Re: measuring systems (was: Selenites)

Nik Taylor wrote:

> Besides, why keep these old names, if we're going to change, we might as
> well go all out and go to the metric system, instead of having a
> pathetic pseudo-replacement.
<sigh>.  Please, read what I said.  I didn't say it would replace it.  Rather,
it would be a supplement, an addition to the rest of the system which
we would also adopt.

I'm tiring of this subject.  We all have our set opinions, and arguments don't
decide truth anyways; they just help those who don't yet have an opinion
decide which way they'd rather go.


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