International System of Units overhauled in historic vote

Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by max76 on Friday November 16, 2018 @07:36PM (#18473115)

Can you imagine the confusion? Having the same word mean a different amount of something would cause a lot of misunderstanding. Saying "This car weighs 2200 poundsm" have two different meanings depending on the year you said it sounds awful.

The new metric definitions work because they don't change the actual amount, they just change the way the amount is defined. (Natural constant vs reference weight)

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by int_19h on Friday November 16, 2018 @10:11PM (#18473703)

We could gradually redefine pound to be closer and closer to kilogram, say, over a century, so that people don't notice. ~

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by max76 on Friday November 16, 2018 @10:34PM (#18473776)

That sounds like it would require more coordination than just adopting the kilogram as the primary unit of measure in a short period of time.

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by rangibaby on Friday November 16, 2018 @08:23PM (#18473313)

See ton vs tonne

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