Not if I were in charge we wouldn'tDonald wrote:We are Europe's bitch
Plus it makes sense. 1000g in a kg, or 28g in an ounce, of which 16 makes 1lb, and 2.2lbs are 1kg.

Post by nick_s » Tue Dec 31, 2013 9:49 pm
Not if I were in charge we wouldn'tDonald wrote:We are Europe's bitch
Plus it makes sense. 1000g in a kg, or 28g in an ounce, of which 16 makes 1lb, and 2.2lbs are 1kg.
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Post by jjmartin349571 » Fri Jan 03, 2014 7:21 pm
Theoretically it should be a megagram if you're sticking to the SI unitslxstuart wrote:I think the one that amuses me the most is Kilograms.
1000Kg is a tonne, why is it not called a kilokilogram?
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Post by Donald » Fri Jan 03, 2014 7:59 pm
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Post by jjmartin349571 » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:16 pm
Yeah, but if we look at a second purely as a unit of measure then there's no need for it to correlate with lunar cycles. It's just useful if we factor them in to units that do. But if we purely want to use an organised, mathematical approach then you would surely work to the SI unit convention of a base unit, then a kilo unit, mega unit, giga, tera etc... but ironically I feel you lose the usefulness of the units if you so rigorously apply the convention that's supposed to make them less cumbersome and more interpretable.Donald wrote:Hours maybe something to do with lunar cycles and and equal daylight/night numbers? We know there's 12 lunar cycles per year and perhaps (not 100% sure) you can only view the moon for a max of 12 hours (at least back then without telescopes)? I guess at certain times sunlight obscures viewing and the same when the earth eclipses the sun? It's fun to speculate. Even more fun to know
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Post by Donald » Fri Jan 03, 2014 8:59 pm
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