On Sat, 30 Jan 2021 at 02:56, dwight via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote:
> I constantly see people claiming how much better decimal is than the English > system of meassurment. Um. I am a native English speaker, as well as an English citizen, and I count in decimal. Do you mean metric (SI / Systeme Internationale) versus Imperial measurements? If so, I 100% aver that metric is far better. I am 53 years old. I did not learn Imperial at school, in any of the 3 countries where I went to school (UK, Nigeria, Isle of Man.) I know some of the units; I think of a few things, such as human beings, computer screens, and pizzas, in Imperial units. People's height in feet & inches is more meaningful to me than in metres, but I can cope. People's weight in stones. Beer in pints. Speeds in MPH. But that's about all. I have never managed to learn how many ounces in a pound, or pounds in an stone, or stones in a hundredweight. I do not know what a fluid ounce is, or how many are in a pint. I do not know how many yards in a mile. They're all arbitrary numbers and it makes no sense. SI units are 100% easier by any metric. Yes, that is intentional. -- Liam Proven – Profile: https://about.me/liamproven Email: lpro...@cix.co.uk – gMail/gTalk/gHangouts: lpro...@gmail.com Twitter/Facebook/LinkedIn/Flickr: lproven – Skype: liamproven UK: +44 7939-087884 – ČR (+ WhatsApp/Telegram/Signal): +420 702 829 053
