Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.008 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:code': 0.07; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'sure,': 0.09; 'language': 0.14; 'message-id:@dough.gmane.org': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'situation.': 0.16; 'this).': 0.16; 'weigh': 0.16; 'weight,': 0.16; 'wed,': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'instance,': 0.17; 'refers': 0.17; '>>>': 0.18; 'equivalent': 0.20; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; "doesn't": 0.28; 'correct': 0.28; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.28; 'chris': 0.28; 'consistency': 0.29; 'says.': 0.29; 'from:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.32; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.33; 'text': 0.34; 'pm,': 0.35; 'received:org': 0.36; 'but': 0.36; 'should': 0.36; '(for': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'mark': 0.38; 'unit': 0.38; 'things': 0.38; 'shows': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; "you've": 0.61; 'back': 0.62; 'jul': 0.65; 'forward': 0.66; 'believe': 0.69; 'article': 0.78; 'frenchman': 0.84; 'guessed': 0.84; 'angel': 0.93; 'picture': 0.96 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: code review Date: Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:28:26 +0100 References: <2662370.TGmo96CKe1@PointedEars.de> <87wr2oecf6.fsf@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr> <4FEF7117.7000109@jollybox.de> <4fefb0ad$0$29988$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <43f27741-bd1b-4c15-9822-c196b8b0396e@x39g2000yqx.googlegroups.com> <4ff24384$0$29988$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <20120703122559.2b794310d1a98a11c1a725ab@johnohagan.com> <4FF3527E.40305@davea.name> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-78-146-11-42.as13285.net User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:13.0) Gecko/20120614 Thunderbird/13.0.1 In-Reply-To: X-Antivirus: avast! (VPS 120703-1, 03/07/2012), Outbound message X-Antivirus-Status: Clean X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 31 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1341390610 news.xs4all.nl 6848 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:58564 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:24853 On 03/07/2012 22:54, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 6:13 AM, Dave Angel wrote: >> On 07/03/2012 12:05 PM, Mark Lawrence wrote: >>> If I go to the moon I will weigh 2st 10lb (if my sums are correct :) >>> but the equivalent Frenchman will still be 86kg. I hereby put this >>> forward as proof that the metric system is rubbish and we should >>> revert back to imperial goodies. >>> >> >> 86 kg is not a weight, it's a mass. So it doesn't depend on the local >> gravity situation. > > Indeed it is, as he says. But I believe he may be right in that > 'stone' is a unit of weight. Hard to be sure, though, given that it's > not an SI unit (for instance, the Wikipedia article text refers to > weight, but its picture shows a man measuring mass). > > ChrisA > Stone is a unit of weight (Brits know important things like this). And with the consistency that the English language is reknowned for the plural is, yes you've guessed it, stone :) -- Cheers. Mark Lawrence.