Re: Metric Time (was Re: Why not 13 months? (Was La Systeme Metrique))
INEN/W94 (acerase@acs.ryerson.ca)
10 Oct 1995 15:14:18 -0400
Princeton.EDU>Distribution:
jrhodes@pupgg.princeton.edu wrote:
>Interestingly enough, the Roman foot of 296 mm and the English foot of 308 mm
>have preserved this value over five millenia and are now to be discarded in
>favor of the metric system.
: I'd say it is about time. 5000 years (which happens to be well
: before the founding of Rome anyway) is way too long to use such
: silly units of measure.
Hmm, didn't doctors used to use leeches for healing once? I'm glad they
stopped doing that! As for the metric system - Hello!! America!!!
Stop holding up the rest of the world by hanging on to your useless
inch/fahrenheit/gallon system!!
Angelo
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