Re:Make the Metric system the standard in the United States
by bjourne on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @08:14AM
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Oh, the problem with the Euro was that they raised prices everywhere where they introduced the new currency. What was previously 0.8€ becase 1€, 28€ to 30€ and so on. Economic power also moved from individual countries to the ECB in Brussels. If the US started using SI (Systeme International), it's not like you would be subject to a metric-controlling organisation in Paris. :)
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Re:Make the Metric system the standard in the United States
by allerratio on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @08:54AM
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The ECB is in Frankfurt, Germany.
Re:Make the Metric system the standard in the United States
by eru on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @10:59AM
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Actually, they didn't raise the prices on average. (There were even some papers about it. And not too much actual power shifted to the ECB in Frankfurt, since the other European countries were reduced to copying German monetary policy (or face humiliating devaluation) long before.
Re:Make the Metric system the standard in the United States
by TheAmazingIdiot on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @12:23PM
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That's ACTUALLY where Le gran K is still stored. (outside paris)
It's the last artifact of a physical object used to measure all others. And that fucker changes weight too, so the kilogram ISNT stable. Its just like all those nasty imperial measurements used to be.