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[Dotan Cohen]

On 15/03/07, Chris Mohler <cr33dog at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/14/07, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> > A font "point" isn't an arbitrary or relative measurement, it's a real
> > world measurement, just like we have centimetres and inches, with an
> > exact meaning.
>
> 1pt = 1/72 inch, IIRC.  Somewhat arbitrary, yet fixed as you say.
>
> Chris
>

All American measurements are of these unusual division. The inch
itself is 1/12 foot, which is 1/5280 of a mile. Maybe not arbitrary,
but not very intuitive. The American measurements for weight (is there
a measuement of mass?), tempurature, and other scalars are no better.
I'm rather surprised that there are exactly 100 cents in the US
dollar!

The whole world uses the unusual seconds/minutes/hours measurement of
time so far as I know. Can anybody present an outstanding case?

Dotan Cohen

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