On Thu, Jun 05, 2003 at 10:38:03AM -0700, Steve Allen wrote:
On Thu 2003-06-05T17:46:38 +0100, Markus Kuhn hath writ:
William Klepczynski: In safety-critical navigation systems, leap seconds
will over time cause catastrophic system failures that will cost many
lives. This long-term risk
Markus Kuhn wrote:
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While the international inch is indeed linked to the meter by a
reasonably round factor, and even shows up indirectly in a number of ISO
standards (e.g., inch-based threads and pipes), this can clearly not be
said for the US pound and the US gallon and
Title: RE: [LEAPSECS] pedagogically barren?
It's also true that changing to SI units for weight and volume is a lot more technically tractable than for length. Public opposition would still be a big barrier, though.
/glen
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