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Metric system (was OOXML gets ISO approval)Metric system (was OOXML gets ISO approval)Posted Apr 3, 2008 19:21 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304)In reply to: Metric system (was OOXML gets ISO approval) by dskoll Parent article: OOXML gets ISO approval
The UK is wabbling, but a lot of us under about the age of 40 are wholly or largely metric, with only distances-driven and car speeds seeming to be persistent holdouts. (I'm not even sure what a stone is, and I hardly ever use feet.)
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Metric system (was OOXML gets ISO approval) Posted Apr 3, 2008 20:39 UTC (Thu) by moreati (subscriber, #5715) [Link] We also buy our milk and beer in multiples of 0.568261485 litres, for some quaint historic reason. Incidentally, until now I never knew there is both a US pint & a UK (aka imperial) pint.
Metric system (was OOXML gets ISO approval) Posted Apr 3, 2008 20:47 UTC (Thu) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] Oh indeed. That sort of wild regional variability (same names, different units) is why the French came up with the metric system in the first place...
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