International System of Units overhauled in historic vote

Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by quantum_magpie on Friday November 16, 2018 @11:16PM (#18473917)

But they're not! My foot is 25cm, far from '1 foot'. My thumb is 1.5 cm wide, far from an inch. The metric system is actually much more human for me. And I never needed to measure 1/3rds to 0.02mm precision without a precise measurement instrument. And if exact precision doesn't matter then all these arguments about fractions are moot, too!

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by autokad on Saturday November 17, 2018 @02:20AM (#18474434)

considering your foot is 2 standard deviations from the mean foot length, that hardly proves anything

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by kiriakasis on Saturday November 17, 2018 @06:35AM (#18475065)

Well it proves a lot in my opinion. Feet are really non uniform in length by a lot.

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by autokad on Saturday November 17, 2018 @11:47AM (#18476218)

go to google and type "about definition"

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by Moru on Saturday November 17, 2018 @05:39PM (#18477740)

You can't both say that meter isn't exact enough when meassuring 1/3 and also say that 25 mm wrong on a food is ok...

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by autokad on Monday November 19, 2018 @09:04PM (#18491351)

I didnt say exact, just not easily done aka intuitive. a concept probably lost on you ages ago

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