23 Jan 08 11:28, Bo Simonsen wrote to Roy Witt:


 RW> BS>> Ah ok, I guess it has allways been standard here.. but I don't
 RW> BS>> know for sure.
 RW>>
 RW>> Not always, but it has been standard there for a long while. In
 RW>> fact, Farenheit originated in Germany and was used for a long time
 RW>> before they switched to the metric system.

 BS> And some germans took it with them to America and it has been there
 BS> since?
 BS> :)

Well, it was used in Europe too, before the metric system was started.
It's been kept alive by those who don't want to change, here.

 RW> BS>> I remember a story about some rocket which blew into small
 RW> BS>> peaces, due to some misunderstanding between the scientists
 RW> BS>> about what unit to use.
 RW>>
 RW>> Rockets blow into peaces, no matter what standards are used. The
 RW>> German WW2 V1 and V2 rockets had a habit of doing that and they used
 RW>> the metric system to build them.

 BS> Yes.. But this exact story was about, the ONLY thing which was wrong
 BS> with the rocket was wrong dimentions.

Well, that's certainly possible in an environment that uses both...

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