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Date: Mon,  9 Apr 2001 00:50:21 +0400 (MSD)
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Hi!

8-сав-2001 11:46 as173 AT cornell DOT edu (Alan S.) wrote to opendos AT delorie DOT com:

AS> Let's all just be grateful that the metric degree [100 to each right
AS> angle!] died a quick death.

     Why?


8-сав-2001 06:52 presp AT earthlink DOT net (Preston Petty) wrote to
opendos AT delorie DOT com:

PP> IMHO, the world (GBF) ought to accept 10^9=billion!

     GBF=German/British/France? And why "ought"? And what bad with
`milliard'?

PP> -or- if continuing with an illogical/cumbersome
PP> naming convention - changing 10^-9
PP> to "milli-micro" instead of calling it nano.
PP> Logic and consistency are sometimes mutually exclusive
PP> when passing thru national borders.

     And even peoples minds. :)

PP> (inch vs metric exemplifies the NIH mentality)

     NIH=?