What exactly is "exact" (was Clean Singleton Docstrings)

[alister]

On Wed, 20 Jul 2016 02:09:58 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:

> Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly at gmail.com>:
> 
>> Ah, the machinations that users of imperial units have to endure.
> 
> Europeans often mistakenly believe that Americans haven't yet adopted
> the SI units. They have:
> 
>  - the length of a ski is measured in centimeters
> 
>  - the width of film and the diameter of a gun barrel are measured in
>    millimeters
> 
>  - the wavelength of visible light is measured in nanometers
> 
>  - the volume of a soda bottle is measured in liters
> 
>  - a quantity of confiscated narcotics is measured in kilograms
> 
>  - daily allowance of a vitamin is measured in milligrams
> 
>  - the pitch of a note is measured in hertz
> 
>  - a short timespan is measured in seconds
> 
> 
> So the problem Europeans have with the situation is *not* the lack of
> adoption of new units. Rather, it is the refusal of giving up the
> traditional units.
> 
> The Anglo-American culture is notorious for its eagerness to absorb
> foreign influences. What it abhors is reductionism. There is always room
> for more words, ideas, mores, inventions, but nothing is ever deprecated
> with a simple edict.
> 
> 
> Marko

One of my biggest questions since the Brexit vote is can we g back to 
using imperial weights & measures (please).




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