Good Morning Group,
I don't understand this discussion.
Imperial or metric. Is this about Open Office (AOO) or mathematics.
I personally wished that the USA would go metric just to be in sync with
the global "standard".
USA money is metric, but nothing else. Which is the one conversion this
discussion hasn't discussed.
I do agree with several of you, It should be OUR choice which
measuring|mathematical system we want to use, period.
At the very least, the user should be aware of what AOO is using. Thanks
to the group for the clues.
Even Autocad and other CAD programs, allow the client to choose the math
system or have both, at the same time.
The Hubble telescope was a great demonstration of what happens when you
aren't aware of which math system is being used and that was by
knowledgeable scientists!
Take Care.
Scooter
College Park, MD USA
James Knott wrote on 6/4/2012 10:07 AM:
Mike Scott wrote:
No way!!! Remind us what the original intent of the metre was - and
how wrong (and pointless). And the current definition is, well,
arbitrary, is it not?
And how do entities like the litres and are fit into a "rational"
system that already has cubic this and square that?
The original "metre" was 1/10,000,000 the distance between the equator
and pole. It was later refined to the distance light travels in 1 �
299,792,458 second. The second is defined by the oscillations of the
cesium atom. Now consider water. One millilitre (1 cm³ or cc) has a
mass of 1 gram. A litre = 1000 cc and 1 Kg. Nice and convenient that.
Now what about the weight and dimensions of an ounce of water? U.S. vs
imperial ounce? U.S. or imperial quart? Gallon? When you work in
science or engineering the metric system works out extremely well due
to the easy scaling. You certainly can't say the same for the various
traditional units.
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