a function with no time step limit, converging on 1.0, but NEVER reaching it. A "Black Hole" of a time sink that will suck up resources and work unless it is stopped. If that function is "set in motion" it will continue for ever and never reach 1.0. as long as you keep working. When you stop working you must either truncate or round. i.e .999 - work + round = 1 The instant you stop working, the function becomes a number. THAT number is not always the right number. When we prevent this inaccuracy by not dividing into a prime and leave the function as is, we wind up with fractions. And fractions are not succeptable to this rounding flaw... until you divide. A good debate to start would be: which is better "metric", "english", or something that maybe uses BOTH. Besides, 1/2 a cup of cofee is easier to use and sounds better than 367.345 milli liters. 3.) You were right on the Tracking system. "Your honor, it was hearsay and was inadmissable." You got me. It wasn't a good example. 4.) You Said "Therefore, the rounding system is still not flawed just because of potential problems of cross-platform programming." It did not say "just because", I said "The rounding error in computers (OMG!!! you didn't go there) is further proof of the flaw we discuss." - more evidence indicating the flaw/error/problem and complicating ease of use. 5.) You Said " You said "But the REAL problem was not with inaccuracy, but with inconsistency" Rounding causes problem with inaccuracy, but not with inconsistency." I have to argue this point as well. The rounding function adds random and chaotic behavior to iterative and recursive functions. DID you not check my research? LOOK at the graph, It's all over the place. If it were "consistent" it's behavior would not be chaotic and random. If it were "consistent" it would be predictable. If it were "consistent" the flaw could be removed from the system. The flaw is not only inaccuracy, but inconsistency. The only conditions for consistency, are when you use the same set of number/operations in the SAME order. There is NO consistency across differnt number sets of the same operations. Fractals take advantage of this principle. We wouldn't have fractals but for the decimal system. Many functions intentionally exagerate this error to intoduce "chaotic" behavior to systems modeling reality. BUT! This flaw is not benign, soft spoken, nor polite as you describe it... It is elusive, chaotic, and inaccurate and one of the most beautiful flaws I have ever known. I Understand your love of it, I love it as well, but it is not the secrets of the universe, just a very useful tool. A tool that if we do not acknowledge it's flaws and imperfections and try to understand it, will prevent us from finding something better. I for one am not willing to sacrifice the Stars because my love for the decimal and metric systems refuses to let me seek an alternative. I surely won't give up my EASY flawed English system with its fractions for something I KNOW to be flawed as well. BUT, I will use both of them until something better comes along. Still, Flaws are Flaws are Flaws and Imperfections. Lets call this dog a dog and admit it has fleas. I still love the dog and it is not nearly time to put him to sleep... yet. I say admit the flaws with the decimal/metric system by voting PRO for my position.