Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.gamma.ru!Gamma.RU!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!nntp.theplanet.net!inewsm1.nntp.theplanet.net!newspeer.lavaseals.co.uk!zen.net.uk!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!fe029029.fl.freebit.ne.JP!not-for-mail From: Michael Cash Newsgroups: fj.life.in-japan Subject: Re: Metric system in crisis Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 22:34:14 +0900 Lines: 32 Message-ID: <5ubeevse21idmhuf7pp9fkovbs4p8adn3d@4ax.com> References: <3EE60448.1DC66970@po.cwru.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: fe029029.fl.freebit.ne.jp (219.112.29.29) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1055338455 16850109 219.112.29.29 (16 [51151]) X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.life.in-japan:934 On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 22:11:26 GMT, Kevin Wayne Williams belched the alphabet and kept on going with: >Ken wrote: > > >> *Any* decent high-school physics text should have made clear the >> fundamental difference between weight -- e.g. pound-force -- and mass >> -- e.g. pound -- units... Whether the difference will be understood >> by all the students is another matter, of course. > >What the hell ever happened to slugs? I spilled salt on them. Sorry for the inconvenience. -- Michael Cash "I am Elmer J. Fudd, millionaire. I own a mansion and a yacht." Elmer J. Fudd Millionaire http://www.sunfield.ne.jp/~mike/