Re: [shavian] The Pain of going Metric

[Philip Newton]

On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 23:52:55 +0100, Hugh Birkenhead
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> What's wrong with working in megapascals?

Nothing in principle, but some people use hectopascals instead - so
they can pretend to use SI units when it's simply cleverly disguised
millibars (non-SI unit).

Cheers,
-- 
Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


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