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mjutu
2 years ago

Consider: You need a meter of fabric, go to the store and there the fabric is measured in Ellen. However, your desired color is not in stock, so the dealer orders new fabric from a country that again measure in foot.

The same game is available in sugar: In the recipe is “200 grams”, but your scale measures in ounces, Pound or Grain. The rushing on a calculator is cruel and a source of errors.

Thom1983
2 years ago

In addition to the other answers about the advantages of a common measuring unit, it is still said that the units have been redefined on the basis that everyone could denounce and maintain. Until then there was an original Mass (the foot of the emperor or his elle) that almost nobody could see and not investigate.

GuenterLeipzig
2 years ago

A standardization is very useful.

Let us think of numerous economic interconnections.

In the past, for different units of measure, a reket, which was constructed modularly by more states, came down.

The reason was that the one manufacturer had programmed the computers in SI innovations and that the other measuring units used inch, foot, etc.

I’m sure that this had to go wrong.

mjutu
2 years ago
Reply to  GuenterLeipzig

You probably mean the Climate Orbiter to explore the atmosphere of Mars. There was an error in the units that calculated the force of the brake rockets and the US$ 125 million device was lost. (Source)

GuenterLeipzig
2 years ago
Reply to  mjutu

I don’t know what mission this is now. It’s already possible that the Oribiter mission has been what I remember. I don’t think you’re going to be wrong twice.