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From: Yousuf Khan on 3 Feb 2010 20:36 Andrew Usher wrote: > On Feb 2, 5:18 pm, Yousuf Khan <bbb...(a)spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote: > >> <big snip> >> >> Wow, you didn't just write over 400 lines worth of anti-metric system >> rhetoric, did you? Only nutcases would do that. Get some help, will you? > > You can't be serious. Every one of those lines is quite rational. > > Andrew Usher You do realize that most of the cranks in these newsgroups start out like that, don't you? Yousuf Khan
From: Andrew Usher on 3 Feb 2010 20:42 On Feb 3, 7:36 pm, Yousuf Khan <bbb...(a)spammenot.yahoo.com> wrote: > >> Wow, you didn't just write over 400 lines worth of anti-metric system > >> rhetoric, did you? Only nutcases would do that. Get some help, will you? > > > You can't be serious. Every one of those lines is quite rational. > > You do realize that most of the cranks in these newsgroups start out > like that, don't you? Go read the whole thing first, and quit your slander. Andrew Usher
From: Andrew Usher on 3 Feb 2010 20:43 On Feb 3, 7:22 pm, "Heidi Graw" <hg...(a)telus.net> wrote: > Current mills don't even need much retooling, if any, because they already > cut > metric or standard depending on their customer's demands. Ie. in BC we > cut lumber for different markets. You name it, and they'll cut it according > to your measure. In that case, there's no benefit from going metric either. Andrew Usher
From: Andrew Usher on 3 Feb 2010 20:45 On Feb 3, 5:13 pm, Joshua Cranmer <Pidgeo...(a)verizon.invalid> wrote: > The Internet was developed by researchers in the U.S. working under the > ARPA program to link up the various research universities. Why do you > think IANA was originally controlled by the U.S. Department of Defense > (and is now run by a company who does it on a contract with the U.S. > Department of Commerce). Yes. And what does it have to do with units? The Internet, by its nature, doesn't care what units are used. Going to the moon was done very largely with English units. So how is this supposed to be an argument for metric? Andrew Usher
From: Andrew Usher on 3 Feb 2010 20:46
On Feb 3, 3:02 pm, "Tronscend" <tronf...(a)frizurf.no> wrote: > Hi, > > excellent parody; a trifle long, though. DO you know the meaning of the word 'parody'? Andrew Usher |