[USMA:24331] Re: Millimetres, centimetres, and decimetres

[Mike Joy]

Marcus,   What you say is technically correct, but my point is that it is MUCH easier to work with one unit than a mixture of units.   Moving decimal points around may be easier than messing about with FFUs but it's even easier not to have to move decimal points. Which is easier:- 12mm + 123mm+ 1234mm or 12mm + 12.3cm + 1.234m?   No building plans here show cm units - only mm. Even large distances. My house is shown on a block size as 20 117 x 40 230.   Mike   ----- Original Message ----- From: Ma Be To: U.S. Metric Association Sent: Friday, January 03, 2003 4:39 AM Subject: [USMA:24325] Re: Millimetres, centimetres, and decimetres Precisely, why should the likes of 14.434 m bother people?  Do you prefer 14 434 mm, fine, use it.  But would you rather see 1443.4 cm?  Sure, anything goes!!!  What really matters is to what accuracy the value was measured.  If mm show it, if not, forget about it (in which case a value in cm would be just fine). Marcus