Charlie Bell wrote:
>
> > .... just reminded me to say this. I hated to watch the kids
> > talking about cars and planes, and gaving *all* speeds, distances,
> > and sizes using the horrible miles and inches, and soon after
> > translating to SI. It took me a long time explaining to
> > my daughters why that was Evil. Yikes.
> >
> > I hate television.
> >
> > Alberto Monteiro
>
> Explain again why it's wrong? Aren't metres and grams just as arbitrary as
> inches and ounces?
>
> :o^
>
> Charlie
They're less arbitrary. Metric has sensible definitions for each
unit which fits nicely with the other units, which eventually ties back
to some "universally recognizable" arbitrary measurement, like the
diameter
of the Earth.
-- Matt
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