What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)
alister
alister.ware at ntlworld.com
Wed Jul 20 09:24:47 EDT 2016
On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 02:09:58 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
> Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com>:
>
>> Ah, the machinations that users of imperial units have to endure.
>
> Europeans often mistakenly believe that Americans haven't yet adopted
> the SI units. They have:
>
> - the length of a ski is measured in centimeters
>
> - the width of film and the diameter of a gun barrel are measured in
> millimeters
>
> - the wavelength of visible light is measured in nanometers
>
> - the volume of a soda bottle is measured in liters
>
> - a quantity of confiscated narcotics is measured in kilograms
>
> - daily allowance of a vitamin is measured in milligrams
>
> - the pitch of a note is measured in hertz
>
> - a short timespan is measured in seconds
>
>
> So the problem Europeans have with the situation is *not* the lack of
> adoption of new units. Rather, it is the refusal of giving up the
> traditional units.
>
> The Anglo-American culture is notorious for its eagerness to absorb
> foreign influences. What it abhors is reductionism. There is always room
> for more words, ideas, mores, inventions, but nothing is ever deprecated
> with a simple edict.
>
>
> Marko
One of my biggest questions since the Brexit vote is can we g back to
using imperial weights & measures (please).
--
Egotist: A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.
-- Ambrose Bierce
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