At 2009-03-19T20:04+1100, Pat Naughtin wrote: > Granted, there are other amounts that do not appear at first sight to > be round metric system values but the few that I have given here are > probably enough to suspect that the USPS approaches their pricing with > a copy of the Universal Postal Union set of metric system guidelines > in their hand as they dumb down the values for the citizens of the > USA.
A note on language. Dumbing down means to simplify (yes, it's a perjorative term, but not the right one for us to use). They're actually complexifying the values for the citizens of the USA. Paul -- End dual-measurement, let's finish going metric! http://gometric.us/ http://www.metric.org/
