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On 10/18/2011 11:43 AM, gwowen wrote:
> 
>> The CGS system does not make the speed of light 1. You're thinking of
>> Plank units.
> 
> That's why carpenters are able to order materials using dimensionless
> numbers like "2 lots of 4 by 2" and "3 lots of 6 by 4".  They're using
> Plank units.

How do they keep track of (and use) such small pieces? :-)

Those numbers are not dimensionless, they just have units that are
implicit as a matter of custom.