On Sunday 26 November 2006 23:02, John Andersen wrote:
On Sunday 26 November 2006 12:55, Darryl Gregorash wrote:
Other metric system units have similarly objective definitions.
They are actually highly subjective --
And all these units were defined prior to the availability of the technology used to arrive at the modern definitions.
Similarly the imperial units have highly technical definitions.
Yes they have. They are defined by their relation to the metric units. For example, the yard is defined officially as 0.9144 metres.
No one measures the kings foot anymore.
No one ever did. When was the last time you saw someone with a foot 30.48 cm long?
Oddly enough, metric countries do not rush to adopt the all but forgotten French invention of metric time measurement.
Yes, it is odd that we still use Babylonian time keeping. Note though that although decimal (not metric, we are all using metric time - look it up) time was invented around the same time as the metric system, it was never in use, not even in France where it was invented. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org