http://log.lowmag.net Tue, 29 Jun 2010 22:19:59 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 http://log.lowmag.net/metric/550/ http://log.lowmag.net/metric/550/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:42:48 +0000 lowmagnet http://lowmag.net/metric/550/ The United States never converted to metric because we were all too busy trying to convert inches to millimeters. Instead, we should have skipped the conversion part and just used the new system. Only by measuring something or speaking the language do we get the feel for it. We burdened everyone with all of these approximations and formulae instead of simply moving on. I’m sure there’s a bigger metaphor here.

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