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[Philip Trickett (List)]

On Thu, 2008-05-01 at 13:20 +0100, Frank Peelo wrote:
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> While SI has only been around since the 1960s, the metric system on 
> which it is based goes back at least as far as Babbage. And most real 
> engineers are not computer scientists; most real engineers (in this part 
> of the world, at least :) ) use SI units. Machines, roads, even the 
> circuits used by your computer are designed assuming a kilometre is 1000 
> metres, a kilogram is 1000 grams, a kilohm is 1000 ohms and so on. It's 
> not the entire rest of the world who is out of step. Just you.
> 

Nice concise summary!

Buy that man a pint.

> Frank
> 

Phil