On May 15, 2008, at 6:13 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Charlie Bell wrote: >> >>> That's why it's a good practice to keep everything Metric >>> until the very last moment. kWh is an aberration, and should >>> be banned. >> >> Why? Watts are a perfectly good unit. >> > Yes, and so are Joules. Energy should be measured in Joules, > not in kWh. > >> Apart from for measuring car power. Makes no sense to me. 200kW? >> WTF? BHP please!!! >> > Why not? Keep units unconsistent, and the public will not notice > how much they are overpaying for the same thing. The Evil Capitalists > do it all the time here: products that were sold in packages of > 200 g, suddenly drop to 180 g, then 160 g, then 140 g, while keeping > the same _volume_ and the same price. > > When I become the Evil Overlord, one of my first 300 or so measures > will be to impose fixed sizes for everything, with the punishment > of organ removal for those that don't comply (of couse, using > Imperial units will be punishable with the removal of _both_ > kidneys).
Hence, Shylock's demand for 2.2 kilograms of flesh... Dave _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
