OT: Speed of light [was Re: Why not a Python compiler?]

[Dotan Cohen]

On 13/02/2008, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <asmodai at in-nomine.org> wrote:
> -On [20080212 22:15], Dotan Cohen (dotancohen at gmail.com) wrote:
>  >Note that Google will give a calculator result for "1 kilogram in
>  >pounds", but not for "1 kilogram in inches". I wonder why not? After
>  >all, both are conversions of incompatible measurements, ie, they
>  >measure different things.
>
>
> Eh? Last I checked both pound and kilogram are units of mass, so where is
>  the incompatibility?
>

Pound is a unit of force. That's why people like to say that you will
weigh 1/6th on the moon. If here you are 75 kilo, 165 pound, on the
moon you should be 75 kilo, 28 pound.

Dotan Cohen

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