> even the metric people are not so crazy No, they were absolutely that crazy [1]. Luckily the proposal fell through. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal

> even the metric people are not so crazy No, they were absolutely that crazy [1]. Luckily the proposal fell through. 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decimal_time