On 23-8-2010 22:33, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:43:54 -0400, Warp wrote:
> 
>>   I don't really agree with that. The metric system makes it trivial to
>> switch between units as needed without the need of any calculations
>> whatsoever.
>>
>>   For example, a person can be 180 cm tall, or 1.8 meters tall, or 1
>>   meter
>> 80 cm tall. All three of these are completely and trivially exchangeable
>> with each other without the need to do any kind of mental calculations
>> whatsoever.
> 
> You're making a mental calculation there - you're dividing by 10.  It's 
> easy, but that doesn't mean there's no calculation at all.
> 

Oh come on, you are not dividing, just shifting the decimal point.

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