Re: OT: Standards was Re: Does everything depend on everything?

[Johannes Wiedersich <johannes@physik.blm.tu-muenchen.de>]

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John Hasler wrote:
> The difference is that US residents are still permitted the liberty of
> using the units with which they are comfortable rather than those which
> the all-knowing government imposes.
> 
> Of course, "units" is always there to do the conversions for you...

Unfortunately "units" fails to convert any of my nice set of metric
allen wrenches to 3/64 inch. And that is the point of my signature. The
US system of units puts unnecessary barriers on trade and use of
hardware from other countries.

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Johannes

Three nations have not officially adopted the International System
of Units as their primary or sole system of measurement: Burma,
Liberia, and the United States.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Si_units
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