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Subject: [OM] Re: What to buy, what to buy.
From: Moose <olymoose@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 08 May 2008 02:15:41 -0700
Winsor Crosby wrote:
> <snip lovely bit>
>
> I have to admit that it is rather satisfying to me that the arrogance  
> of setting the size of the meter to 1/40,000,000 of the polar  
> circumference got its deserved comeuppance when people realized that  
> they had no accurate idea of the the polar circumference of the earth,  
> and that it changed anyway, not to mention the silliness of the idea  
> of having to do something so difficult as to measure the earth so you  
> can measure off some fabric in a shop. So really the meter is not some  
> godlike(King Louis XVI) subdivision of the earth, but is just as  
> arbitrary as the yard. The decimal part of it is handy though.
>   
When does the 10 hour day with 100 minutes per hour and 100 seconds per 
minute go into effect?

Moose

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