-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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. - -- 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 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAkruza8ACgkQC1NzPRl9qEW8YQCfZD5XaSb8dHZbjDgIKDrK0HyN +/sAnAvcOZO3NzYUt0u8S6K7YSU4lUdb =niAr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
