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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <s2dkt4$mcv$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
<davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes: 

> On 3/11/2021 11:45 AM, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> > In article <s2de9m$hrd$1 at dont-email.me>, Dave Froble
> > <davef at tsoft-inc.com> writes:
> >
> >> There is a major difference..  The Gregorian calendar is somewhat more
> >> accurate.  The metric measurement system is no more accurate.
> >
> > True.
> >
> >> Your argument is the same as "French is a better language than English,
> >> stop using English".
> >
> > False.
> 
> How do you declare something "false" and expect to be the final 
> authority on that?

Because I'm right.

Note that your claims are just as authoritative.

> As a point of curiosity, what measurements does the rest of the planet 
> use for sizing furnaces?

Watts.

> Some scientists may use it, but science is not based upon some numeric 
> scheme.  That claim is beyond absurd.

I think you know what I meant.  Pretending otherwise is absurd.