Re: Objectionable Material for Children

[Joshua Bell]

"Charlie Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Explain again why it's wrong? Aren't metres and grams just as arbitrary as
>inches and ounces?

In retrospect, though, the switch from Roman numerals to Arabic numerals 
(inaccurate term, but y'know what I mean - positional decimal) was pretty 
handy.

On that note, though, we should also have switched to base 12 (and grown two 
extra fingers) since it's much more handy than base 10 (divisible by 2, 3 
and 4). Maybe we should revive sexagesimal. Then our clocks would make 
sense, and the yearly hoax email about "metric time" would be a non-issue.

...

Tangentially, I recently bought some latex(ish) rubber for making a mold; it 
comes with a hardening agent you have to mix in. Both are liquids, but 
you're supposed to combine them in a 10:1 ratio by *weight*. Ugh.

Joshua


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