Re: US cultural conventions

From: Hallvard B Furuseth (h.b.furuseth@usit.uio.no)
Date: Sat Jun 26 1999 - 16:21:35 EDT


Frank Sledge <knarf@bellsouth.net> writes:

> I prefer the traditional units because they refer to
> things rooted in human reality. My foot is about
> 1 foot long, and a pint of water weighs about a pound.

Which human element does a pound refer to?

> Meters, grams and liters are just nerdy abstractions
> with no connection to human experience -- which is,
> I suspect, why geeks prefer them.

It's nice to see that both sides are equally unbiased:-)

-- 
Hallvard



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