On 07/03/2012 12:05 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 03/07/2012 16:53, Chris Angelico wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 1:50 AM, Mark Lawrence >> <breamore...@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: >>> On 03/07/2012 03:25, John O'Hagan wrote: >>>> >>>> On Tue, 3 Jul 2012 11:22:55 +1000 >>>> >>>> I agree to some extent, but as a counter-example, when I was a >>>> child there >>>> a subject called "Weights and Measures" which is now redundant >>>> because of >>>> the >>>> Metric system. I don't miss hogsheads and fathoms at all. >>>> >>>> John >>>> >>> >>> I weigh 13st 8lb - does this make me redundant? >> >> Yes, because somewhere in the world is someone who weighs (... pulls >> out calculator...) 86kg. After all, the French had a bloody revolution >> to get us a new system without any of the old baggage. We don't want >> to disappoint the French now, do we! >> >> ChrisA >> lemme just dislodge my tongue from my cheek, it seems to be stuck... >> > > If I go to the moon I will weigh 2st 10lb (if my sums are correct :) > but the equivalent Frenchman will still be 86kg. I hereby put this > forward as proof that the metric system is rubbish and we should > revert back to imperial goodies. >
86 kg is not a weight, it's a mass. So it doesn't depend on the local gravity situation. DaveA -- DaveA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
