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

[Steve Holden]

Dennis Lee Bieber wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:18:38 -0800, Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com>
> declaimed the following in comp.lang.python:
> 
>> equivalence for everyday usage and make no requirement of using the 
>> "proper" units for mass (kg) vs. weight (N) for, say, buying things at 
> 
> 	Ah, but in the US, the unwashed masses (as in "lots of people")
> don't even know that there is a difference between lb-force and lb-mass
> (okay, all they know of is a simple "lb" which is based upon force of
> gravity at point of measurement, while lb-mass is a sort of artificial
> unit... don't mention slugs <G>)

Shouldn't that be "the unwashed weights"?

determined-to-misunderstand-ly y'rs -  steve
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