On 18/07/2013 11:51 PM, Warp wrote:
> Orchid Win7 v1 <voi### [at] devnull> wrote:
>> three seventy-seconds of one inch
>
> I think that at least *some* Americans realize how ridiculous the
> imperial measurement system is. It's a petty that resistance to change
> is such a huge psychological phenomenon that it's not going to change
> any time soon.
>

Thus Spake Zarathustra.

The imperial system was not developed to make calculations easier but 
people's lives easier. If you have been brought up with it you will know 
how it describes the external world in a way that relates to human 
scales. I use both at work and at home and I much prefer inches and feet 
to centimetres and meters. It also has a sense of poetry to it.
So if it makes you think how many feet to a mile (5280) is that a bad thing?

-- 
Regards
     Stephen

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