On Thu, 2007-03-15 at 17:46 -0400, Thompson Freeman wrote: > None of the redefinitions of the meter relates to something intuitive > to a human that I know of. The redefinitions were made to it easier to > transmit/transfer/standardize the unit the world over. Also, I seem to recall, related to physics equations. You don't have wierd multipliers involved. e.g. X = Y / Z rather than X = 3.5 Y / 2.1 Z Other metric measures do have easily understandable correlations (a litre of water weighs a kilogram, and so on). -- (This box runs FC5, my others run FC4 & FC6, in case that's important to the thread.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.
