Re: this isn't quite a victory of the metric system


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Posted by Jason on July 12, 2002 at 23:12:38:

In Reply to: Your European preciseness sucks, but metric rules posted by Eins on July 12, 2002 at 07:49:14:

1.0 / 1.025 is easier to deal with than
62.5 / 64.0.

But not very much, and only because 1g was defined as 1ml of water at 4degees C. Were we talking about a different liquid, the base10 nature would be of no help.

(and thankfully we never dive in 4C waters around here)


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