Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:20:43 -0500 (EST) From: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> To: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Useful Metric Conversions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161718160.58779-100000@peloton.runet.edu> In-Reply-To: <20000316215216.A248@parish>
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Hi Mark, On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > > 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake > Yes, I knew that. What I don't know is what "graham crackers" are, or > is it just word-play on gram? Graham crackers a type of cracker (I remember eating them as kids) - sort of "gingerbread" kind of flavor. > Both the imperial and metric systems mix up mass and weight. I was > always explained to me that this is because the average non-technical > person can't understand the difference; buting 1kg of sugar is easy to > grasp, but 9.81 Newtons? And yet buying 1 pound of sugar is fine, but not 1 slug (reversed roles). I'll stick w/ mass - at least I'll buy the same amount on each planet or in an accelerating frame. :-) Brett ***************************************************** Dr. Brett Taylor brett@peloton.runet.edu * Dept of Chem and Physics * Curie 39A (540) 831-6147 * Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics * Walker 234 (540) 831-5410 * ***************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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