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Lieutenant Kije

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Metric Forever!
« on: January 13, 2005, 03:19:04 PM »
check it out:

http://encarta.msn.com/column_metricsystem_marthahome/Whatever_Happened_to_the_Metric_System.html?GT1=6065

Yeah, it's just an article by some Microslave named Martha, but at least she admits the inevitable: that metric is superior and will become the standard system in the U.S. eventually.

Go on, rant all you want...time will prove me right.
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Re: Metric Forever!
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2005, 03:41:08 PM »
I think that underestimates the ability of Americans to live in denial.
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Re: Metric Forever!
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2005, 03:57:07 PM »
Well, I've just decided to personally convert to the metric system.
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Re: Metric Forever!
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2005, 03:58:29 PM »
I like the slyness of it though....
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