[Info-vax] Where is EISNER:: and who funds it?

[Steven Schweda]

> Nitpicking. Nit-, nit-, nitpicking. Fine. [...]

   It's really not.  Mass and weight are different concepts.

> [...] be prepared to adjust your scale [...]

   Why?  _I_'m measuring _mass_ using a balance, so I don't need to
adjust anything.  Only someone who actually measures _weight_ needs to
worry.

   The once-ubiquitous phrase, "No Springs -- Honest Weight", should, of
course, have read, "No Springs -- Honest Mass", because that's what was
actually measured.  Of course, with pound (mass) and poundal (force), or
pound (force) and slug (mass), it's clear why SI might cause less
confusion among the easily confused.

> You're really nitpicking here. [...]

   Real nit-picking would have been complaining that "the positron as
the unit of charge" was wrong because "the positron" is a particle, not
a "unit of charge".  Note: "the magnitude of the charge on an electron",
not "the electron".

   Precise language might look like nit-picking to a sloppy mind, but
it's really not.