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If there is one thing that people know deep in their guts today, its how long an ox could plow before tiring.
by thinkloop 9y ago
If there is one thing that people know deep in their guts today, its how long an ox could plow before tiring.
- Spivak 9y agoWhich is why nobody really uses furlongs anymore but there are plenty of other units that are still in use. One example I think we're all familiar is the 'Rack Unit' for servers (i.e 1U, 2U) where 1U is 44.45mm. I don't think there would be any additional clarity gained by saying, "I bought a few 88.9mm servers".
- ric2b 9y agoBut that's a context specific unit, not intended for general use. Metric is great for general use simply because of it's multipliers: (...) 1G = 1,000M = 1,000,000K = 1,000,000,000 = 1,000,000,000,000m (...) And also the simple way many units are related as well, like 1L of water having 1kg of mass (yes, with a certain temperature, pressure, yada yada yada)