[Gllug] Monthly GLLUG grammer report

Tethys tet at accucard.com
Mon Dec 2 18:45:21 UTC 2002


Nix writes:

>(hell, it's pretty much *the* base unit now that distance is defined in
>terms of it; only a couple of SI units aren't in some way derived from
>the second now.)

Yes, I've never understood that. They've redefined all the other SI
units to derive them from the only one that doesn't have a relatively
sane metric origin. But then I have other issues with SI units as well
(like using kilograms as the "standard" unit, rather than just grams).

Tet

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