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Tell us how much a cubic mile of water weighs in ounces. Then get back to us re: the "arbitrary" Metric system.
by asciilifeform 18y ago
Tell us how much a cubic mile of water weighs in ounces.
Then get back to us re: the "arbitrary" Metric system.
- RK 18y agoWhat's the temperature/pressure of the water? :)
- ewanmcteagle 18y agoThis is exactly the issue. Making it easier to solve some problems that are very rare in the day to day lives of most of the world is not a good reason to force people to switch measurement systems.
- asciilifeform 18y agoConverting between differently sized units of measurement is an everyday problem if anything is. I enjoy being able to do so by shifting a decimal point.