29 May
2010
29 May
'10
10:05 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Liam Proven" <lproven at gmail.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 2:55 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone off to VCF-UK
Metric makes sense. Everything's in tens and hundreds and thousands;
unit conversion is trivial. The different measurements are all
connected - 1 litre = a 10 x 10 x 10 cm cube, and that much water is
1kg. Freeze it, that's 0?C; boil it, that's 100?. It all interlocks
like clockwork, no fooling around with 24 of this makes 1 of those but
three-fourteenths of one of them, and a unit of weight depends on what
you're weighing and suchlike nonsense.
It's about as sensible, practical and useful as Roman numerals.
Actually, I think Roman Numerals are pretty cool. Ok, I only understand the
particular format usually used for dates (e.g. MMVII = 2007), but I am aware
there are (atleast) two other formats for Roman Numerals (neither of which I
have learnt to understand yet - as I haven't tried to).
Without Roman Numerals, would we ever have had sexadecimal / hexadecimal??
Regards,
Andrew B
aliensrcooluk at yahoo.co.uk