I have posted this message without the typing errors on metricsucks (see also USMA25273):
The so-called 'metric establishmentarians' did not want any nautical mile in the first place. It only survives because sailors are addicted to that unit and because it is pushed by Anglo-Saxon nations. The metric side wants distances measured by the kilometer alone. The 1852 m nautical mile is just a compromise between the two sides. The GPS system makes the nautical mile redundant as this positioning system is metric. Any data given on a GPS-device in medieval units is converted by special software. It is time to do away with the nautical mile. And that ridiculous stuff about metric units expressed in numerous decimal places makes me sick. That is just disinformation and lies by the anti-metric camp, trying to make metric look stupid. Han Historian of Dutch Metrication, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
