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Darren New wrote:
> scott wrote:
>> Like what? mm, cm, m and km pretty much cover most things in terms of
>> distance.
>
> A cm is about right. You need something about a foot, tho. Otherwise you
> get things like "he was 197 cm tall". Note that people really rarely use
> "yards" as a measure here. It's feet and miles, unless you're measuring
> something that's particularly sold by the yard, like cloth.
I think this is an opinion-question, but IMO cm/m is pretty easy and
logical measurement for people. 197cm tells you that he's 3cm shorter
than a normal door, so he won't hit his head.
> Kilograms are too heavy and grams are too light. Liters are too big and
> centiliters are too small. Basically, the factor of 1000 in common units
> is the problem. :-)
One packet of sugar weights one kg. One liter of milk weight nearly one
kg. 1-10 kg's are pretty normal weights in everyday life, so how is it
too heavy? It also tells you immediality that a car weights ie. the same
that 1510 packets of sugar (no wonder it needs some energy to get the
darn thing moving).
> Having numbers that go below zero for everyday temperatures seems less
> convenient.
In below zero (C) temperatures air is dry and most of the normally-wet
places are freaking slippery. Practically I find it very useful
information in everyday life (the most important thing about outside
temparature is that is it + or - in certain times of year).
> And powers of 10 work almost as poorly as powers of 12 for computers. ;-)
Well that's true :).
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