Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:
Yes. 1 metre is approx 3 1/3 feet. It's amazing people are still using those ancient measurements in the modern world. You can blame Reagan for that one.
Thats meter in modern English. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metre
As to metric system its wholly inadequate for construction where there is a fudge factor appropriate to an imprecise world where the earth itself is imperfect as is the settling of individual structures. Try baking a cake by metrics you will go nuts when it comes time to use eggs which are of various sizes. Best to use the older system and good chefs judgement.
????? What rubbish! Precision is precision, no matter what system you use. How does it make a difference whether or not you use the metric system? I guess the rest of the world can't build houses or bake a cake. I don't recall ever seeing a metric or imperial chicken. Try telling the French they don't know how to cook. (Try telling them anything for that matter. <g>) One huge advantage to the metric system is the abandonment of hoary, arbitrary units in favour of a consistent and logical system. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org