From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,19812cdb56d31fbd X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1995-01-30 23:40:22 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!newsserver.jvnc.net!nntpserver.pppl.gov!princeton!udel!news.mathworks.com!news2.near.net!howland.reston.ans.net!pipex!uunet!svc.portal.com!portal.com!cup.portal.com!R_Tim_Coslet From: R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada 9X Doc v5.99 Date: 30 Jan 1995 23:40:22 -0800 Organization: The Portal System (TM) Sender: pccop@unix.portal.com Message-ID: <132066@cup.portal.com> References: <3gbs98$47f@network.ucsd.edu> <3gdhj5$1gbk@info4.rus.uni-stuttgart.de> <3ghrpo$2g4@gnat.cs.nyu.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: news1.unix.portal.com Date: 1995-01-30T23:40:22-08:00 List-Id: >And Mats, if metric units are so wonderful, how come there are still >60 minutes in an hour, even in Germany? I guess it's pretty hard to >really bury those Babalonians! Maybe we should be using Kilo-seconds... lets see, 86.4 Ks per day... Or would milli-days be an easier unit :-) R. Tim Coslet Usenet: R_Tim_Coslet@cup.portal.com technology, n. domesticated natural phenomena