Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: 29 Mar 2026 06:48:46 GMT Lines: 9 Message-ID: References: <10pe83m$3rg2l$1@dont-email.me> <10pfhm2$aqf5$1@dont-email.me> <10pg2u5$f0nq$5@dont-email.me> <1rs7tqn.ajozxp1gi29boN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10phnao$113u1$6@dont-email.me> <1rsaf5i.1nrmqo3vtna18N%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsaj4d.rtb8ajbdoy69N%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <10pkqka$22prd$1@dont-email.me> <10ppr5m$3m2br$1@dont-email.me> <10pr6gg$2t5v$1@dont-email.me> <10pv2af$1eb4h$2@dont-email.me> <87zf3wx1jt.fsf@parhasard.net> <10pvhqb$1j2vg$1@dont-email.me> <1rsjtwr.9h8wo7a6jjujN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <10q2o7j$nr7l$1@news1.tnib.de> <1rsostx.1fumdje1pdrftiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> <1rsoqz0.19zzbh71ebfb7bN%snipeco.2@gmail.com> <18a11176d0ed8bfb$1717$2710841$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <10q9n7f$11fmt$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net UNLihwzXG9+AaSEdwRfRKAsAYSCbDUDD/0khUwNmpaNX6pfLOO Cancel-Lock: sha1:AZj6Y5DRsK0fyo2wuY5rMSYzrog= sha256:EaKYhIqH6Ke0d82T0aap9/XrxvBFFiN+Y4LXBk9LZUM= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84322 alt.usage.english:1141251 On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 10:11:39 +1100, Peter Moylan wrote: > It's all in what you're used to. If I have to get 4 kg of potatoes, I > know exactly what that is. If somebody gave me the figure in pounds I > would have to go to my computer to look up the conversion factor. (I > know a pound is roughly 2 kg. Or is it the other way around?) Dopers are pretty good at converting keys to pounds or ounces to grams. That tends to be the sum of their math skills though.