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 19:18:49 GMT Lines: 46 Message-ID: References: <10pfhm2$aqf5$1@dont-email.me> <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> <2iin9mx3hc.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net bBqjte/lRxAMJYgTtuDSigP09QMx7+8EPxVxgDG6UUG9NHo8el Cancel-Lock: sha1:fMMtXPdpNZAhjRmXEypXkt+sikE= sha256:LUuYMxPyDIZh+syxC5qL3wko6ZP63t4cZ7m4jW5QWVI= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:84453 alt.usage.english:1141394 On Sun, 29 Mar 2026 14:29:22 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote: > On 2026-03-29 12:21, J. J. Lodder wrote: >> Hibou wrote: >> >>> Le 28/03/2026 à 17:28, Farley Flud a écrit : >>>> >>>> I favor the traditional units for quotidian use. >>>> >>>> First, let me say that I possess an advanced degree in STEM from a >>>> major US university. I was rigorously educated in the SI units. >>>> >>>> But SI units should be kept, where they belong, in the laboratory. I >>>> strongly prefer to buy my gasoline in gallons and not liters. >>>> I strongly prefer to purchase my potatoes by the pound and not the >>>> kilogram. >>>> >>>> Everyday living should be aloof from the strict precision of the >>>> laboratory. I have no difficulty is switching, as required, between >>>> the two mutually exclusive contexts, but technically uneducated >>>> people should not be burdened by this abrupt change. Tradition is >>>> something that is very difficult to break. >>>> >>>> In a lab context I measure power in SI Watts, but when I purchase my >>>> muscle car I examine only the Horsepower. >>>> >>>> It's like being multi-lingual. If you can't manage it then keep out >>>> of the kitchen and stay in your sterile laboratory. >>> >>> 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, > > And lengths in football fields. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoot I assume you mean the football played with a round ball. How many smoots is the field?