Quoth Chad Perrin on Friday, 12 November 2010: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 11:33:38AM -0800, Rob Farmer wrote: > > > > To use a US example, you see the same thing with the SI/metric system. > > Scientists and other technical people use it almost universally > > without issue (except for some oddities, PSI is somewhat popular) - it > > is better for real/serious work, but the general public doesn't see it > > as new or valuable - its just a stupid change in the way everything > > has always been done. > > The military uses metric measures as well. Ranges are measured in > meters, not feet or yards, for instance. Distances for travel are > typically measured in kilometers (aka "klicks"). > > The fact that the general public in the US has thus far largely resisted > the use of metric measures is in no way evidence that their use should > not be encouraged, however. > > -- > Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
I'm sure plenty of people resisted giving up measurements using the cubit and parasang. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden | [email protected] | 2048D/3A978E4F http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com
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