Re: Strange Maths (was Re: Why not 13 months?)

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meron@cars3.uchicago.edu wrote on 24.07.95 in <DC8sxC.Ho@midway.uchicago.edu>:

> single set of standards in order to develop an advanced society. Talking
> about "having the same value for 1 Hz" is meaningles. 1 Hz is not a value,
> is a frequency unit. You can use different units in different places. We
> do use different units of length and weight in different places. It does

Yes, one in the USA, one in the rest of the world. Starting, as we did,
from one every other town, I interpret this as "we _do_ need single
standards _for measurement_".

As to "value", I don't understand what you are talking about.

Kai

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