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 ]
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