On 17 December 2012 10:00, Mark Wendt <[email protected]> wrote: > You don't understand the ideas and ideals behind the USA. The USA > became the USA to get away from Europe.
I thought it was to get away from Britain? And changing to the French units would have been a logical part of that. In fact, it very nearly happened. France sent a metre standard to the US, but it was (accidentally) intercepted by a British privateer, and by the time it finally arrived the chap who was bringing it had died in captivity. Had he arrived in time, and been persuasive enough, then the US would probably have been metric. -- atp If you can't fix it, you don't own it. http://www.ifixit.com/Manifesto ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ LogMeIn Rescue: Anywhere, Anytime Remote support for IT. Free Trial Remotely access PCs and mobile devices and provide instant support Improve your efficiency, and focus on delivering more value-add services Discover what IT Professionals Know. Rescue delivers http://p.sf.net/sfu/logmein_12329d2d _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
