On Mon, 15 Sep 2008, Rob Seaman wrote: > > Hence the prevalence of radians in everyday use :-) The only thing natural > about the metric system is that humans have ten fingers and the quadrant of > the Earth something approximating 10 megameters.
The latter was an artificial and deliberate design choice. Nothing natural about it. Tony. -- f.anthony.n.finch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://dotat.at/ TYNE DOGGER FISHER GERMAN BIGHT HUMBER THAMES DOVER WIGHT PORTLAND EASTERLY 3 OR 4, OCCASIONALLY 5. SLIGHT OR MODERATE. MAINLY FAIR. GOOD. _______________________________________________ LEAPSECS mailing list LEAPSECS@leapsecond.com http://six.pairlist.net/mailman/listinfo/leapsecs
