Re: CHAT: browsers
| From: | Stephen Mulraney <ataltanie@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, February 12, 2003, 6:31 |
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On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:34:32 -0500
Jake X <starvingpoet@...> wrote:
> > I still doubt we're going to switch here in the US. I think it's more
> > likely that some other revolution in transportation will happen first.
> I've been pushing silently for the switch for a long time, though I agree
> it will not happen. However, I think the metric system has an honorary
> position in education, because I remember using centimeters often in
> Geometry. Also, most rulers have both inches and centimeters while
> I'm sure European rulers and those from anywhere else do not have
> inches
Ha! Time for [one of] the token Irish folk to chime in [as usual, on
a moderately off-topic conversation]! Rulers here have both systems
marked. IIRC, the same is the case in Britain.
To be honest, completely OT; but CONLANG is pretty forgiving that way...
> (not even for the little oddball that likes to think of itself as the
> most powerful country, whether or not the claim is substantiated
> (and yes I do realize that last statement might be flamigajxo)).
That's entirely another flamewar.
s.
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