Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:52:16 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Brett Taylor <brett@peloton.runet.edu> Cc: Paul Richards <paul@originative.co.uk>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Useful Metric Conversions Message-ID: <20000316215216.A248@parish> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161417340.57499-100000@peloton.runet.edu>; from brett@peloton.runet.edu on Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 02:18:29PM -0500 References: <20000316182207.C235@parish> <Pine.BSF.4.10.10003161417340.57499-100000@peloton.runet.edu>
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On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 02:18:29PM -0500, Brett Taylor wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Mark Ovens wrote:
>
> > On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 02:10:59AM +0000, Paul Richards wrote:
>
> > > > 453.6 graham crackers = 1 pound cake
> > >
> > > I'm not getting that one at all?
> > >
> >
> > Neither do I. I didn't dream them up, I just posted them.
>
> 454 grams to the pound (roughly).
Yes, I knew that. What I don't know is what "graham crackers" are, or
is it just word-play on gram?
> Why you'd compare a mass to a weight is
> anyone's guess, but that's probably just the physics in me talking. :-)
>
Both the imperial and metric systems mix up mass and weight. I was
always explained to me that this is because the average non-technical
person can't understand the difference; buting 1kg of sugar is easy to
grasp, but 9.81 Newtons?
> Brett
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