clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Warp schrieb:

> >   According to wikipedia, one liter of pure water at 4 degrees celsius (the
> > standard temperature for measuring SI units) is 0.9999720 kilograms.

> That's because the /initial/ definition of the kilogram was one liter of 
> pure water at /zero/ degrees celsius.

  At zero? I don't think so. At zero celsius water freezes, after which one
litre of it weights a whole lot less than one kilogram.

> And yes, a /change/ of 0.003% would be a /tremendous/ catastrophe.

  To what?

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                                                          - Warp

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