Chill out, it's a humor magazine. Be glad they're not making fun of metric, as it usually is the case with comedians. Remek.
On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 9:49 PM, Kilopascal <[email protected]> wrote: > Interesting, but very misleading. The title of the article is "5 bad > Ideas HUMANITY is Sticking with out of Habit". The article makes it seem > that all of humanity is stuck with imperial (or USC), when it is primarily > the US. Everyone else has already changed over. > > Obviously the author must think that the vast majority of people in the > world don't actually use metric and are resisting it. The author needs to > be informed that only a small minority refuses to change. Unless the author > is trying to imply that only Americans and what Americans do matters. > > It is also an error that the US uses imperial. > > > [USMA:50481] Cracked magazine's top five list of bad habits. > > Remek Kocz > Thu, 19 May 2011 13:33:10 -0700 > > Cracked magazine's online site published a list called "5 Bad Ideas Humanity > is Sticking with out of Habit." Guess what's #1 on the list? > > > Read more: 5 Bad Ideas Humanity Is Sticking With Out of Habit | > Cracked.com<http://www.cracked.com/article_19151_5-bad-ideas-humanity-sticking-with-out-habit.html#ixzz1Mpe9UbFC>http://www.cracked.com/article_19151_5-bad-ideas-humanity-sticking-with-out-habit.html#ixzz1Mpe9UbFC > > For a humor publication, this list is actually well done, and the discussion > of the measurement systems is well thought out. > > Remek > >
