On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 11:52 +0100, Ian Lynch wrote: > On Fri, 2008-05-23 at 05:21 -0500, Rod Engelsman wrote: > > I agree with metric on general principles but I believe they could have made > > it a bit neater. For instance if the basic unit of length had been chosen so > > that what is now a a decimeter would have been called the meter, then the > > basic unit of mass could have been a cube one (deci)meter on a side then > > what we now call a kilogram would have been the gram. > > But we do have 1 cubic cm of water weighing 1 gram. 1 cubic metre of > water weight one metric tonne or 100 kgs. That is pretty neat.
oops missed off a zero. I blame the keyboard :-) > > That way the basic units, sans prefixes, would have been a bit more more > > "human-scaled". > Ian -- New QCA Accredited IT Qualifications www.theINGOTs.org You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
