Yes, sometimes CNN gets it right: http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/12/02/alder.measure/ I am sick of all these metric cultists spreading lies and disinformation! The metric system is a crock and based on arbitrary units. Join Imperial Master Race and fight for your right to use your traditional and superior units of measurement!
Yes, sometimes CNN gets it right: http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/books/12/02/alder.measure/
I am sick of all these metric cultists spreading lies and disinformation!
The metric system is a crock and based on arbitrary units.
Join Imperial Master Race and fight for your right to use your traditional and superior units of measurement!
The imperial system "foot" is based on the size of a King's foot.
The imperial system "foot" is based on the size of a King's foot.
The meter was made up based on falsified survey data because they assumed the earth was a perfect sphere and when the math didn't add up, they fudged it.
The meter was made up based on falsified survey data because they assumed the earth was a perfect sphere and when the math didn't add up, they fudged it.
All measurements are arbitrary unless we come up with some universally constant distance based on something like a wavelength through space.
All measurements are arbitrary unless we come up with some universally constant distance based on something like a wavelength through space.
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