Date:         Sun, 12 May 2002 22:26:41 -0400
Reply-To:     jbrush@AROS.NET
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From:         John Brush <jbrush@AROS.NET>
Subject:      Re: Warning!!!  Check Your Speedometer - What a Sad, Sad Example
In-Reply-To:  <024401c1fa27$566a7350$5d086d18@videon70882>

>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