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And why would you want to do that? Just to make trouble, no doubt.
I noticed that while you were gone the atmosphere around here stunk a
lot less like shit than usual.
Now you're back and the place is starting to stink again. Too bad...
I'll bet folks in the industry were calling out wire by American Wire
Gauge calls long before folks 'over there' were calling wires out in
direct cross sectional area numerics. We hade/have circular mils, and
you guys have square millimeters.
Eventually, the world will, perhaps, be all metric. Maybe one day
there will be a singular monetary system or government... sure.
Don't hold your breath.
For now we will all, both you (Eeyore's 'over there' crowd)and us,
savor the nostalgia that our truly scientific ancestors gave us. We will
cling to those things that we think important. Every 'scientist' knows
how to measure length regardless of what ticks are on the scale... still,
every man likes to do so with *his own* ruler.
All the automation and such in 'science and industry' these days has
made for some 'scientists' that are titled or held in regards that are
far beyond their actual level of competency or depth of knowledge.
I am glad that you are not in that boat, John.
The classical engineers are all but gone... a dying breed.
