[Info-vax] Why is starting epoch 17 Nov 1858?

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2021-03-11 15:54:38 +0000, Dave Froble said:

> On 3/11/2021 9:39 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>> In article <s2d7va$1g5b$1 at gioia.aioe.org>, Tom Wade 
>> <nospam at void.blackhole.mx> writes:
>>> The same irrational not-invented-here resistance can be seen today in 
>>> the US by those opposing the adoption of the Metric System, despite the 
>>> fact that is far more logical and easier to use.
>> 
>> The USA is even more recalcitrant here.
> 
> Why is it that you are right and we're wrong?


Metric?

In the US?

It'll happen.

It's already happening.

Far too slowly.

Dragged kicking and screaming and whining and whingeing, for many here 
in the US.

Imperial and Customary systems are stupidly complex and error-prone 
weights-and-measures schemes.

Stupidly complex? Have a look at which states use which definition for 
a foot, and the international foot and the survey foot, and fluid 
ounces, and which sort of ounce, and... It gets worse from there.





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