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 Vance wrote
 >
 > > The only good thing about the SI metric system is the use of decimal
 portions.
 > > This leads me to believe that if the metric freaks want to force that
 system on us,
 > > That I propose in retaliation that we decimal time. The time of seconds,
 minutes,
 > > hours,days,weeks,months, and years is hopelessly out of date. We should
 use
 > > mega, kilo,centi,milli,micro,pico - Galileos ( one astonomical day with
 the same
 > > idiocy that changed cps to Hertz, and pressures to Pascals).
 > > Vance

 While we're at it, we'll have to decimalize angular measure.  Degrees,
 minutes, and seconds are right out.  Radians are in.  It is so much easier
 to remember that there are approximately 6.28318 of those oh-so-scientific
 radians to a circle than that purely arbitrary 360 degrees.  Or maybe
 gradians.  At least they are easy to decimalize: 100 gradians to a right
 angle.  Just think of how much easier it will be when we re-tool /

 > re-program all of the world's machines!
(Snip...)
 >> And people were afraid of Y2K!  That was child's play!

Alfonso Lebron-Berges wrote:

Is that Radian value right? I am sorry I do not have  the S.I.
references with me but makes me curious that value of 6.28318. What
does it mean?

Alfonso Lebron-Berges

Two Pi

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