re: A broken truce

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re: A broken truce

Raoul — 1/9/2007 6:47:14 AM (archived)

When the french let go the Paris meridian in favor of the Greenwich Meridian, they expected the British to favor the metric system, but they didn't (that was 1880)....and accidents happened.

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Moon exclusively metric at NASA - Raoul - 1/9/2007 6:30:56 AM
- British units - ER - 1/12/2007 4:01:24 AM
- Internet protocols - Robert - 1/10/2007 5:36:46 PM
  - re: Internet protocols - Marcia - 1/11/2007 8:39:40 PM
    - re: Internet protocols - Marcia - 1/11/2007 8:45:42 PM
      - re: Simplicity! - Raoul - 1/11/2007 9:14:20 PM
      - re: Internet protocols - Robert - 1/11/2007 9:13:22 PM
- So, no more Metric - Imperial conversion screw-ups - nick hoffman - 1/9/2007 11:40:57 AM
  - re: I would bet on that, Nick - Chris Vancil - 1/9/2007 9:01:01 PM
- I'm hoping the rest of industry follows - SDF - 1/9/2007 10:59:28 AM
- Sooooo, how much is that in feet? - Bowser - 1/9/2007 6:36:04 AM
  - re: Sooooo, how much is that in feet? - Laurie Street - 1/11/2007 7:12:35 PM
  - re: A broken truce - Raoul - 1/9/2007 6:47:14 AM

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