On Thu, 2003-08-07 at 23:54, Jan L. Peterson wrote: > And, if you were to ask a British person their weight, of course they > would answer in stone. Kilograms, after all, are a measure of mass, > not weight. How many newtons do *you* weigh?
Ahh, but if you use kilograms and just measure your mass, then you'll never have to change it when you stand on the moon and the acceleration (and thus the newtons or pounds) change. > > -jan- -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ____________________ BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
