In reading this discussion of angular measurement, I'm kinda glad that the
American public isn't looking over my shoulder. This is the kind of dialogue
that the anti-metric forces use as a caricature against us to try to
convince the public that the metric system is anything but simple. The truth
is, of course, that the more arcane, derived units will seldom see the
public light of day. I must try to keep my eyes on the prize---of measuring
areas, lengths, weights, and volumes in an elegant decimal manner which is
the same everywhere on earth. The simplicity of the everyday metric system
will sell itself.
Paul Trusten, R.Ph.
3609 Caldera Boulevard, Apartment 122
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"There are two cardinal sins, from
which all the others spring: impatience
and laziness."
---Franz Kafka
