Ma Be wrote in USMA 18932: > First of all, we should NOT shun decimals. Decimals are always a part of >the measuring exercise, it's just ludicrous to expect that we can avoid >them altogether. Secondly, the very rules of SI usage would call for a >preference for fundamental units when at least the unit 1 is achieved, >like in the case of people's heights (usually human adults are all taller >than 1 meter). Thirdly, there is some merit in avoiding intermediate >prefixes such as d, c, da (or D) and h. Not that I'd go to extreme in >doing that, besides we should always allow some room for convenience here >and there, but as a general policy this seems to at least make some sense.
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