Re:Suddenly, It Seems, Water Is Everywhere in Solar System
by kabdib on Friday March 13, 2015 @10:25AM
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Are you kidding? It was traumatic enough when we switched from cubits, scruples and fortnights.
And what good is a system of measurement that you can't use to bamboozle customers? ("That's not an ounce, ma'am, that's a Troy ounce...")
If we move to anything, it's going to be Donald Knuth's Potrzebie system (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potrzebie). It seems more well thought out than most.
And what good is a system of measurement that you can't use to bamboozle customers? ("That's not an ounce, ma'am, that's a Troy ounce...")
If we move to anything, it's going to be Donald Knuth's Potrzebie system (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potrzebie). It seems more well thought out than most.