Because Britain won't be a major power...
Bruce Johnson
(01 Oct 2014 21:56 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Because Britain won't be a major power...
Tim
(02 Oct 2014 04:55 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Because Britain won't be a major power...
Jeffrey Schwartz
(02 Oct 2014 13:11 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Because Britain won't be a major power... Phil Pugliese (02 Oct 2014 19:26 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Because Britain won't be a major power...
Michael Houghton
(02 Oct 2014 23:11 UTC)
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Re: [TML] Because Britain won't be a major power... Phil Pugliese 02 Oct 2014 19:26 UTC
-------------------------------------------- On Thu, 10/2/14, Jeffrey Schwartz <xxxxxx@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [TML] Because Britain won't be a major power... To: "tml" <xxxxxx@simplelists.com>, "Tim" <xxxxxx@little-possums.net> Date: Thursday, October 2, 2014, 6:10 AM On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 12:55 AM, Tim <xxxxxx@little-possums.net> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 01, 2014 at 09:56:21PM +0000, Bruce Johnson wrote: >> …until they can lithobrake their own mars probes: >> >> <http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/sep/30/david-cameron-schools-should-teach-mainly-in-imperial-measurements> > I guess in the Imperium, this sort of espousing the teaching of native > idiosyncratic measurements might result in a discreet visit from > representatives of the Office of Calendar Compliance. Except of > course that the names may well be reversed. Would the official system > of the Third Imperium be called Imperial measurements? > I'd guess there'd be two major measurement systems: Vilani and Solomani I'm not sure which the Syleans would have adopted, and thus would be the "primary" for the 3I... everything in the books being metric implies Solomani. But I can see a cogedy old Vilani man, with a cane, yelling "Get off my lawn! Stupid kids, using those meter sticks when they should be using <insert term here> because that is _traditional!_" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- However, the original UPP Diameter rating *did* indicate miles so the 'olde' were not completely homogenous. Maybe the Solomani System just might retain some 'archaic' features? Esp where Terra & the original Confed are concerned. ============================================================ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------