http://easydaily.com/blog/were-our-grandparents-extra-clever-to-work-in-imperial-measures/ EasyDaily.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:42:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://easydaily.com/blog/were-our-grandparents-extra-clever-to-work-in-imperial-measures/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Gungnir Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:00:45 +0000 http://easydaily.com/blog/were-our-grandparents-extra-clever-to-work-in-imperial-measures/#comment-287 Yes, people wee better at calculating by heart than we are now, that is for sure, but the old system is really difficult for scientists. Even in the US, the only country still hooked on the antiquated systems (besides money), scientists do their calculations in metrics, and only translate the results in the old style for the general public. Yes, people wee better at calculating by heart than we are now, that is for sure, but the old system is really difficult for scientists. Even in the US, the only country still hooked on the antiquated systems (besides money), scientists do their calculations in metrics, and only translate the results in the old style for the general public.

]]> http://easydaily.com/blog/were-our-grandparents-extra-clever-to-work-in-imperial-measures/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Crabboy4 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 07:04:24 +0000 http://easydaily.com/blog/were-our-grandparents-extra-clever-to-work-in-imperial-measures/#comment-286 Computers use hexadecimal, which is similar to the base 16 money and measures. So maybe our grandparents were extra clever. Computers use hexadecimal, which is similar to the base 16 money and measures. So maybe our grandparents were extra clever.

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