Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Hibou Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.usage.english Subject: Re: GNU Date: Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:41:33 +0100 Lines: 23 Message-ID: References: <10pfhm2$aqf5$1@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> <1rsqbjg.1xqvw3s77rxyiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net LxelN0F6+N/CTE5ytUbokAiGycXVLarNe6mTJGzaxlppJhmywb Cancel-Lock: sha1:Lkg+N69tySbR4LTmkOJn8IWTuLg= sha256:3ajGuhUPO+sWupbzCvnfa0GhpPNqE5J2O6ItNHIc+LI= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB, fr In-Reply-To: <1rsqbjg.1xqvw3s77rxyiN%nospam@de-ster.demon.nl> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84352 alt.usage.english:1141286 Le 29/03/2026 à 11:21, J. J. Lodder a écrit : > Hibou wrote: >> >> There's sooth in that. SI has a few basic units that relate to each >> other and scales them up or down, so the maths is easy and the system >> ideal for science and engineering. One kilonewton applied through one >> metre is a kilojoule. Simples! > > So the electricians spoiled it by inventing the kilowatthour. > Or even better, 'the yearly consumption of an average household', > for measuring the output of windmills or solar farms, > or the waste of a data centre, That's the idea! Units that mean something to people - a wind farm that can supply N thousand homes, water that fills so many Olympic swimming pools, areas N times the size of the Isle of Wight or Wales, cups of flour in cooking, teaspoons of sugar, inches for TV screens…. All you need is a metric pound (oh! you have it: livre, Pfund, Jin…) and a metric pint, and you'll have endorsed my argument. The SI is ill-adapted to everyday life.