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Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] conversion
At least your car ain't getting 1/10 of a hogshead to a milliar. :)
Carl
Herve wrote:
>
> I live in the US for 6 years, and i still need tables to convert feet in
> yards, cubic feet minutes and gallon per hour, as of temperatures fareinheit
> is just a crazyness, not to mention the clicks, and pounds and other
> medieval measures.
> I really dont get it why everybody just rely on the metric system, so
> simple, precise and easy to use without any conversions or tables
> Herve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <emm03@mirapoint.uow.edu.au>
> To: <personal_submersibles@psubs.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 8:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] conversion
>
> > Sure, but why include an extra lines of code to convert Kelvin
> > into farenheit to make it palateable to people who are not
> > engineers?
> > It makes more sense to discontinue the antiquated and
> > illogical imperial (US) system. There are no other countries
> > that officially use this system!
> >
> > Its the goverments fault right?
> > E.
> >
> > ---- Original message ----
> > >Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2002 19:12:08 -0600
> > >From: David Buchner <buchner@wcta.net>
> > >Subject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] conversion
> > >To: personal_submersibles@psubs.org
> > >
> > >
> > >On Tuesday, Dec 3, 2002, at 18:35 US/Central,
> > >emm03@mirapoint.uow.edu.au wrote:
> > >
> > >> I agree!, I think the US should adopt the metric system..it
> > >> would make it so much easier to talk with the rest of the
> > >> world about science/engineering/technology/life in
> > general!!
> > >> E.M.
> > >>
> > >
> > >I'm scared of engineers who can't convert simple units...
> > >
> > >
> > >David
> > >buchner@wcta.net
> > >Osage, MN, USA
> > >http://customer.wcta.net/buchner
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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