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To: freedom_forge; CodeToad
"the SI, and related systems, are decimal. So, it is much easier to use"

Is that so? Then what about the metric constant for gravitational acceleration? Kind of blows a huge hole in your theory huh?

157 posted on 04/21/2008 8:27:03 PM PDT by editor-surveyor (Turning the general election into a second Democrat primary is not a winning strategy.)
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To: editor-surveyor
doc30: the SI, and related systems, are decimal. So, it is much easier to use
editor-surveyor: Is that so? Then what about the metric constant for gravitational acceleration? Kind of blows a huge hole in your theory huh?

What an astonishingly dumb question! You don't understand what doc30 is talking about at all.... BTW, the strength of the SI are not (only) the basic units, but the derived ones...

160 posted on 04/22/2008 12:50:28 AM PDT by bezelbub
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To: editor-surveyor
Try this with yards and furlongs...

How do you measure the wavelength of light? In nanofeet?

161 posted on 04/22/2008 2:57:01 AM PDT by bezelbub
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To: editor-surveyor
Then what about the metric constant for gravitational acceleration?

Are you talking about g = 9.8 m/s2? Or G = 6.67 x 10-11Nm2/kg2? If the former, 'g' is NOT constant. 'G' appears to be constant, but some scientists question that.

These two are not base units in SI. Gravitational acceleration is just an experimental measurement. The gravitational constant, G, is also determined by experiment. Obviously not all measurements are going to be exact multiples of 10.

The base units in SI are meter, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, and candela. All other units are derived units. Acceleration, for example, is a derived unit.

162 posted on 04/22/2008 3:02:46 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault ("..this administration is planning a 'Right Wing Assault' on values and ideals.." - John Kerry)
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To: editor-surveyor
Is that so? Then what about the metric constant for gravitational acceleration? Kind of blows a huge hole in your theory huh?

LOL! I assume you mean 9.8 m/s^2. It's a decimal number and uses SI decimal based units. Are you so slow that you think all SI quantities and constants are whole multiples of 10? The value is expressed in decimal numbers. Do you honestly beleive it would be better written as fractional sums of 1/2^n? Like 9 + 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/16 + 1/64 + 1/512.....? Or do you believe the only acceptable number system should be represented by whole multiples of physical constants? Either way, you are going to have one piss-poor, clunky number system to use. You can go ahead and use it while the rest of us stick to something that helps minimize confusion.

164 posted on 04/22/2008 11:47:42 AM PDT by doc30 (Democrats are to morals what an Etch-A-Sketch is to Art.)
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