>I've got a degree in electrical engineering - and to do any sort of >technical work in English measure is crazy with complications. You spend >more energy converting between units, than you do studying the physics. I have one too. Get that metric stuff out of here! >This introduces so many errors, it's a wonder any bridge in England >stands. In the wars of the last 200 hundred years, what standard of measurement was used by the losers??? Its only a better alternative because you think so. In the end, it only matters if you are trying to land on Mars :-)
>The English system of weight, distance, energy measure - and a host of >other catagories - are all inconsistent and it's just pure lunacy to use >them when there's a much better alternative. Near as I can tell, a mile is always 5280 feet, and an foot is always 12 inches. There are 4 qts in a gallon, and I fail to see anything inconsistent in that. We built a hell of a standard based on inconsistent and lunatic measurements, didn't we?
John |
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