Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Ref: rant

You are missing the big one. If, you know who, had not
screwed up then humans would have 2, 4 or 8 fingers and
we would be entirely compatible with computers. ;-) With
8 fingers then the hex number system would be natural.

This is coming from a computer programmer who still
has to use a calculator to add hex numbers if they have more
than 2 digits.

Pete.

----- Original Message -----
From: stan
To: CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2008 1:27 PM
Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Ref: rant


> You're 6 days late with this one. Why not make Pi 3.0 while
> you're at it? Also adjust the second so there are exactly a
> million in 2 weeks. How about make 2 Lbs per Kg instead of that
> messy 2.2?
Don't get the 6 days but pi could definitely do with some attention. Seconds
are OK though, all the multiples of 12 are nice and make life much easier.
Pounds always bugger me up, tend to convert to stone and work out how
many 'me's' are in it. 0.62 Km to a mile can stay too, it makes long
journeys
much easier with wasting time figuring out 'so whats that in miles?' And it
means you can go way to fast when off foreign and use the 'oh, there
kilo-meters are they?' excuse.
Those quart things could do with some attention too, a lot to liter like.
Don't want to mess up the gallon though, that would mess up the pint and we
wouldn't want that. Oh, somebodies already done it...
:)