Thursday, September 2, 2010

Messing with the Metric System

Q: How much does that weigh?

A: About 11/17 of a kilogram.




2 comments:

  1. AnonymousSeptember 4, 2010 at 8:13 PM

    I don't get it.

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  2. ThoughtCriminalSeptember 5, 2010 at 8:54 AM

    The nice thing about the metric system is that it works very easily with decimal math (multiples of 10). Using peculiar fractions (or non-base 10 numbering) negates that advantage.

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