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| (...) Sorry about that! But isn't the Metric system an abomination in the eyes of God? After all, the linear measure is based on human scientists gaining a true understanding of the world and its workings. Whereas the linear measure in the Imperial (...) (24 years ago, 30-Apr-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) You know, I was going to comment on that, then I saw that you already had. (The part about Tim championing science, that is.) I almost fell out of my chair when I read that! :) I was half prepared to read "cubits." Or are we just being evil, (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| .... (...) I recently had to do somethin involving metirc conversion and was told that at some point the inch was redefind by the international standards people to be exactly 2.54 cm. (...) .... I thought that the meter was defined in terms of the (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Really? Cool! Maybe the Euro will be NGL 2.20 one day, and not NGL 2.203. ;) I know, immaterial, given that the Guilder shall cease to exist on 1 March 2002. (...) n.b.: 1872 was the actual Conference that made one particular meter bar the (...) (24 years ago, 1-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) (sorry for taking so long to reply on this) ......but that is kinda funny :) (24 years ago, 13-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Interesting. I went to a play this weekend, about Galileo and his ... interactions ... with the Church. I had always thought that Galileo's problem was that people did not believe his ideas, but the presentation of the drama was that a number (...) (24 years ago, 14-May-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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