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And lo on Wed, 21 May 2008 23:03:17 +0100, Stephen <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom>
did spake, saying:
> On 21 May 2008 17:29:47 -0400, Warp <war### [at] tag povray org> wrote:
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> We spell litre, l-i-t-r-e and metre m-e-t-r-e unless it is a gas meter
> then we spell it m-e-t-e-r. And that goes to the centre of the
> argument :P
That's so we can have a meter that measures in metres and not get
ourselves confused.
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Darren New wrote:
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> Mils are only used in measuring things like the thickness of paper or
> cloth;
...
It is also used when designing printed circuit boards.
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On Thu, 22 May 2008 13:48:11 +0100, Stephen wrote:
> On 21 May 2008 19:04:55 -0400, Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospam com> wrote:
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>>Is that weigh a pound, or cost a pound? ;-)
>
> You would not believe the cost of water here, if you buy it in a bottle.
> Not funny :(
I bet I would.....bottled water here isn't exactly cheap either....
Jim
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Warp wrote:
> I can't even begin to imagine how consistency can be less convenient
> in any case.
As I said, it's because the units chosen are not of a scale that is
convenient for every-day use, and because 10 isn't really divisible by
many numbers.
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On Thu, 22 May 2008 13:56:42 +0100, Invisible <voi### [at] dev null> wrote:
>Stephen wrote:
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>> You would not believe the cost of water here, if you buy it in a
>> bottle. Not funny :(
>
>Did you know, "Evian" spelled backwards is "naive"?
I only know that "Evian" spelt "Evian" is pure chance AFAIC :)
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On Thu, 22 May 2008 15:21:58 +0100, "Phil Cook"
<phi### [at] nospamrocain freeserve co uk> wrote:
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>Weird I just seem to bring out the honesty in people :-P
Oh! What I didn't write :)
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On Thu, 22 May 2008 15:40:07 +0100, "Phil Cook"
<phi### [at] nospamrocain freeserve co uk> wrote:
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>That's so we can have a meter that measures in metres and not get
>ourselves confused.
I've worked on meters that measured cubic metres. The spelling saves
confusion as you say.
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Darren New wrote:
> As I said, it's because the units chosen are not of a scale that is
> convenient for every-day use,
... which is probably why US telephone companies measure wire length in
"kilofeet".
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On Fri, 23 May 2008 11:28:51 -0700, Darren New <dne### [at] san rr com>
wrote:
>Darren New wrote:
>> As I said, it's because the units chosen are not of a scale that is
>> convenient for every-day use,
>
>... which is probably why US telephone companies measure wire length in
>"kilofeet".
In the drilling industry tension is measured in kips - 1,000
pounds-force
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> As I said, it's because the units chosen are not of a scale that is
> convenient for every-day use,
Like what? mm, cm, m and km pretty much cover most things in terms of
distance. And having numbers that often go over 100 for everyday
temperatures doesn't seem too convenient.
> and because 10 isn't really divisible by many numbers.
But everyone knows how to divide by 10, which I think is more useful.
It also makes physics equations easier, with no ugly scale factors. Once I
had the misfortune to come across a text book using American units, I nearly
died looking at all those simple equations with horrendous scaling factors
and units.
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