Re:Make the Metric system the standard in the United States
by tmrhmd on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @07:49AM
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I don't think politicians would ever allow this, especially during these times, since the proposed change would cost millions in change of signs and anything where the imperial system is used.
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Re:Make the Metric system the standard in the United States
by davorb on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @08:02AM
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You would save that pretty easily in not having to write separate software/everything for the US and for the rest of the world. Not to mention things like http://articles.cnn.com/1999-09-30/tech/9909_30_mars.metric....