Re: Windows Vista is slowing the Navy down ??

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>> Anyone in engineering and science had better know MKS.  Not 100% sure 
>> of this, but is not the US the last market on earth using metric?  
>> Even the British sell gas by the litre.
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> Well we did invent the imperial *and* metric systems.

French invented the metric system AFAICR.

Imperial was developed in Europe..hard to say that England was  where it 
really started.

The 'Mile' is a thousand paces..standardised Roman paces..

The 'yard' is how for you can pull a bowstring, or a bolt of cloth with 
one hand to the body and the other extended..
etc..